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In ca trucks or anything towing is limited to 55mph, but normally they go 60-65. They have the Ca engines cut so far back they are lucky to pass. You get caught behind, its bad.
For truck drivers trying to pass it normally isn't their fault. They would love to have the top end open so they could pass quick and then get back in the right lane. All company trucks are shut down to 55 or 58 due to safety or fuel mileage restrictions. The Ecm on the engine controls it all and feeds all of the data directly to company via satellite. It's all about the dollar. It would be frustrating to be a driver in this day and age. No respect. Low wages. Dealing with weather and bad 4 wheel drivers. Basically work 24x7 when out on the road. Bad food. Overcrowded truck stops so you have to fight for a parking spot so you can pull in and shower and sleep. People mad at you if you show up too early or late for pickup or delivery. Then the DOT or every part of your life regulated. Etc..etc.. lol. I'll stop. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
Farmers overloaded?......it's very difficult to guess what a load of grain may weigh. It is however easy to see when not another nugget of grain will fit on the trailer. If the grain falls off, it's overloaded.
Sorry but I see it from a different direction. Years ago and many sets of log books, had the drivers and/or companies been more inclined to follow the rules than skirt them just maybe the DOT rules in place now would not be so harsh. No matter how much a driver was paid, they were always looking for ways to cheat the system. Running multiple sets of books, running the scales by detour or waiting at the truck stop for them to close etc. Running with known defects or bad brakes, driving anything but safely and without sleep. Now with so many more trucks on the road the problems are much worse, safety and road damage just to name a couple. Yes the interstate system was built for moving freight but we are well beyond that now. More trains instead of fewer, and truck only routes are needed to keep the trucks away from the normal traffic flows.
I have a few trucks...none have such fancy things. I stop at the scale every time I drive past it *why would I do that*The above description seems to really only apply to large companies around here. I know a lot of bull wagons, and chicken wagons, and logging and grain haulers as example, that still largely do it the old way. It's still DOT vs the driver for many.....again I ask...who drives past a scale intentionally? My stuff is all perfectly legal, and I'd never drive past a scale.
Not to be dismissive of your data set but have the amount of collisions been reduced or just the safety factor of vehicles in accidents increased to reduce fatalities?My other thought is that you now have pickups that fall into that spreadsheet.
Quote from: OldKooT on January 03, 2017, 11:04:18 AMI have a few trucks...none have such fancy things. I stop at the scale every time I drive past it *why would I do that*The above description seems to really only apply to large companies around here. I know a lot of bull wagons, and chicken wagons, and logging and grain haulers as example, that still largely do it the old way. It's still DOT vs the driver for many.....again I ask...who drives past a scale intentionally? My stuff is all perfectly legal, and I'd never drive past a scale.Not driving past as much as driving around or waiting for them to close. In your area, maybe the bull and chicken wagons and the log trucks. If you are hauling farm stuff local, do you even need a CDL driver
Changing from the state issued combination/commercial endorsement to the federal CDL really helped thin out drivers that had problems driving or following the laws.I know the trucking industry pays lots of dollars in fuel taxes etc. but the roads still get beat up and it takes forever to get them rebuilt. Yes the monies paid are siphoned off for other things too, but the damaged roads are still there for the traveling public to try and drive across. Water (frozen or liquid), weight, and repetitions are the real enemies of the road systems in my opinion. Tire size vs weight carrying ability, and bridge laws are a complete nother subject. I am not an engineer, I just helped build and maintain the roads. Years ago a pup trailer behind the dump truck had two axles, now the length of the frame seams to dictate how many axles they can stick under them and then add a couple drop axles under the truck as well. Heavy trucks moving cargo Containers, and others too, have added drop axles. Heck even some of the smaller box trucks have them. The concrete trucks have added tag axles and super size front tires so they can carry more weight. I have never studied or run experiments on weight vs road damage, I just watched the roads go to heck when the feds raised the weight limits.
what ECM's? My old Pete's will be running long after trucks with ECM's quit... based on the less than a 100k on most of them atm.Plus I farm...special rules LoL I really am all for better enforcement and such... that said, just tonight I sat next to a semi with bald super singles on it. So yah.... nat carrier BTW not a local.