[glasman2]

Originally Posted by ssoutlaw

I bet your going to tell us you don't speed in your private vehicle!

I don't... I don't want the ticket. :P

[nrvsreck]

Originally Posted by uglymutt

from all of my driving i compiled a list of who drives the fastest, 1st on the list.....

tankers with a flamable placard on the side (these guys win hands down)

next fastest is those pete's pullin flatbeds (they follow the flamable tanker)

3rd on the list is FedX pullin doubles (they are following them pete's)

all else is just trying to keep up with the big 3......

How come I can't keep up with them rolling nukes? Oh, that's right! I want to keep my job for a while! HEHE! Silly me!

What about the owner-op parking lots? And the bull racks? And the guys hauling spread-axle reefers? What's the deal with spread-axle reefers anyway? Why do they need spread-axles?

[ssoutlaw]

Originally Posted by nrvsreck

How come I can't keep up with them rolling nukes? Oh, that's right! I want to keep my job for a while! HEHE! Silly me!

What about the owner-op parking lots? And the bull racks? And the guys hauling spread-axle reefers? What's the deal with spread-axle reefers anyway? Why do they need spread-axles?

Would you rather have a fixed tandem on your flat or a spread, Its a weight distribution thing, just like on a flat!!

[homer]

Maybe you should slow down so you don't cause and accident and kill yourself or someone else!

my truck is too slow and always over 100000 gross. 8 axles. i just drive it because i go home every day. i wont drive a slow#ssed truck across the country so i can work more hours and still turn in legal logs.
i wont even address your comment about killing.

[nrvsreck]

Yeah, but why only reefers?! Why don't you seem them on dryvans, tanks, and parking lots? They're on just about every flatbed, but rare on anything else.

[flood]

Originally Posted by tjv189

Just a simple observation I have made in my training with my mentor so far is that it seems that Prime and US Xpress drivers break the posted speed limits quite often. I will be maintaining 65 mph and they will pass me like I'm standing still. Anyone that drives for them, are your trucks governed or not? Just curious. Thanks.

i drive for USxpress and all new trucks are set at 65, us old timers get 68 and with the computer if we keep 6.6mpg we get 71. and we only do 71 in a 70 zone...!

you are driving for swift (mentor is a swift thing) and with a 65mph truck i can pass you all the time but i will tell you that if the sign said 65 i will be doing 67-68. oops i didn't say that.. and we still get passed by all the car's and alot of trucks.

you are new to trucking so after you have a few 100,000ml under your belt you will not need to ask. btw most swift trucks are set at 63 not 65. the spedo is off a little on most trucks when my spedo says 65 my gps says 67

[crankyazz]

driver67373 wrote:

Prime lease trucks are governed at 71. I know this because I just leased one and it's also what they told us at orientation. After so many months running safely (I can't remember how many) they will remove that restriction from the truck. Also keep in mind that many of the western states of a speed limit of 75, so if you're going 65, it WILL seem like they are flying by you.

ahhh another super trucker in the making.... everyone and their dog says stay away from prime leasing and another rookie didn't listen to anyone.... BOL in your failure, ooops i mean your endeavor....

[driver67373]

Originally Posted by Malaki86

How about West Virginia and it's 70mph limits with some turns you don't want to take above 50...

As far as USXpress trucks being goverened, they must be (or the driver is running slow) because I pass them all day long in my 68mph truck.

Well now I don't feel so bad. I was on 64 a few weeks ok in WV and those turns are really sharp. I was taking them at 50-55 because that is what felt safe and I had semi's flying around me at 65-70. It made me feel bad...I thought it was because of my lack of experience that I couldn't take those curves that fast. I guess I was the one being safe, and those guys are the ones you will see rolled over.

[driver67373]

Do you get some sort of perverse pleasure from insulting Prime and it's drivers every chance you get? Does it make you feel better? Do you sleep better at night because of it? If you want to talke about Prime starta new post. This thread is about speed limits, not Prime. Stay on the topic.

Originally Posted by yazz

driver67373 wrote:

ahhh another super trucker in the making.... everyone and their dog says stay away from prime leasing and another rookie didn't listen to anyone.... BOL in your failure, ooops i mean your endeavor....

[Goin Fer It]

Originally Posted by driver67373

Well now I don't feel so bad. I was on 64 a few weeks ok in WV and those turns are really sharp. I was taking them at 50-55 because that is what felt safe and I had semi's flying around me at 65-70. It made me feel bad...I thought it was because of my lack of experience that I couldn't take those curves that fast. I guess I was the one being safe, and those guys are the ones you will see rolled over.

Don't feel bad. My husband knows another driver that rolled it in Chicago that works for Davis Transport. Or he use to. He was alright and they still kept him on until someone called him in for a running a red light.

The guy rolled it on a curve. Let the fools fly by you around the curves. If they want to risk it that is there foolishness. Just be safe that is the bottom line.

Goin Fer It's Wife