QKRSTKR
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Speed limit is a number. Never seen a sign that said keep up with the flow.Not even to keep up with the flow of traffic?
Speed limit is a number. Never seen a sign that said keep up with the flow.Not even to keep up with the flow of traffic?
When you're driving a rig there are plenty of good reasons to go under the speed limit. There are zero good reasons to go over it.
That's funny because I usually go by 2 - 3 everyday that are going under the speed limit.....WAY under the speed limit.
I see you're not up on your trucker lingo. A "good buddy" has a very different meaning to them today than it did in the 70s.
Some of the routes get paid by the mile, so it's "HAMMER DOWN GOOD BUDDY"!
I'll do the speed limit up to 55 (assuming no adverse conditions) beyond that I start backing it down. I like to see the vehicles in front of me steadily pulling away.Sleepers get mileage pay, so they're the only ones that are going to rock the hammer lane.
I never want to be hammered down on by a good buddy, myself
I have a GPS, which if I'm going on a long run I'll take in case there are closed roads and I need to take a safe detour. I mount that SOB right on the dash. I also have lots of electrical crap that I use/charge while on the road. Delivery would never have gone for it, but feeders don't really care/
The speed limit is exactly that, the LIMIT. I realize no one views it as such, but that's what it is. There's nothing wrong with doing 53 in a 55.
If the speed limit is 65, I'll give them 61 or 62. If I've got doubles, down to 58, raining, well then we drop down to 54.
Safety is #1 in feeders. EVERYTHING else can take a number
FYI not all mileage runs are sleeper.
There's some pretty good responses in here. Thanks for all the good replies.
My purpose wasn't to bash feeders. We are all after the same goal, driving or not, and that is to get packages from point A to point B.
I don't know any feeder drivers except a jockey driver so I don't know what all the rules are.
I assumed driving a vehicle this large would require stricter safety protocols than package. Those were just my observations.
And to answer the questions about gps, yes, when a tractor of parked in the yard running with the gps on I can clearly see the screen.
Minimum 3 Twinkies a day.Feeders have rules?
Minimum 3 Twinkies a day.
TastyKake is better.
Only to people in Philly.
Minimum 3 Twinkies a day.
TastyKake is better.
Minimum 3 Twinkies a day.
NotedTastyKake is better.
NotedI'm partial to Little Debbie cakes, myself
NotedYou couldn't give me one of those union busting Twinkies anymore and I used to love them. I would imagine now days they taste like scabs.
Sleepers aren't the only ones that get mileage pay. There are mileage jobs. Over 500 miles and only 1 turn.Sleepers get mileage pay, so they're the only ones that are going to rock the hammer lane.
I never want to be hammered down on by a good buddy, myself
I have a GPS, which if I'm going on a long run I'll take in case there are closed roads and I need to take a safe detour. I mount that SOB right on the dash. I also have lots of electrical crap that I use/charge while on the road. Delivery would never have gone for it, but feeders don't really care/
The speed limit is exactly that, the LIMIT. I realize no one views it as such, but that's what it is. There's nothing wrong with doing 53 in a 55.
If the speed limit is 65, I'll give them 61 or 62. If I've got doubles, down to 58, raining, well then we drop down to 54.
Safety is #1 in feeders. EVERYTHING else can take a number