I know one thing, the first time I'm charged for using fuel I'll be heading directly to a lawyer. Unless a contract was signed by the driver stating that the company is allowed to take money from them for excess idling they flat out broke the law.

Oh, ya, and I would be heading to another company.

 

Man this is bullsh!t about speed and fuel. It takes much more than speed to affect fuel. I drove a freightliner govern at 68 a mack governed at 66 and a kenworth governed at 62 and i used the same amount of fuel in all of the trucks it did not make that big of a difference. I drive an international now and I drive at least 80 mph and the truck uses the same amount of fuel as those other ones. My father owns a company and all of his trucks will do 90 easy and he says its another way for the mega carriers to try and eliminate the smaller competition. He also states his diesel bill is the same this year as it has been for the last 4 years. He told me this at the shop one of his customers asked him how fast would his trucks run and he told them they all will do at least 90 except for his PETE 550 CATERPILLAR IT WILL DO 110 and the customer told him they would not give J.B.Hunt that contract because their trucks are governed to low and that they needed trucks that would do at least 70-75.

 

:roll: Maybe if he took some trucks off the road his fuel bill stayed the same for four years. :?

 

At Schneider we go 63mph.Teams can scream at 65 :x Damn speed demons :x

 

Is celadon bumping that Mexican Panther division or whatever the mexican company that they own back to 62 as well? Just curious...Just wonder if they will back you guys down, and let them keep rolling as normal when they start coming in and running your freight, I think the Celladon Mexican company was one of the ones allowed to come over...wouldnt that just tick you off to have them still running at regular speed with long loads coming out of Mexico while you are sitting in Laredo scratching your head trying to decide which bill to pay half on.

 

If I am not mistaken, that Panther (jag) unit was shut down awhile ago???
But they could be preparing to activate it with a vengeance soon???

 

i dont think jag is active anymore either but if that is the case then i wont have to worry about driving anymore ill be in jail for running those mfers of the road!!!! no i probably wont but it felt good saying that. lol Maybe ill go to school to be an air plane mech oh wait that business isnt doing go either damn what can man do to make a decent living anymore

 

Damn, and here I am still doing 75-80 pulling my tanks part time on I-80 to Wendover and Wells.....Well, make sure you wave to the balding dude with the wire rim glasses as I pass you. I have two (count em' TWO) 45 foot tanks behind me and a 10 foot pole dolly....Sure beats UPS (although I DO LOVE my pension checks from the Western Conference of Teamsters) WHAT is a "governor" (other than Schwarzenegger) ??? I don't think I have one....18 speeds and a VERY large CAT (I love those yellow motors....) and I'm still getting paid by the hour....go figure.Have a very Merry Christmas/Happy New Year/Happy Qwanzaa/Chanuka etc etc.....Freight WILL pick up, it always does..

 

I hear ya on that Feeder. I drive a 2006 Mack Grantie 74 is max speed. Gotta love it.

 

What a complete load of hogwash. You must be a real dumbass if you think that anybody would believe that load of crap.