An interesting article about governing rigs to 65.

[JohnPrestonBailey]

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Mr. Aquila there states that trucks can be ran from LA to NY in two days, 48 hours flat, without ever exceeding 65 MPH. How is this possibly both physically and lawfully?

The driving distance from Los Angeles to New York City is 2,789 miles. The truck would have to average 58-59 MPH for the whole period of 48 hours to do this. If the truck had a big enough tank, it might not have to stop for fuel along the way. Certainly the same driver couldn't legally make this trip due to the HOS rules. Fresh drivers would have to be switched out of the truck along the trip as fresh horses were changed out along stage lines. There would be very little time for the drivers to stop to even change drivers.

What about traffic delays, weather delays, road closures, chicken coop stops?

No, I think an LA to NYC trp has to be at least five days with the same driver to be practical. Five days would be a rather tight schedule still with the log book to deal with.

Remember Smokey and the Bandit? Just making a round-trip beer run from Georgia to Texas and no speed governor and a fast Trans Am to decoy The Man was a challenge in 48 hours.

 

[ironpony]

You have to remember, we're dealing with idiots.

 

[Ontario Outlaw]

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Mr. Aquila there states that trucks can be ran from LA to NY in two days, 48 hours flat, without ever exceeding 65 MPH. How is this possibly both physically and lawfully?

The driving distance from Los Angeles to New York City is 2,789 miles. The truck would have to average 58-59 MPH for the whole period of 48 hours to do this. If the truck had a big enough tank, it might not have to stop for fuel along the way. Certainly the same driver couldn't legally make this trip due to the HOS rules. Fresh drivers would have to be switched out of the truck along the trip as fresh horses were changed out along stage lines. There would be very little time for the drivers to stop to even change drivers.

What about traffic delays, weather delays, road closures, chicken coop stops?

No, I think an LA to NYC trp has to be at least five days with the same driver to be practical. Five days would be a rather tight schedule still with the log book to deal with.

Remember Smokey and the Bandit? Just making a round-trip beer run from Georgia to Texas and no speed governor and a fast Trans Am to decoy The Man was a challenge in 48 hours.

We used to have what we called “coast trucks”. Tall rubber, double overdrive and usually a big CAT. Guys could leave Toronto, run to LA and back to Toronto every week. 5-6 days drive usually

I once asked if that’s even doable in a governed truck. I forget the math but in a governed truck, following HOS, logging legal...that same 5-6 day trip would now take 12-14 days.

Slowing down trucks makes the roads less safe. Not safer

 

[Uncle Birchy]

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Congress Introduces 65 MPH Speed Limiter For Trucks Just what we needed - bypassing DOT, congress seeks speed limiter bill... Rick - Page 1.

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Mr. Aquila there states that trucks can be ran from LA to NY in two days, 48 hours flat, without ever exceeding 65 MPH. How is this possibly both physically and lawfully?

The driving distance from Los Angeles to New York City is 2,789 miles. The truck would have to average 58-59 MPH for the whole period of 48 hours to do this. If the truck had a big enough tank, it might not have to stop for fuel along the way. Certainly the same driver couldn't legally make this trip due to the HOS rules. Fresh drivers would have to be switched out of the truck along the trip as fresh horses were changed out along stage lines. There would be very little time for the drivers to stop to even change drivers.

What about traffic delays, weather delays, road closures, chicken coop stops?

No, I think an LA to NYC trp has to be at least five days with the same driver to be practical. Five days would be a rather tight schedule still with the log book to deal with.

Remember Smokey and the Bandit? Just making a round-trip beer run from Georgia to Texas and no speed governor and a fast Trans Am to decoy The Man was a challenge in 48 hours.

Its called "team" trucks..

Basically one drives while the other sleeps..

Legally that rig can roll 22hrs per day as a team..

Now about that team operation back in the mid 2000s at Central Refrigerated was my 1st "real" trucking job besides the lumber yard and dump truck.

Afew were cool, one snored so "loud" and the rest were like brothas from the hood and blasted rap music all day .

Was "offered" extra pay to be a "trainer"

said nope wanna go "solo"

Call me selfish though after a crappy day its nice to have your own place n relax

Secondly that xtra pay aint worth the stress for babysitting

Last bust not least ...try getting a good nights sleep bouncing around our bumpy highways

 

[vaportrail]

cant wait then nobody's gonna lift for nothin.(like they do now}* better get in that exit lane early

 

[Uncle Birchy]

cant wait then nobody's gonna lift for nothin.(like they do now}* better get in that exit lane early

Aint about "lifiting"...its a PAY issue

 

[JohnPrestonBailey]

Its called "team" trucks..

Basically one drives while the other sleeps..

Legally that rig can roll 22hrs per day as a team..

Now about that team operation back in the mid 2000s at Central Refrigerated was my 1st "real" trucking job besides the lumber yard and dump truck.

Afew were cool, one snored so "loud" and the rest were like brothas from the hood and blasted rap music all day .

Was "offered" extra pay to be a "trainer"

said nope wanna go "solo"

Call me selfish though after a crappy day its nice to have your own place n relax

Secondly that xtra pay aint worth the stress for babysitting

Last bust not least ...try getting a good nights sleep bouncing around our bumpy highways

One thing I never want to do in an OTR career is "team driving". I like my private living space. Sleeping with 55 other guys in the same open room with double bunks in Army basic training for 8 weeks was rotten enough.

I want to roll along behind the wheel and play my own music, Bach and Beethoven, and put the air conditioning on at my own setting. I'm classier than the average hillbilly truck driver. I want all the sleeper berth area for my own personal effects. I don't want to inhale another person's BO or farts.

I understand I might have to do this team crap during the training phase of my new trucking career for a couple of weeks. Something like Big Rig Boot Camp.

I don't smoke also. I figure that another person who doesn't smoke is likely to have better personal hygiene habits as well. Non-smokers tend to be smarter, better educated, cleaner and more health-conscious.

 

[ironpony]

One thing I never want to do in an OTR career is "team driving". I like my private living space. Sleeping with 55 other guys in the same open room with double bunks in Army basic training for 8 weeks was rotten enough.

I want to roll along behind the wheel and play my own music, Bach and Beethoven, and put the air conditioning on at my own setting. I'm classier than the average hillbilly truck driver. I want all the sleeper berth area for my own personal effects. I don't want to inhale another person's BO or farts.

I understand I might have to do this team crap during the training phase of my new trucking career for a couple of weeks. Something like Big Rig Boot Camp.

I don't smoke also. I figure that another person who doesn't smoke is likely to have better personal hygiene habits as well. Non-smokers tend to be smarter, better educated, cleaner and more health-conscious.

Try a couple of months.

 

[JohnPrestonBailey]

Try a couple of months.

I hope the other person likes organ music. I hate country!

As long as it's not a couple of YEARS! Goodness! Where does a guy j_ck off in private on the road? The pay shower at the Love's travel center?

 

[Uncle Birchy]

One thing I never want to do in an OTR career is "team driving". I like my private living space. Sleeping with 55 other guys in the same open room with double bunks in Army basic training for 8 weeks was rotten enough.

I want to roll along behind the wheel and play my own music, Bach and Beethoven, and put the air conditioning on at my own setting. I'm classier than the average hillbilly truck driver. I want all the sleeper berth area for my own personal effects. I don't want to inhale another person's BO or farts.

I understand I might have to do this team crap during the training phase of my new trucking career for a couple of weeks. Something like Big Rig Boot Camp.

I don't smoke also. I figure that another person who doesn't smoke is likely to have better personal hygiene habits as well. Non-smokers tend to be smarter, better educated, cleaner and more health-conscious.

Welp with no "real" OTR expirience though a CDL at the door already heres how it works..

Ya wont have to do trucking school and sign debt

CDL "upfront" bumps ya from orientation to Team Ride

Ya may find out that "you" have more "expirience" than your "Trainer" even have to bail him out

But hes gonna treat ya like some dumb kid who dont know squat..

Because hes a dumb kid who dont know squat signed a Lease Purchase Deal

 

[JohnPrestonBailey]

Welp with no "real" OTR expirience though a CDL at the door already heres how it works..

Ya wont have to do trucking school and sign debt

CDL "upfront" bumps ya from orientation to Team Ride

Ya may find out that "you" have more "expirience" than your "Trainer" even have to bail him out

But hes gonna treat ya like some dumb kid who dont know squat..

Because hes a dumb kid who dont know squat signed a Lease Purchase Deal

Can you imagine classical music and even organ music playing in your rig all day long?
If there has to be another person in my rig, I hope he doesn't smoke at least. I guess it will be soap bar pleasure in the shower for a while. Hopefully those TS showers have a privacy booth.

One of the things I will enjoy learning is where to park the truck at any place where a sensible waitress/waiter-served weight-conscious full-course meal can be ordered. Fast-food, mega-calories, sugar, excess sodium and fat is contraindicated by my doctor in my diet.

I long not to have a physique like this driver:



"Blame the roadside food-service industries that shove deadly calories down truck drivers' faces. Not much sensible lean prepared food is offered. Blame the federal government for not forcing roadside semi-parking-accessible restaurants to offer enough lean and healthy full-course meals. Blame the lack of tractor-trailer-parking friendly roadside gyms and fitness centers. Blame OSHA, maybe? A sleeper berth is no kitchen!!"

If the government can regulate alcohol and tobacco, it can regulate food that is accessible to truck drivers as well.

but a hard body like this young soldier:



I'm interested to know as to how well roadside hot-food service industries and roadside fitness centers all across America cater to the lean-and-thin-and-fit Jack LaLanne truck driver types.

 

[Duck]

If the government can regulate alcohol and tobacco, it can regulate food that is accessible to truck drivers as well.

We don't need the government to micromanage life in this country. Their only purpose for existence is to maintain a military and arbitrate disputes among state governments.

 

[InTooDeep]

I hope the other person likes organ music. I hate country!

As long as it's not a couple of YEARS! Goodness! Where does a guy j_ck off in private on the road? The pay shower at the Love's travel center?

They don't call em shower babies for nothing