What is the highest speed you've got your rig up to?

[zz4guy]

I was doing 100 in my camaro yesterday and it got me thinking - what would it be like to have an 80,000 lbs rig going that fast?? :shock:

Post your stories and locations of where you hit the speed.

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by zz4guy

I was doing 100 in my camaro yesterday and it got me thinking - what would it be like to have an 80,000 lbs rig going that fast?? :shock:

Post your stories and locations of where you hit the speed.

If you have a CDL, turn it in. Now.

[classicxl]

exactly turn that CDL in

They can not do anything to me now since I no longer have my CDL so in 1997 I had my 1988 International 9300 upto around 115 across SD on I-90 late at night not a car on the road just letting her fly.

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by ironeagle2006

They can not do anything to me now since I no longer have my CDL

Thank goodness.

The only person I put in risk that time was ME no one else was in the area I was the kind of driver who always ran LEGAL. You do not get to be a finish trainer without being a legal driver.

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by ironeagle2006

I was the kind of driver who always ran LEGAL.

Except when you didn't.

You do not get to be a finish trainer without being a legal driver.

Look for some posts here by a driver named Keeso - 6 months experience, was made a driver/trainer by Swift. He loved to brag about how he bent the rules, and drove endless hours.

[shyykatt]

8)

The fact yes I did do in excess of 110 mph in a semi at one time was stupid. However I did it not do it again. I never claimed to be a Billy Big Rigger or Super Trucker I was out there making a living and a good one. I was a legal and safe driver at Henderson Trucking to the point I was a finsher I got the trainees that were close to flunking out of the program and was told see if I could salvage them. 80% of the trainees I got flunked out or flat out quit on me I ran them harder than they were going to ever run in real world trucking. Of the 20% that did make it out I would have put those guys against anyone of some of the so called professinals out there at the time.

[yoopr]

How long were you a actual Driver before getting this "Finishing Trainer"?

39 months total time OTR driving I was not a 6 month wonder. Also I did not get my CDL from a driver mill I got mine the old fashion way MY FATHER sitting in the jump seat training me when I screwed up he let me know.

[zz4guy]

Originally Posted by ironeagle2006

They can not do anything to me now since I no longer have my CDL so in 1997 I had my 1988 International 9300 upto around 115 across SD on I-90 late at night not a car on the road just letting her fly.

Sweet What was that like? Things starting to rattle apart? Was the trailer fishtailing? I bet you about redlined your engine. Even in top gear it's hard to imagine the engine would have enough rpm to move that fast.

The load in the back kept it pretty straight but I would not recomend EVER doing it in a truck. Things happen way to fast at that speed for you to react and the slightest mistake can have severe penalties. I was lucky you may not be if you ever do that. The only reason that truck rand that fast was do to the engine and tranny and gearing combo. She was set up with a 444 Cummions turned up by Bruce at Diesel Injection of Pittsburgh to around 700HP 13 double OD trans and 3.55 gears on 24.5 big rubber.

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by ironeagle2006

39 months total time OTR driving I was not a 6 month wonder. Also I did not get my CDL from a driver mill I got mine the old fashion way MY FATHER sitting in the jump seat training me when I screwed up he let me know.

Something stinks here, and it ain't me.

Originally Posted by ironeagle2006

Forced off OTR driver with 1 million miles accident free name the commidity I pulled it.

1,000,000 miles / 39 months = 25,641 miles per month. Care to explain how you managed that?

I smell B.S.

It was39 months before I made trainer not before I hit the million mile mark Rev. Also the reason I was forced off the road was due to Epilepsy a medical condition so unless you can walk a mile in my shoes do not go there. Try having a condition where you do not know when where or if you will lose all control of your body tear your shoulder to pieces maybe put your arm threw a plate glass window and for fun bite your tounge off. You also have to remember I was running as a trainer and I recieved credit for those miles in my calculations since I got paid solo rate on those miles made my life nice on the paycheck.

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by ironeagle2006

It was39 months before I made trainer not before I hit the million mile mark Rev. Also the reason I was forced off the road was due to Epilepsy a medical condition so unless you can walk a mile in my shoes do not go there. Try having a condition where you do not know when where or if you will lose all control of your body tear your shoulder to pieces maybe put your arm threw a plate glass window and for fun bite your tounge off. You also have to remember I was running as a trainer and I recieved credit for those miles in my calculations since I got paid solo rate on those miles made my life nice on the paycheck.

So let me see if I have this correct - you didn't DRIVE 1,000,000 miles, but you were PRESENT when someone else drove for you.


Wow - I'm so impressed.

[wot i life]

When I was little, I remember seeing this American guy going way faster than 100mph; And his rig weighed much more than 80,000lbs.
I,m not sure of his exact speed or indeed the size of his rig
But I do distinctly remember his words when he finally stopped.
He said "This is one small step for man......

Rev I did end up with one million miles driven however you are the kind of driver that makes my blood boil you ruthlessly attack yet I imagine you are the kind of driver who one is always screaming about the lack of parking in a truckstop when there are plenty of spaces besides the front row. 2 complain when you are forced to wait in line to get loaded and 3 actually wait to recieve a dispatch I for one never compalined and was able to be rehired for all the companies that I drove for do to my customer service skills more than one time I had a customer ask for me to haul a load. In fact I had a the pleasure of more than one time hauling the first load into a new customer for the carrier I was driving for. I never was placed OOS for either a log book or equipment issue in the time I was out there I chewed out more than one shop foreman for not wanting to repair something that was saftey related. I took pride in my job and if I did not have my current condition would still be out there training a new batch of drivers the right way not the school way of how to drive.

[zz4guy]

Originally Posted by wot i life

When I was little, I remember seeing this American guy going way faster than 100mph; And his rig weighed much more than 80,000lbs.
I,m not sure of his exact speed or indeed the size of his rig
But I do distinctly remember his words when he finally stopped.
He said "This is one small step for man......

Yeah thats right. Us Americans have all the balls :wink:

[Rev.Vassago]

How little you know.

Originally Posted by ironeagle2006

Rev I did end up with one million miles driven however you are the kind of driver that makes my blood boil

I still disagree - you claim 39 months driving, yet it is impossible to run the miles you claim in that period of time. You still haven't provided any reasonable explanation for this discrepency, other than you are claiming miles that you didn't drive, but rather were just PRESENT when they were driven.

you ruthlessly attack yet I imagine you are the kind of driver who one is always screaming about the lack of parking in a truckstop when there are plenty of spaces besides the front row.

I rarely park in the front row. In fact, I rarely park at truckstops.

2 complain when you are forced to wait in line to get loaded and

The Rev. never waits in line for anyone.

3 actually wait to recieve a dispatch

This makes no sense. What - am I just supposed to randomly drive around looking for someone to move?

I for one never compalined and was able to be rehired for all the companies that I drove for do to my customer service skills more than one time I had a customer ask for me to haul a load.

Your signature line says otherwise - something about being FORCED out. Sounds like a complaint to me. :wink:

In fact I had a the pleasure of more than one time hauling the first load into a new customer for the carrier I was driving for.

Good for you. I do that all the time. It isn't anything special.

I never was placed OOS for either a log book or equipment issue in the time I was out there I chewed out more than one shop foreman for not wanting to repair something that was saftey related. I took pride in my job and if I did not have my current condition would still be out there training a new batch of drivers the right way not the school way of how to drive.

Teaching them how to do triple digits, no less.

Just for giggles, I'm gonna break down your sig line:

Forced off OTR driver

Complaint.

with 1 million miles accident free

Disputable.

name the commidity I pulled it.

Household Goods
Automobiles
Boats
Corn Gluten Pellets
Cottonseed
Ammonium Sulfate
Liquid Human Waste
Solid Human Waste
Office Furniture
Fish Meal
Soybeans
Soybean Meal
Dinosaur Fossils

I trust you have hauled all these things. I know I have.