So how fast do you guys run?
 

I run 58-60 mph. Very rarely will I do over 60. My cruise is set at a max 63(company speed limit, safety bonus) but I can do 75 on the foot feed.

How fast do you guys go? Do you have any type of limiter?

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That's odd that your company would have such a large space between cruise speed and max speed. Usually they're set within 4-5 mph of each other.

65 or 75

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Man. :shock: You got more patience than I do. If the fuel bonus made a very,very big,big difference on my check,I just might run that slow,if not,pooey on that,smash on it :P . That would drive me plumb nutz,running around at 60. Our trucks are governed at 68,and that drives me about half nutz. :P I only run a 400 mile round trip each night,so it aint that bad,but if it was OTR,forget it. :P

I rarely drive faster than 70 mph. My average is probably 65-70, depending on where I am running. My trucks are not governed, so I can run much faster, but it only burns more fuel and won't make much difference in the time frame in which you can make a delivery.

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They don't, perhaps I should clarify. Company speed limit is 63 mph, if you abide by it, you get an extra 5 cpm. You are allowed 4% miles per quarter to be over this speed limit. So if I do 30,000 miles in a quarter, I'm allowed 1,200 miles over the speed limit, regardless of speed.

My cruise and max speed is set where I want it. A lot of guys set it up that way, so at least you can get up to speed if you really need it(I never have). Most other guys with Penner set it the same way. BTW I am an o/o.

65-70 most of the time



An O/O with a company speed limit??? That's just pushing a little too far into your business, unless of course they're making 1/2 the payment or something....

I work local in Los Angeles and Ventura Calif. ( speed limit is 55 ) I just got my second speeding ticket in 5 years, The first one was wrtiten @ 64mph and the one I just got a month ago was for a chicken S%$T 60mph on interstate 5 ($186 was the fine).
Both tickets by the CHP and both said my speed was higher than it was.
They clocked me for a 1/4 mile both times is all.

i usually never go over 70.....depending on the day of the week it is..on fridays if i have enuff fuel(i drive local) ill do what i can get away with mon-thurs 65-68

I have mine governed at 65 on the foot, 70 on the cruise.

I am happy at 65mph maybe 70. I always wonder about the BBR O/Os that blow past me at 70 plus... They must have alot of money for fuel...

It's important to factor your ratio, tire size and torque curve. My old Werner FL classic does best at 64-66 mph for fuel mileage. I just get up a little earlier and keep the left door shut and I'm parked for the night b4 the truck stop fills up...usually. It is set wide open, but I rarely go over 70. I would rather have the extra money than get there 1 hour sooner.

hogan truck supposed to be 65 mph, but had it tweaked at the hogan facility in fontana california to go 68 mph, makes a huge difference.

My truck is governed at 80. Most of the time run about 72 depends where I'm at. Usaly getting between 6.8 to 7.8 mpg.

Let me guess!
You either running about empty, or always on a flats, no traffic, and wind is always coming from the tale?
Tell me i'm wrong :P

One more option, you've miscalculate your fuel mileage. :roll:

I only got 6.6 mpg for the best, with lite load, and a terrible 4.9 mpg weighing 79,225, going thru to CA from St louis

depends, i rarely go over the speed limit by more than 5 mph. On a side note, where are you guies usualy. eather most of you are fibbing or I never see you all on the road, most ppl fly past me like I'm standing still, even at 66

I'm elusive, but if you look hard enough, I can be found.

Right now I'm up by Boston, doing a 4 day unload.

I run 71mph in my rental truck (rental). In OK< I"m doing 71mp, in TN I'll prolly be doing 71mph. :lol:

My truck is governed at 65mph. I have to goto court again next week about a speeding ticket on I95 in delaware.

they really hate trucks on I95 in Del

I guess I'm the oddball. I just go the speed limit. If its fast(70) i figure I'm making good time. If its slow i figure I'm getting good fuel mileage. I don't have to worry about tickets, so its a win win win.

When in the 55 states that's what I do and when it's higher I almost never go more than 63 or 4 that is until I get half way by one of those NASCAR wannabees.we all know the kind,foolish looking numbers plastered all over the truck,looks like the word soap is not in their dictionary,they speed up you get back behind them and they slow down until I've had enough then I lose my cool and driver around them.
Remember when it was the four wheelers that were the idiots on the highway????The meat that is allowed to hold onto the steering wheels of big trucks now is disgraceful for all of us that are here for the long run.

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Lots of slow guys out there. My truck will fly, but I see no reason to do it. Who can afford the fuel and the fines these days? I run whatever the speed limit is and usually +2 or 3. I keep the left door shut and the DOT constantly reminds me that they like to see a break every 4 hours. But until they put it in the regs, too bad.

Tell me bout it, i'll be there sunday

My truck isn't governed, 3.55 rears, 13 speed and tall 24.5's with a tweaked E-model Cat. I've been GOOD about using self-control in the year and a half I've had it, but got popped today for 79 in a 65 loaded coming through Texas. :oops:

I go with the flow. 55-65. There's no point in running 75 if you've got to slow down to 55 for people to get out of the way. You've just burned alot more fuel to average the same 60-65mph.

Not more than 70 unless i have to pass in a hurry.

Its 75 on the Okie Tpk....who all would run that? I see cattle haulers and reefer haulers blowin my doors off all through Missouri and Oklahoma 8)

Bandit,same way on 82 going to Lubbock. Those cowtrucks blow past us so fast,ya cant tell what color they are. You just see a beam of amber,and red running beside ya. :P

our trucks are limited to 65 on the foot and 63 on cruise. In Oregon i do around 56-59 and Washington 62-64 Idaho i use the foot to get 65 my fuel mileage for heavy 88,000 and light 45,000 # loads is around 5.8 to 6.4

I work for a Canadian company driving a 2006 FTL Columbia. It's limited to 65 mph on foot and 62.5 mph on cruise. Recently the management started complaining about our poor fuel mileage and they turned down the governor to 62.5 mph (!) both on foot and cruise. "Show us 6.5 mpg and we'll turn it up back to 65 mph," said the fleet message on my satellite.

So, even governed at 65 our trucks had very poor mileage! Which is understable to me because:

But when I buy my own truck I'll probably stick to 65 mph where it's allowed. I think at 70 the fuel cost outweighs any time gains....

Having less torque doesn't mean you're going to get less fuel mileage. Actually, in my findings, the opposite is true. Best engine for fuel mileage I've ever driven is a m11 in a box shaped international. It consistently got better then the "bigger" higher torque detroits, cats, cummins, volvos, macks, on the same run doing the same thing.

As I recall, Allan, those M11's got pretty decent fuel mileage. I think a lot of people didn't like them because they didn't put out that much horsepower. I believe most were around 330-350 hp. :?

I drive the speed limit + 5mph.

I think the M11 range was from 290 to 400.

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Depends on the road conditions, most of time on our 65mph roads I run 72, on our 70 mph roads I run 77, on the 75 mph roads I run 82.. truck not limited, I haul livestock, and when you have to cover miles to get the animals there alive, you move down the road and you only stop for fuel.The longer they are on the trailer the more wieght they lose... the more wieght they lose, the more money you lose.

I just got my own truck and it came governed at 68 (66 according to the GPS with 25% rubber). I never run states that are higher than 65 and the times I went faster than that were either due to inattention or passing someone who passed me right back making me regret it :shock: . So, I'll leave it as it is. Why be bear bait, or fund the terrorists with the extra fuel bought and burned, or beat on the truck and stress yourself out driving like an idiot 4 wheeler 8) ? I will let the truck push itself faster downhill and going the speed limit lets me stay off the brakes more. On an electronic engine bad MPG is more using the brakes too much than too much throttle. Fuel burned goes into accelerating the truck and getting you down the road - using the brakes (Service or Jake) converts that energy from speed to heat and you have to make it up by burning more fuel. I don't leave the jake on - just turn it on going down hills that need it. With it on all the time every time you let off and blip the jake you are wasting fuel!

Gibby, who do you drive for and where do you live in Kansas?

I had a 98 Volvo with that M-11. The darn thing got 8 miles to the gallon consistently, but couldn't get out of its own way if pulling a heavy load.

It was a great auto parts hauler, which I bought it for. And it did the job for three years with little if any problems. I bought her for $17,000.00 and sold her for $10,000.00. The guy that bought it hauls his tractors to shows and a little grain. He loves it, it was a pretty clean little truck.