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Lunker
Joined: 04 Feb 2007
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Location: Grants Pass, OR.
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:29 am Post subject: Turning down truck speed |
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| Looks like Interstate, Schneider and Con-Way got together and decided to turn all company trucks down to 63 mph to conserve fuel. Had my truck at the company yard yesterday and while I was inside using the restroom, a mechanic went to my truck and hooked up the computer and set it down. There was no official company wide notice other than a posted letter on the wall at the shop counter. I would have never known about this, except another driver showed me the sticker on the truck put there by the mechanic afterwards. Be aware, it seems most major companies will probably follow suit as fuel prices continue upwards. |
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MADLUX
Joined: 05 Jun 2005
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Location: Virginia Beach, VA
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| Was talking to a trans am driver the other day, there down from 65 to 62 now. |
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jefster
Joined: 21 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| cant really blame them, if it was your truck and you had to pay fuel you would do what you had to do to save money. |
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Lunker
Joined: 04 Feb 2007
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Location: Grants Pass, OR.
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Can't say I blame the company for saving money, but there should have been some kind of notification. Imagine never knowing something was done, get to a 70 mph state and think something's wrong with your truck. |
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bigtimba
Joined: 10 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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My high-flying 64 mph truck is in today for a B service and will come out a 62. That's alright with me as I've never been a speed demon. What does bother me is that I inherited the truck 10 weeks ago at 6.7 mpg and have since brought it up to 7.4. Instead of a bonus, I get a paycut?
I'm bettin' this speed reduction won't make much of a difference but we'll see. |
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Malaki86
Joined: 28 Aug 2004
Posts: 1993
Location: West Virginia
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| My truck had to go into the shop yesterday evening when I got in. I fully expect it to have a max speed of 62 when I pick it up. |
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ORPLINER
Joined: 14 Mar 2008
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Location: CA
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| watching the whole world pass by me as i mosey down the hiway at 61 mph !!!- sure be boring!!! |
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Sealord
Joined: 20 Jun 2005
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:52 am Post subject: Speed |
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| Don't know what you're complaining about, there was at time when max was 55 MPH in a company truck. Been there, done that. BOL |
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Evinrude
Joined: 10 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:21 am Post subject: |
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jefster wrote: cant really blame them, if it was your truck and you had to pay fuel you would do what you had to do to save money.
I think there is other ways to save money other than on the backs of there drivers. Maybe you don't mind a reduction of a pay, but I am sure some of the drivers think they do enough for free already. Maybe your company should go out of business and leave the freight to other better paying companies that are not squeezing there drivers. |
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Rev.Vassago
Joined: 04 Apr 2006
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Location: Green Bay, WI
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:29 am Post subject: |
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bigtimba wrote: My high-flying 64 mph truck is in today for a B service and will come out a 62. That's alright with me as I've never been a speed demon. What does bother me is that I inherited the truck 10 weeks ago at 6.7 mpg and have since brought it up to 7.4. Instead of a bonus, I get a paycut?
You are only getting a "paycut" on paper. A drop of 2 mph is a whopping 22 miles over the course of an 11 hour tour of duty. And even that assumes you are driving 62 mph from the second you start driving until the second you stop driving, and you are driving the full 11 hours every day. Since we both know neither of those things are true, your "paycut" is negligible at best. |
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Evinrude
Joined: 10 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:54 am Post subject: |
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Rev.Vassago wrote: bigtimba wrote: My high-flying 64 mph truck is in today for a B service and will come out a 62. That's alright with me as I've never been a speed demon. What does bother me is that I inherited the truck 10 weeks ago at 6.7 mpg and have since brought it up to 7.4. Instead of a bonus, I get a paycut?
You are only getting a "paycut" on paper. A drop of 2 mph is a whopping 22 miles over the course of an 11 hour tour of duty. And even that assumes you are driving 62 mph from the second you start driving until the second you stop driving, and you are driving the full 11 hours every day. Since we both know neither of those things are true, your "paycut" is negligible at best.
A little here and a little there it all adds up over time. Don't forget we are paid by the penny, so every penny counts. Also when oil goes up your pay should too, or poverty will be just around the corner.
But slowing some trucks down scews the rest of us up. Slow truck have a harder time to climb a hill when top out at 55 mpm. And the rest of us make more lane changes to get around these turtles, the time they crest the hill they are doing 35 mph and are causing a back up of a pissed 4 wheelers and truckers make an unsafe environment.
On 65 and 70 mph highways trucks should be able achieve this speed if not find find and alt route. |
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TomB985
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
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Location: Columbus, OH
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Evinrude wrote: I think there is other ways to save money other than on the backs of there drivers. Maybe you don't mind a reduction of a pay, but I am sure some of the drivers think they do enough for free already. Maybe your company should go out of business and leave the freight to other better paying companies that are not squeezing there drivers.
Dude...are you John Edwards?
These big, evil companies taking advantage of all of us working stiffs...this is getting a bit rediculous. |
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Evinrude
Joined: 10 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 6:10 am Post subject: |
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[quote="TomB985"] Evinrude wrote: I think there is other ways to save money other than on the backs of there drivers. Maybe you don't mind a reduction of a pay, but I am sure some of the drivers think they do enough for free already. Maybe your company should go out of business and leave the freight to other better paying companies that are not squeezing there drivers.
Dude...are you John Edwards?
Man my cover is blown.....lol |
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flood
Joined: 16 Jan 2007
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Location: tennesse
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| i just found out last night that we are going to get turned down to 65... next time we are in the shop..... don't think we will be going to the shop for some time if we can help it |
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VitoCorleone99
Joined: 23 May 2006
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Location: Detroit
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Rev.Vassago wrote: You are only getting a "paycut" on paper. A drop of 2 mph is a whopping 22 miles over the course of an 11 hour tour of duty. And even that assumes you are driving 62 mph from the second you start driving until the second you stop driving, and you are driving the full 11 hours every day. Since we both know neither of those things are true, your "paycut" is negligible at best.
They also neglect to account for the one factor that means more than any phony trucker equation that anyone can draw up - The available freight doesn't always match up exactly right with the hours you have available. The only real impact on a driver's pay that could possibly be caused by a slower truck would be due to having fewer hours available under the 70 hour rule. If the same miles take a longer time, then fewer hours would be left under the 70.
I have yet to hear from someone who can say truthfully, "I would have gotten a 500 mile run today, but they gave me a 460 mile run since that last trip took me an extra 45 minutes." The truth is that if a slower truck ever did cost someone a few bucks, which I'm sure it can from time to time, the driver would never know.
I lost 5mph in January and I have seen no reduction at all in my average miles per week. None. I saw more goofy calculations and rationalizations for how I was getting screwed than I care to count. All wrong. In point of fact it's a minor annoyance, nothing more. |
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