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A new set of drive tires does give you almost 1 mph over a worn set.
If it matters that much.....
XPO | 65mph, Is It Just Us Mostly?
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If it matters that much.....
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There are also those guys that have friends. You know those friends with laptops. Got got a loaner from the shop one night. No idle cut off, ever bit of HP, and ran as fast as the RPMs would let it. When I took it back to the shop told them they might want to check settings it was not running right. wink wink. They said that was the 3rd time they had to do that to that truck....
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I never seem so many guy bitch about drive tires. I work for companies that ran them down to 3/32 before changing them. You want a fun tire in the rain put some super singles on you truck
Xpo is putting used traction tires on trailers instead of new trailer tires . We are alone in this practice. That’s excluding the trash hauler in Nj .
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That's because we pull tire drive tire at 5/32 or more. Maybe if we stop pulling drive tire early they wouldn't end up on trailers
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Anyone enjoying the Brand new Freightliners? OMG…… you get on even the slightest incline, power drops off dramatically. Sometimes with the cruise set, it will for no reason, drop 2-3 mph,on flat land. Get on a real hill, yikes! Feels like it’s going to stall. Dont know if theses new trucks, have a break in period. Makes me nervous at night, hoping I don’t get rear ended by a truck not paying attention, and that’s with my 4 ways flashing. Be safe everyone!
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Nah, FedEx has been doing this for years. Don't believe me, check out the next set of FedEx doubles you see parked. Chances are both trailers and converter dolly will have at least one used-up drive tire, and in all likelihood a whole set.
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Its probably that emissions CRAP under your sleeper. A big gag on your Engine's ability to pass gas and breathe properly.
Ive had some thought and listened to the cries of small and big fleets fighting with 5.04 average fuel per gallon nationally as of yesterday and figure well...
They cut costs for 30 years paid three times as much for modern :
: to try and save a few gallons of fuel almost double the miles per gallon and killed the idling and speed etc.At 5.00 towards 10.00 a gallon and up... you might as well reach the point that if you are still OPEN and turning wheels just stop with all that restrictive crap and ROLL. Or go home and do something not related to trucking at all for a living.
We used to buy Church Station Wagons with the big 450 blocks in them mid 70's as they were being dumped for 200 bucks. Drop them in the back yard, hoist the big engine out of there... strip the emissions crap off it listen to it ROAR with power it never got to really make then sell it to anyone who wanted them for profit.
At some point the supply of church type vehicles dried up and that was the end of a era for stripping engines for a few dollars.
I’m on good terms with my shop and they said “no way” when I asked them to turn up my truck. The computer shows who did it.
I run a Pete where I work. Same issue. Think it is called "Soft Cruise". Where us old timers got used to cruise holding a set speed. At that number. Now cruise seem to stay within 2 to 3 mph range of the set point. Can be annoying
Most don't know about camper tires.... they too have a lowered speed rating on them. I have recently replaced my tires with a higher speed rated tire that is also a better quality tire.
I had a sidewall failure with the stock ones with very low mileage on them doing 40 to 45 miles per hour. I was also on a two lane road... hot that day... around 72 I live in the north.
Beaver Dam, WI?
Erie Pennsylvania
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I hate that. I REALLY hate that crap.
Lets have soft trucks, the old NTC 300 in there. And soft on time delivery plus or minus a day.
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It's in the computer programming. More fuel efficient to allow the engine to drop speed going uphill and gain it back (and then some) on the other side. Long as you're not too heavy and you can exceed the governer a little on the downhill side, you don't lose time. If you have to engine brake/hold a lower gear because you're heavy, yeah you lose a little time.
My T680 will drop to 63 mph before throttle resumes after I've come down a hill. That's annoying, but not a big deal when I'm governed at 65.
New Cascadias do it differently. If you're on cruise, it'll only let you go 5 mph beyond the governor before it automatically kicks on the engine brake to rein you in. But it'll also kick on "eCoast" mode until then, or until you lose a mph or two. I like Freightliner's way of doing things most of the time better than KW's.
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I thought they traded Erie to New York, for Lackawanna?
Have seen it in my area . I will take your word you have seen it though.
We (T-force) got 68 back, but that is really nothing.
For people who have only done 65 for a long time, maybe it seems like a blessing. But, for those of us who have had situations where the truck is governed much higher, 68 is nothing but a box of popcorn.......
For people who have only done 65 for a long time, maybe it seems like a blessing. But, for those of us who have had situations where the truck is governed much higher, 68 is nothing but a box of popcorn.......
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