Posted on 03/22/2008 2:13:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Have you noticed anyone slowing their speed across the flats?
How about 90MPH as a starting point.
..and wastes fuel..
Truckers Slowing Down to Save Fuel
Now maybe they won’t run side by side for miles trying to pass since they are supposedly slowing down. I’ve not noticed any slowing but maybe they have.
So, diesel costs the same now as it did in ‘97. The only difference is that the dollar is worth half as much now.
writing a thousand dollar check every time I fill up, even I have slowed down...
a tad.
I saw a thing in Reader’s Digest the other day about a guy who was able to wring over 100 mpg out of his mid-90s Honda Accord by driving to conserve. This was on a track with no other drivers so he could do really extreme things like driving 15 mph in 5th gear. But even on the street he was able to get 70+ mpg. His golden rule was to use the brakes as little as possible. He liked to coast in to stop signs (he did mention that he got honked at/shouted at a lot by drivers behind him). Where he could avoid it he used no brakes on off ramps and curves. He accelerated like a snail and, when parking, liked to come to rest on the top of hills to conserve potential energy. He called that “potential parking”.
Shouldn't that be 300 combined?
We are full time in an RV touring N.A. and we have been shocked that the trucks aren’t slowing down. We average about 57 and it saves a lot on fuel.
We also still see a lot of trucks idling at truck stops for new good reason. I realize that they can only drive so many hours a day, but with mileage rates so low..why waste fuel by driving too fast.
“Truckers and industry officials say slowing a tractor-trailer rig from 75 mph to 65 mph increases fuel mileage by more than a mile a gallon, “
A bit off topic but I read in Hot Rod that the nitro methane dragsters use about i gallon A SECOND during the 4 some odd seconds they are going down the track. (And nitro uses wayyyy more air than gasoline to boot)
Do those in-cab air,internet,cable and phone systems save at the big stops?
Watch for the revenue drop backlash. The next step will be raising fines to conpensate.
Yes - combined capacity.
Here’s the truck one of my son’s drives - the Trucker’s Truck, the “329 Peterbilt” = “Fuel capacity: Twin 150-gal. tanks
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http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=56758
Most places, if you don't meet your delivery slot - they can make you cool your heals from hours to days - and if you're running reefers, you have to keep them going... among other pitfalls
Are you kidding?
How does slowing down keep people from passing each other? They’ll just pass each other at slower speeds now, so it will take even longer.
Great. All I ask is stay out of the left lane.
How does slowing down keep people from passing each other?
Whatever. If they have a little more speed left in their rig than they can get on around if they choose to.. Most of them I experience doing this are running between 65-70 and can’t gain on the other rig thus they run for a long distance side by side until final the truck passing gains enough to get back over.
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