I see so many drivers focus on just getting the load there, rather than just taking their time and being safe. I’ve always been big on safety and saving money because I’m cheap. End of the day, that truck belongs to you and it’s your duty to take care of it. And if you’re running it hard, pushing it’s max, and not saving money, you’re not making money. I mean, yeah you’re going 3-5mph slower but you’re saving 10-13% on not just your fuel, but also the life expectancy of your truck. Which means fewer possible break downs, less headaches at the pumps, and more time getting to where you need to go without stopping. I love your view point on this. And I’m glad someone else talks about it. Save you and your company time and money. That load ain’t going anywhere and your life is more valuable than whatever load you’re carrying. Btw I know some truckers are going to come here and comment and say “yeah tell that to the dispatcher that’s pushing you to run harder”….screw the dispatcher. He’s not driving the truck. He’s not out there pushing 80k lbs down the highway at 63-68 and probably has never been in a semi himself. And if he gives you problems, go to his superiors. There’s a chain of command for everything in this industry. Follow it and it’ll make your whole life easier. Don’t let these dispatchers intimidate you because most of them never even driven a damn semi before.
Another great video. It’s not only you are saving on fuel but the wear and tear on tyres brakes and generally you get a better life out off the truck. But the biggest thing is you save is yourself mentally not pushing yourself all day long. Be safe take care on the roads.
The more drag a vehicle has the more speed affects your mileage. Same with weight and rolling resistance. I could get 30mpg in my Mustang GT if I did 65mph. Now I love cars. Always have. I love driving. But now that I’m older and wiser I can appreciate the idea of lower speed limits. Less fuel waste, safer roads, less wear and tear. I’ve driven myself across this country a few times. I know it can be tempting to just power through the open spots. But I love challenging myself to get the best mpg possible.
There ya go again. Absolutely outstanding topic! While I believe ALL Truckers hate the commercial laws of California, there's at least one benefit, and that's fuel savings. Not purchase! Just savings. And, it'll be even MORE expensive July 1st when a BRAND NEW tax kicks in. Isn't that great!??! I'll leave it at that. As always, travel safely...✌🏼
@@rickyhawkins7407 EVERYTHING is more expensive since January of 2021. Are you payin $6.10 a gallon in South Carolina yet? Because that's what I'm paying now.
@@thedale2112 no I’m not. But this is not unique to the US, it is a global thing. We travel quite often and have noticed this all over. My issue here is that this state blast the other party on a daily basis. Every other commercial is a kick to the other party. But when the state legislature had the opportunity to give us the voters some relief by lowering the state fuel tax, like they did in Ga and Md, they voted no. Then promptly blames it on the other party in Washington. And before the liberal name calling comes out, registered Republican since 1981. Actually believed and drank the coolaid until a few years ago.
That is so true what you said the 1 thing though is if you are a owner operator you should also get a fuel surcharge and that will also help there is a lot to consider in what you are saying when I drove for covenant we could only do 62 no matter what if you did more you got pulled in and safety talked to you they kept a good check on all miles driven and how much fuel you used so they had a handle on that
I always feel comforted when I see a COVENANT rig. The back of trailer always said "It's a life, NOT a choice." I want to get in my experience and apply there♡
I learned that 40+ years ago when I was a young, always broke mom. I remember one of my brothers was hitching a ride from me and he got upset that I was driving my car like a granny. I told him that I had more time than money and that the faster I went the more it cost ME to haul YOU for free to where you want to go. I still drive like that...yes I will go the speed limit when others are behind me. Also when I was in high-school, there was another student I was talking with and the only part of the conversation I remember is he said "speed kills". I NEVER forgot that statement and I say it quite often, even kinda live by it in many aspects like go slow when entering a relationship, take your time while working out, don't let your emotions get the best of you.....slow down and think it through. But ESPECIALLY while in my car or driving the rig. I will push that flasher button and do what feels safe to ME. You can squabble all you want if ya don't like it. The only reason people get old is because they didn't get themselves killed so far. Way too many young'uns in the graves.
I took the ACE 2 class several months ago. As a lease operator at Prime, I try to maximize my profit with every tip or trick offered. I was stunned at the fuel savings stated by the ACE 2 trainer but, more stunned that his top 10 mpg performers were driving 58 mph!! I had been driving 63-64 mph and blowing my profit and fuel out the stack. Anyway, I gave 58 mph a whirl for a month and sure enough, I saved a lot more money on fuel. I was #2 on fuel economy in my fleet of 100+/- drivers. That's just Crazy!! Well, I cranked it back up to 60 mph and I am ranked around 10-12 each week in my fleet. The math is just easier for trip planning at 60 mph...but still good on fuel savings. Thanks for the video!
as speed increases linearly, drag from the air increases exponentially. vehicles do way more work at highway speed pushing air out of the way as opposed to pulling the vehicle itself once you get to 60-65 mph
Hello sir! Thank you for your video! I am trying to do some math here: Let's say I drive 10 hr a day . With a speed of 65 mph I going to make 650 miles. With 75 mph I will drive 750 miles for the same 10 hrs. So difference is 100 miles right? That means to cover this 100 miles with the speed of 65 mph I have to drive longer for about 1 h 30 min approx. 100 :7= 14.29 gallons of fuel I will burn more. 14.29 * $3=$43. Where is economy? Correct me if I'm wrong. Thank you!
@@TheJoyofTrucking You said that California was 55 MPH and you burned almost a full tank (i am guessing 200 gallons+) So what was the "Miles Per Gallon" for that tank? answer with the number please verses your normal MPG doing 65 or 68 miles per hour. When you talk of "percent better" or I saved xxxx What is you normal MPG and what was the California (55 miles per hour) MPG? I can calculate the savings with those numbers.
Tell me about it. California drives us socal people nuts. I hyper mile in the Prius. Speed racer, ie wife, not so much. Finally got her a hybrid and doubled her mpg to 40. I still remember the oil shortage starting the late 70's early 80's and 55mph was allowed. Street lights dimmed and gas lines everywhere. Carpooling was the norm. My dad car pooled with three other guys going to Pabst in Milwaukee. Big deal. Have a good Sunday. Many owner ops contracted onto companies get very good discounts.
It’s really quiet simple. Companies having their trucks governed below the posted speed limit is not only frustrating for the drivers and the commuters around them, but it is always very unsafe. The whole ‘fuel mileage savings’ is a red heron, I mean one way or the other you’re going to have to put fuel in your truck. And since we’re talking about fuel savings, imagine how much fuel is wasted when multitudes of cars and trucks suddenly have to slow down because they get stuck behind a slower moving vehicle. Again… driving a truck that is governed for speeds below the posted speed limit means that you have now become an obstacle. The end.
That doesn’t make sense. One way or another you have to put fuel in your truck. But it costs more to put more in it. And that cost gets passed on to the consumer in the end. The problem isn’t trucks slowing down, it’s the laws letting cars go as fast as they want on the highways. They also use more fuel and are less safe because of it. We are taking massive bricks and pushing them through the air at 75mph. That is hard as hell to do. Air is really thick even though we don’t think of it as such.
@@richarderion4611 Yes! And…upon further contemplation…the insect wings could provide ‘lift’ which might improve fuel economy. 😆😂🤣 We could also use ski wax…???
Driving through California, doing 55mph for 900+ miles, I was getting 12mpg. Where i normally drive 60 to 65 up north and get around 7.4mpg on average with the weight I pull. I pretty much do the speed limit, mostly out of spite. I usually get close to 1mpg better fuel economy than the rest of the drivers that regularly run 3 to 5 mph over the speed limit. Honestly it really doesn't matter to most companies because it is business expenses and is pretty much covered by others and tax deductions, but if you own your own truck or a small company, those savings can be the difference of making money or going out of business. On a side note, and no offense intended, but when you were doing the math, it reminded me so much of this guy. th-cam.com/video/yt4rjnAW2QM/w-d-xo.html
@@martygt3357 it was a '15? KWt660. Cummins isx10 450hp 3.22 rear-end eaton fuller 10spd do not recall the transmission model. It may have been 3.33 rear i can not remember for sure, i have had 7 other truck since then. I could only get that fuel mileage running the flats of California in top gear at 55mph. Most of the time in the mountains where i usually run i was getting 6.5 to 7.5 mpg. Usually grossed out at 75k to 80k lbs.
@@Bendigo1 Thanks for the info. Sometimes a day or two of tailwind can bump up your numbers. I got 12 mpg once for about 9 hours hauling 14,ooo pounds of mayonaise jar lids. it was a light load and I couldn't repeat it. DD15 with a Eaton Fuller10 speed
I enjoy watching your guys video. Hope ya guys are doing ok and staying safe. There's a lot of idiots drivers out there. I too am a trucker and thats funny. I started out at werner and i was based out of the springfield ohio terminal. Anyways, yes the slower you go, yes your fuel mileage goes up. Every chance you get drop to 60 and watch it. Course sometimes ya gotta push and go so the load is not late. But ya keep playing with it. Now you are looking at the prices all wrong as many drivers do.You cant go off the sign out on the highway for the prices. Lets say the sign on the road says 4 bucks a gallon. Now subtract that states fuel tax on diesel from that price. Thats the real cost of the fuel. So lets say you are in ohio indianda and michigan today. So go online and look at each states average fuel price and each states fuel tax. Do the math on those numbers and see which number is best. So if your on the border of ohio and indiana. One side says 5 bucks a gallon and the other side says 5.05 a gallon. It may be cheaper to by it at 5.05 over the 5 bucks a gallon. You dont pay the tax because thats where you are buying it there. You are paying that tax because you are driving through that state. The magic number is 6 miles a gallon. Ya wanna try to get the best mileage you can and it helps the bank account too. If you wanna try to understand it better, please go to letstruck.com and look at the fuel optimization section. Hope both of you are doing great and feeling good.
Generally drive at or below the posted speed limit but realize that electronically limiting truck top speed as the FMCSA proposes is a dangerous proposition. It's all to common to see speed limited trucks trying to pass one another causing a dangerous situation for themselves and the surrounding traffic. It's unlikely that this proposed truck speed limiting regulation is intended to increase safety as stated ("save the children") and likely more to do with decreasing truck fuel consumption or some other unstated reason. Limiting commercial drivers abilities to travel at the posted speed limit is dangerous.
Well math tells me you lost 3mph at 11 hours is 33 miles. At about 0.50 a mile, you are losing about $16 a day in pay to save the company $30 in fuel with zero compensation for yourself. If the company wants to give me a financial incentive to “go slower” and it benefits me more than going the faster speed, I’ll do it. Personally, I’m going to “game” whatever system they have in place to what suits me best financially. They are surely doing the same thing to me! My companies only fuel consideration is fueling location and amount. They give us an exact location and amount to fuel. If I do that and keep idle time under a certain percentage, then I get paid a certain percentage (0.10 a gallon fueled a month) for following there fueling solution. I do my best to follow it in the cooler months and am less concerned with it in the warmer months as sleeping hot is not something I’m personally willing to tolerate. I’m also concerned with the state of our environment, but I feel if you are truly concerned with the environment, you need to limit your own consumption of goods and services as this is the largest factor in the cause of energy and resource use.
Well said and good math! We agree wholeheartedly. It was an interesting thing to look at when Kevin had the opportunity due to being in CA for a bit. Interesting calculations. And certainly something O/O need to look at. There’s a sweet spot somewhere in there.
Are you surprised that your speed affects the fuel mileage, or that the effect is so strong? Anyone with a little understanding of physics could have told you that. Theoretically a speed of 60 mph instead of 75 mph should reduce your fuel usage by almost 50%. Both my car and my motor bike can tell me exactly what my fuel consumption is at any moment, I suppose any modern truck can do the same.
Not sure how many people have a basic “understanding of physics” or contemplate these things. A video like this builds awareness. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Fleets pay a set price as specified by their contract. Fuel bonus is a gimmick, everyone knows this. Its all relative to weather, road conditions, bio fuel, etc.
@@TheJoyofTrucking My family, has been in the trucking industry 40 years with several trucks and trailers ,if u haul cheap freight. Or you owe on everything you are fucked anyway.
The more drag a vehicle has the more speed affects your mileage. Same with weight and rolling resistance. I could get 30mpg in my Mustang GT if I did 65mph. Now I love cars. Always have. I love driving. But now that I’m older and wiser I can appreciate the idea of lower speed limits. Less fuel waste, safer roads, less wear and tear. I’ve driven myself across this country a few times. I know it can be tempting to just power through the open spots. But I love challenging myself to get the best mpg possible.
I see so many drivers focus on just getting the load there, rather than just taking their time and being safe. I’ve always been big on safety and saving money because I’m cheap. End of the day, that truck belongs to you and it’s your duty to take care of it. And if you’re running it hard, pushing it’s max, and not saving money, you’re not making money.
I mean, yeah you’re going 3-5mph slower but you’re saving 10-13% on not just your fuel, but also the life expectancy of your truck. Which means fewer possible break downs, less headaches at the pumps, and more time getting to where you need to go without stopping.
I love your view point on this. And I’m glad someone else talks about it. Save you and your company time and money. That load ain’t going anywhere and your life is more valuable than whatever load you’re carrying.
Btw I know some truckers are going to come here and comment and say “yeah tell that to the dispatcher that’s pushing you to run harder”….screw the dispatcher. He’s not driving the truck. He’s not out there pushing 80k lbs down the highway at 63-68 and probably has never been in a semi himself. And if he gives you problems, go to his superiors. There’s a chain of command for everything in this industry. Follow it and it’ll make your whole life easier. Don’t let these dispatchers intimidate you because most of them never even driven a damn semi before.
Matt, I agree with this 110 percent.
Thank you so much for your comment!!! All of it is right on and well said!!!
Another great video. It’s not only you are saving on fuel but the wear and tear on tyres brakes and generally you get a better life out off the truck.
But the biggest thing is you save is yourself mentally not pushing yourself all day long.
Be safe take care on the roads.
Thank you for adding this wisdom!!
Not many drivers out there think the way you and I do Kevin. I’m glad you touched on this. Good to see like minded people doing videos.
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The more drag a vehicle has the more speed affects your mileage. Same with weight and rolling resistance. I could get 30mpg in my Mustang GT if I did 65mph. Now I love cars. Always have. I love driving. But now that I’m older and wiser I can appreciate the idea of lower speed limits. Less fuel waste, safer roads, less wear and tear. I’ve driven myself across this country a few times. I know it can be tempting to just power through the open spots. But I love challenging myself to get the best mpg possible.
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There ya go again. Absolutely outstanding topic! While I believe ALL Truckers hate the commercial laws of California, there's at least one benefit, and that's fuel savings. Not purchase! Just savings. And, it'll be even MORE expensive July 1st when a BRAND NEW tax kicks in. Isn't that great!??! I'll leave it at that. As always, travel safely...✌🏼
Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!! California really wants to clinch and keep the number one spot for highest fuel prices in the country.
@@TheJoyofTrucking There are democrats in the California legislature who's tombstone will read, "I never saw a tax I didn't like"...How bout that?
Fuel is expensive in SC also… and this is a Republican run state.
Not party it’s politics.
@@rickyhawkins7407 EVERYTHING is more expensive since January of 2021. Are you payin $6.10 a gallon in South Carolina yet? Because that's what I'm paying now.
@@thedale2112 no I’m not. But this is not unique to the US, it is a global thing. We travel quite often and have noticed this all over.
My issue here is that this state blast the other party on a daily basis. Every other commercial is a kick to the other party. But when the state legislature had the opportunity to give us the voters some relief by lowering the state fuel tax, like they did in Ga and Md, they voted no. Then promptly blames it on the other party in Washington.
And before the liberal name calling comes out, registered Republican since 1981. Actually believed and drank the coolaid until a few years ago.
Great information Kevin. I'm really enjoying your channel. Keep em coming. You and Tonya Stay safe out there on the road.
Thank you! Glad you like our channel. Happy to have you along!!
That is so true what you said the 1 thing though is if you are a owner operator you should also get a fuel surcharge and that will also help there is a lot to consider in what you are saying when I drove for covenant we could only do 62 no matter what if you did more you got pulled in and safety talked to you they kept a good check on all miles driven and how much fuel you used so they had a handle on that
Thanks for your comment and insight!
I always feel comforted when I see a COVENANT rig. The back of trailer always said "It's a life, NOT a choice." I want to get in my experience and apply there♡
I'm going to try this on American Truck Simulator!
Lol! Let us know what you figure out!!
I learned that 40+ years ago when I was a young, always broke mom. I remember one of my brothers was hitching a ride from me and he got upset that I was driving my car like a granny. I told him that I had more time than money and that the faster I went the more it cost ME to haul YOU for free to where you want to go. I still drive like that...yes I will go the speed limit when others are behind me. Also when I was in high-school, there was another student I was talking with and the only part of the conversation I remember is he said "speed kills". I NEVER forgot that statement and I say it quite often, even kinda live by it in many aspects like go slow when entering a relationship, take your time while working out, don't let your emotions get the best of you.....slow down and think it through. But ESPECIALLY while in my car or driving the rig. I will push that flasher button and do what feels safe to ME. You can squabble all you want if ya don't like it. The only reason people get old is because they didn't get themselves killed so far. Way too many young'uns in the graves.
Very wise!!! Good thinking how you apply it to other aspects of your life. Thanks for sharing.
In IL and IN fuelbis aboutn$5.50/ gal
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Yep
Prime is governed at 65 lease or company. I think. Many drive 60 mph.
I took the ACE 2 class several months ago. As a lease operator at Prime, I try to maximize my profit with every tip or trick offered. I was stunned at the fuel savings stated by the ACE 2 trainer but, more stunned that his top 10 mpg performers were driving 58 mph!! I had been driving 63-64 mph and blowing my profit and fuel out the stack.
Anyway, I gave 58 mph a whirl for a month and sure enough, I saved a lot more money on fuel. I was #2 on fuel economy in my fleet of 100+/- drivers. That's just Crazy!! Well, I cranked it back up to 60 mph and I am ranked around 10-12 each week in my fleet. The math is just easier for trip planning at 60 mph...but still good on fuel savings. Thanks for the video!
as speed increases linearly, drag from the air increases exponentially. vehicles do way more work at highway speed pushing air out of the way as opposed to pulling the vehicle itself once you get to 60-65 mph
love the videos keep it up. I do have one question where in California did you find diesel for 4.90 a gallon??
Lol. Sorry. That was two months ago. But the concept still applies. Even if, sadly, the fuel price doesn’t. Lol.
@@TheJoyofTrucking all Good.
If you get paid bonus on mpg is another good reason to do this
Very true! Thanks!
Hello sir! Thank you for your video! I am trying to do some math here: Let's say I drive 10 hr a day . With a speed of 65 mph I going to make 650 miles. With 75 mph I will drive 750 miles for the same 10 hrs. So difference is 100 miles right? That means to cover this 100 miles with the speed of 65 mph I have to drive longer for about 1 h 30 min approx. 100 :7= 14.29 gallons of fuel I will burn more. 14.29 * $3=$43. Where is economy? Correct me if I'm wrong. Thank you!
I do not understand going from 68 to 65. You said 65-68 and California is 55, so what fuel economy did you get at 55 on that tabk bought in Arizona?
Sorry. Don’t understand your question. Maybe watch it again.
@@TheJoyofTrucking You said that California was 55 MPH and you burned almost a full tank (i am guessing 200 gallons+) So what was the "Miles Per Gallon" for that tank? answer with the number please verses your normal MPG doing 65 or 68 miles per hour. When you talk of "percent better" or I saved xxxx What is you normal MPG and what was the California (55 miles per hour) MPG? I can calculate the savings with those numbers.
Tell me about it. California drives us socal people nuts. I hyper mile in the Prius. Speed racer, ie wife, not so much. Finally got her a hybrid and doubled her mpg to 40. I still remember the oil shortage starting the late 70's early 80's and 55mph was allowed. Street lights dimmed and gas lines everywhere. Carpooling was the norm. My dad car pooled with three other guys going to Pabst in Milwaukee. Big deal. Have a good Sunday. Many owner ops contracted onto companies get very good discounts.
I’m picturing your dad carpooling :-))) Always appreciate your personal comments!!!
@@TheJoyofTrucking Thanks. It really helped that they were all good friends. Driver was responsible for buying coffe on the way there.
@@jimb3541 Sweet!! Strange question…but…was he wearing a hat?
@@TheJoyofTrucking My dad had his pabst baseball hats and wool hats for work but I do not remember him wearing going or coming home. Just in closet.
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It’s really quiet simple. Companies having their trucks governed below the posted speed limit is not only frustrating for the drivers and the commuters around them, but it is always very unsafe.
The whole ‘fuel mileage savings’ is a red heron, I mean one way or the other you’re going to have to put fuel in your truck.
And since we’re talking about fuel savings, imagine how much fuel is wasted when multitudes of cars and trucks suddenly have to slow down because they get stuck behind a slower moving vehicle.
Again… driving a truck that is governed for speeds below the posted speed limit means that you have now become an obstacle.
The end.
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That doesn’t make sense. One way or another you have to put fuel in your truck. But it costs more to put more in it. And that cost gets passed on to the consumer in the end. The problem isn’t trucks slowing down, it’s the laws letting cars go as fast as they want on the highways. They also use more fuel and are less safe because of it. We are taking massive bricks and pushing them through the air at 75mph. That is hard as hell to do. Air is really thick even though we don’t think of it as such.
A shiny truck glides thru the air better thus better gas mileage !!! 🤣🤣🤣
Lol!!! So true. So true. Those insect carcasses can really slow a truck down. 🤣😂😆
Because its more aerodynamic!
@@richarderion4611 Yes! And…upon further contemplation…the insect wings could provide ‘lift’ which might improve fuel economy. 😆😂🤣
We could also use ski wax…???
Why do think all these large car Peterbilts are going so slow in the right lane
Driving through California, doing 55mph for 900+ miles, I was getting 12mpg. Where i normally drive 60 to 65 up north and get around 7.4mpg on average with the weight I pull. I pretty much do the speed limit, mostly out of spite. I usually get close to 1mpg better fuel economy than the rest of the drivers that regularly run 3 to 5 mph over the speed limit.
Honestly it really doesn't matter to most companies because it is business expenses and is pretty much covered by others and tax deductions, but if you own your own truck or a small company, those savings can be the difference of making money or going out of business.
On a side note, and no offense intended, but when you were doing the math, it reminded me so much of this guy.
th-cam.com/video/yt4rjnAW2QM/w-d-xo.html
12 mpg is great. Please tell me the spec of your truck. Engine? horsepower? Transmission? rear gear?
@@martygt3357 it was a '15? KWt660. Cummins isx10 450hp 3.22 rear-end eaton fuller 10spd do not recall the transmission model. It may have been 3.33 rear i can not remember for sure, i have had 7 other truck since then. I could only get that fuel mileage running the flats of California in top gear at 55mph. Most of the time in the mountains where i usually run i was getting 6.5 to 7.5 mpg. Usually grossed out at 75k to 80k lbs.
@@Bendigo1 Thanks for the info. Sometimes a day or two of tailwind can bump up your numbers. I got 12 mpg once for about 9 hours hauling 14,ooo pounds of mayonaise jar lids. it was a light load and I couldn't repeat it. DD15 with a Eaton Fuller10 speed
Keep thinking like an owner operator and you’ll be ready for the big boy pants in no time.
😆😆😆 We have owned several businesses. So we definitely think like entrepreneurs. :-))
Sounds like you wear the pink lacy ones
I enjoy watching your guys video. Hope ya guys are doing ok and staying safe. There's a lot of idiots drivers out there. I too am a trucker and thats funny. I started out at werner and i was based out of the springfield ohio terminal. Anyways, yes the slower you go, yes your fuel mileage goes up. Every chance you get drop to 60 and watch it. Course sometimes ya gotta push and go so the load is not late. But ya keep playing with it. Now you are looking at the prices all wrong as many drivers do.You cant go off the sign out on the highway for the prices. Lets say the sign on the road says 4 bucks a gallon. Now subtract that states fuel tax on diesel from that price. Thats the real cost of the fuel. So lets say you are in ohio indianda and michigan today. So go online and look at each states average fuel price and each states fuel tax. Do the math on those numbers and see which number is best. So if your on the border of ohio and indiana. One side says 5 bucks a gallon and the other side says 5.05 a gallon. It may be cheaper to by it at 5.05 over the 5 bucks a gallon. You dont pay the tax because thats where you are buying it there. You are paying that tax because you are driving through that state. The magic number is 6 miles a gallon. Ya wanna try to get the best mileage you can and it helps the bank account too. If you wanna try to understand it better, please go to letstruck.com and look at the fuel optimization section. Hope both of you are doing great and feeling good.
Thank you for this insight!!!!! Appreciate that!!! Thanks for watching and sharing your knowledge!!
Generally drive at or below the posted speed limit but realize that electronically limiting truck top speed as the FMCSA proposes is a dangerous proposition. It's all to common to see speed limited trucks trying to pass one another causing a dangerous situation for themselves and the surrounding traffic. It's unlikely that this proposed truck speed limiting regulation is intended to increase safety as stated ("save the children") and likely more to do with decreasing truck fuel consumption or some other unstated reason. Limiting commercial drivers abilities to travel at the posted speed limit is dangerous.
Well math tells me you lost 3mph at 11 hours is 33 miles. At about 0.50 a mile, you are losing about $16 a day in pay to save the company $30 in fuel with zero compensation for yourself. If the company wants to give me a financial incentive to “go slower” and it benefits me more than going the faster speed, I’ll do it. Personally, I’m going to “game” whatever system they have in place to what suits me best financially. They are surely doing the same thing to me!
My companies only fuel consideration is fueling location and amount. They give us an exact location and amount to fuel. If I do that and keep idle time under a certain percentage, then I get paid a certain percentage (0.10 a gallon fueled a month) for following there fueling solution. I do my best to follow it in the cooler months and am less concerned with it in the warmer months as sleeping hot is not something I’m personally willing to tolerate.
I’m also concerned with the state of our environment, but I feel if you are truly concerned with the environment, you need to limit your own consumption of goods and services as this is the largest factor in the cause of energy and resource use.
Well said and good math! We agree wholeheartedly. It was an interesting thing to look at when Kevin had the opportunity due to being in CA for a bit. Interesting calculations. And certainly something O/O need to look at. There’s a sweet spot somewhere in there.
@@TheJoyofTrucking Absolutely! If you are a O/O it’s 100% different considerations. Cant wait for what the new change is! The goodbye to Kenny Riggs!
Are you surprised that your speed affects the fuel mileage, or that the effect is so strong?
Anyone with a little understanding of physics could have told you that.
Theoretically a speed of 60 mph instead of 75 mph should reduce your fuel usage by almost 50%.
Both my car and my motor bike can tell me exactly what my fuel consumption is at any moment, I suppose any modern truck can do the same.
Do you reside in California?
Not sure how many people have a basic “understanding of physics” or contemplate these things. A video like this builds awareness. Thanks for watching and commenting.
But Tiago, does you car or motor bike tell you when you're being a dick?
Fleets pay a set price as specified by their contract. Fuel bonus is a gimmick, everyone knows this. Its all relative to weather, road conditions, bio fuel, etc.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
If u r fuckin worry about fuel mileage u r doing it wrong. It all comes off the top..
Worrying and understanding are two different things. And even if you expense something it can affect the bottom line.
@@TheJoyofTrucking My family, has been in the trucking industry 40 years with several trucks and trailers ,if u haul cheap freight. Or you owe on everything you are fucked anyway.
@@mikehiggins5233 Debt is definitely not a good business model.
How's come you don't give off an "I'm a happy guy" vibe
The more drag a vehicle has the more speed affects your mileage. Same with weight and rolling resistance. I could get 30mpg in my Mustang GT if I did 65mph. Now I love cars. Always have. I love driving. But now that I’m older and wiser I can appreciate the idea of lower speed limits. Less fuel waste, safer roads, less wear and tear. I’ve driven myself across this country a few times. I know it can be tempting to just power through the open spots. But I love challenging myself to get the best mpg possible.
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