Is Crete last of the 65 mph racers...

[okie]

I have been passed by Hunt, Swift and Schneider trucks the past couple weeks. So I guess that makes Crete last of the 65 mph ers. I can still pass Roadways and ABF.

[zipy46]

I have been passed by Hunt, Swift and Schneider trucks the past couple weeks. So I guess that makes Crete last of the 65 mph ers. I can still pass Roadways and ABF.

Jim Palmer is set at 65 max.

Some companies run at 68 but turn the trucks speed down if
the driver idles the engine to much in the summer.

This may explain the different speeds of the same companies trucks.
Sometimes I pass a Swift and somedays they fly by me.

[Twilight Flyer]

Swift is 65. They have lease-purchasers that are driving company-looking trucks that are governed at 72, I believe.

[okie]

I am just starting to realize all the control they have over these trucks.

[OKtrucker]

Hey, it is their truck, if you have a need for speed buy your own and run it anyway you want...just my HO!

[okie]

I do just fine running on the company dime. You just dont want to be the slowest on the road ya know.

[Uturn2001]

I do just fine running on the company dime. You just dont want to be the slowest on the road ya know.

Why?

Many of these companies that govern their trucks at 62-65 mph are among the higher paying companies.

I would much rather put along at 62 mph making 35 cpm than be able to do 75 and only get paid 24 cpm.

If you really pay attention many times you will see the same fast truck pass you several times in one day.

[okie]

I am fine @ 35 cpm going 65 mph, you are right. I guess it is just knowing that the cb jokes will be about Crete soon, as we quickly become slowest. But that was my original point, are there any 62-65 companies left? We are at 65 and those companies that were 62-64 are passing us and not just passing us but blowing by

Okie do not worry about it with fuel going up even more sooner or later those other companies will be cutting them back again over the Qcom it can be done. At my last company we were given a program over the sat system that if we met certain goals we got 68 and my truck normally sat there called no idle time and high MPG. Sooner or later the cost of fuel will catch up to those fleets and they will get slowed down again.

[robertt]

Sorry to jump in folks. Hey Okie, is Penny still at B-ville?

[OKtrucker]

okie-I guess it is just knowing that the cb jokes will be about Crete

Use the -/o switch. I ran over 12 years with no cb. big deal, nothing worth listening to anyways and at 62-65 don't really need to know where the bears are...

[Elmdor]

According to my GPS company side Prime trucks run at 62MPH (Lease runs at 72MPH) so you can always pass one of them at 65mph. Albertson's runs at 55MPH
:P

[AlexJ81]

According to my GPS company side Prime trucks run at 62MPH (Lease runs at 72MPH) so you can always pass one of them at 65mph. Albertson's runs at 55MPH
:P

55? yikes! It's my understanding that US Xpress & Swift both run at 65. USX drivers can bump up to 68 depending on how much fuel they're using. JB & SNI are between 62&63 Trans Am is 65-67 I do believe.

[rcpilot]

Ruan runs 65...

[AmEagleDrvr]

FFE runs 65

[inmate1577]

Most people who want faster trucks generally are late anyway. Whether it was governed at 65 or 95mph, they would still end up being late to their pu/del and blame everything and everyone else for it.

[swab11]

ran for Crete for awhile never could get use to that optimize idle,if its cold I can sleep good,but hot weather is something else,on and off all night,never got a good nights sleep and dont think I could ever get use to it.

[nickbtubas]

crete goes faster than 65mph. i can go 70 and struggle to pass a crete sometimes... maybe they are in a different division/account where they run faster...

[WildK9]

Marten goes 65, but it doesn't bother me @ .40cpm.

We run 65 at Barr Nunn as well and it really honestly just doesnt bother me that much. Being able to run 68-70 really does not make that much difference in the long run anyways. say you get a 68 mph truck instead of a 65, if you ran non stop at this speed for your entire 11 hour shift without stopping or slowing down for anything or going up any hills at all(you know none of this will happen) you would gain 33 miles for the entire day and that would be under 100% perfect never gonna happen circumstances. It would be 55 miles on a 70mph truck...it just really doesnt make that much difference. I really dont care myself, i am being paid well for my time and not spending any of my own money to make the truck run. 65 works for me, pass me all you want and blow some more of that fuel out those stacks, after you get done stopping for coffee a few times i am still gonna beat ya to the customer lol.