Fuel

[grocery thrower]

Someone posted about this but I can't find it so I can't give credit right now but it was about us not being to concerned about fuel because we still drive 85 mph down the highway.
I have decided that I would cut my speed down in my pick-up to try and conserve fuel, I run I-40 and I-540 to work so I cut it back to between 60 and 65 on a 70 mph interstate, whoever posted b-4 about this was right, I don't think I have passed one vehicle since starting this. Yea I know I am the butt hole that everyone hates, having to come up behind me and be stuck there waiting for the chance to get around me and run that speed back up to 85 mph, however they don't pay for my fuel I do, after all 70 mph is the LIMIT, not the starting point.
My PFG tractor only does 62 mph and I do just fine during the day so I figured why not slow down in my own vehicle.
What I am driving at is everybody gripes about the price of fuel but they still drive their hummers and suv's and pick-ups like they stoled them, thats what this other poster was saying. The only time I get into the left lane anymore is for emergency vehicles or other vehicles on the right of way, and yes I do increase my speed when I do jump into the left one..I don't want to be a total butt hole or get shot, heck I even stay in the right lane and yield to merging traffic, even though it is their job to yield, I have often thought that the yield signs should be pointed toward the interstate traffic and not the on ramp because its the interstate traffic that winds up yielding anyhow.
Anyway in closing, I agree whole heartedly with the person that posted about this originally, if we were really concerned with the price of fuel, we would all slow down and conserve as much as we could, instead of driving like we woke up a half hour late. With fuel as high as it is, I sure don't want to pay a speeding fine on top of the high price of fuel, not to mention my already over priced insurance would go up. The main contributers to police radar technology are the insurance companies, I don't remember where I read that, but I did, some time ago, so go figure.

[pro1driver]

i do agree to slowing down, but no amount of "conservation" will get me better than the 19 miles per gallon on my Ranger pick-up truck...

yes, i know, big rigs get about 6 miles per gallon, so i shouldn't complain about my 19 miles, but it still costs me big dollars every time i fill up my gas tank.....

we can only take "conservation" so far....

its the idling, that wastes fuel, its the wind resistance that wastes fuel, and i think, the quality of the fuel that can waste fuel....lower grade fuels make the engines run harder.

so, its a blend of things, not just slowing down.

[greenhornet]

They have proven that slowing down to 65 in trucks save 1 mile a gallon. In the long run this will save fuel how ever you right about wind, idleing and low grade fuel. If we all did just a little it would sure help.

That said the goverment needs to do there part. Fuel prices have gotten out of hand and they are just sitting back letting the oil companys get richer. And of course the 30-40 cents per gallon fuel tax is not helping either.

[pro1driver]

Originally Posted by greenhornet

They have proven that slowing down to 65 in trucks save 1 mile a gallon. In the long run this will save fuel how ever you right about wind, idleing and low grade fuel. If we all did just a little it would sure help.

That said the goverment needs to do there part. Fuel prices have gotten out of hand and they are just sitting back letting the oil companys get richer. And of course the 30-40 cents per gallon fuel tax is not helping either.

and what are some of the ways the guberment gets money it needs...??

it raises taxes, all sorts of taxes, cigarettes, gas, diesel, etc,etc...

the guberment will not interfere with the oil companies, the "true owners" of america....

[jraverill]

Please read this and foward to all your friends


attention everyone are we going to put up with this
high cost of fuel? right now fuel prices is any where
from 409 to 437 when are we going to say enough is
enough? we will all be out of work if we do nothing.
lets stop this NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!. i'm not ratical just
realistic. we have more power that what we realize we
all work hard from company drive to owner operator so
we are now letting the govt. control what we worked
for so now with fuel prices going higher and higher
we all lose.lets get organized get started in stopping
this. we can not make a dent if nobody wants to do
anything.So do we sit back and wait for this to end
our carrers or do we do something about it????? We
need to strike . Any Truckers out there need to
understand those who do nothing are destined to Fail.

My husband will be apart of this strike and from most
of the message boards it will be from March 28- April
3. Please help support this Strike as it is in
everyones best interest. Let me explain.



When the fuel prices are at 3 and 4 dollars a gallon
and the freight prices are about 1 dollar per mile the
cost of operating a Big truck are higher that the
income for that trucker or trucking company. Most big
trucks are getting an average of 5 miles to the
gallon. Now if that truck has a load going from
cincinatti, oh to phoenix, az the milage is 1857.54
now devide that by 5 and he will need 372 gallons of
fuel to make this trip. now multiply that by 3.5
(average price of fuel) This is 1300.00 dollars for
fuel. It takes a minimum of 3 days to leagally make
this trip. in that 3 days he must eat at about 13
dollars per meal that equals 117 dollars. Now most
Truckers have a truck payment of about 1500 dollars
per month , Insurance at about 200 dollars per month
and fuel taxes at about 200 dollars per month. By the
time this trip is over the driver will owe 15 dollars.


All of this is caused by the price of fuel. Each day
hundreds of truckers are haveing to quit. Or starve.

Take a second and look around the room your sitting in
, the clothes you are wearing, the car you are
driving, the food you are eating, the computer you are
reading this on. All of this was at one time on a
truck. If the truckers can't afford to drive you will
not be able to get anymore odf the clothes, food,
cars, or computers. Your loved ones will no longer be
able to get vital medications. Slowly our trucking
industry is dying.

In just a few days we can accomplish a decline in fuel
prices.

Just keep in mind that truckers keep this country
running. Please support this strike

[grocery thrower]

I didn't start this thread about a strike, its about saving fuel, (I guess if you don't drive you are saving fuel), anyway there are 3 or 4 threads around about this strike that maybe one percent will participate in.