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LanceRKeys wrote:
When hauling RVs, are half the miles empty going back to the factory, or do they have other things they haul to get back to the manufacturer?
Generally speaking, yes, IF you go back the same factory every time.
I hauled RVs out of Oregon for two summers. The transport company I worked for picked up at 4 locations in Oregon.
One trip I did, I picked up in Pendleton, delivered to Tacoma, headed south to Dallas, OR and picked up there, then came back to Spokane for a delivery.
On that trip I had more loaded miles than empty miles.
That same transport company works with factories in Indiana. In a perfect world you could head east from Oregon with a rig, and then pick something up in Indiana and head west with it.- Anybody know why there is no commercial hauling numbers or lettering on the side of this thing?
JIMNLIN wrote:
LanceRKeys wrote:
When hauling RVs, are half the miles empty going back to the factory, or do they have other things they haul to get back to the manufacturer?
Some may find back loads....some don't want back loads. My neighbor lady ran transport for a couple of years then made the move over to LTL work.
I'm on I-44 almost every day and quite often see one transporter pulling another with a tow bar headed back toward Indiana. Its a long pull from Indiana to the west coast.
We also see good size roll backs carrying one TT and pulling another....and even long GN flatdeck trailers loaded with all types of camp trailers going west and maybe a couple of buddies trucks on the trailer going back. Even the roll backs can carry another tow truck going back.
Are log book and other things like hours of driving negated in a solo/empty return run?LanceRKeys wrote:
When hauling RVs, are half the miles empty going back to the factory, or do they have other things they haul to get back to the manufacturer?
Some may find back loads....some don't want back loads. My neighbor lady ran transport for a couple of years then made the move over to LTL work.
I'm on I-44 almost every day and quite often see one transporter pulling another with a tow bar headed back toward Indiana. Its a long pull from Indiana to the west coast.
We also see good size roll backs carrying one TT and pulling another....and even long GN flatdeck trailers loaded with all types of camp trailers going west and maybe a couple of buddies trucks on the trailer going back. Even the roll backs can carry another tow truck going back.valhalla360 wrote:
Most engine wear is the start/stops and moisture build up from short trips. On another forum a V-10 in a airport shuttle that run almost continuously was reported to have gone 900k miles.
Long continuous runs are the best for getting lots of miles out of an engine.
For your typical user, a million miles would be 40-60yrs, so not particularly relevant.- Long continuous runs are the best for getting lots of miles out of an engine.
For your typical user, a million miles would be 40-60yrs, so not particularly relevant. - When hauling RVs, are half the miles empty going back to the factory, or do they have other things they haul to get back to the manufacturer?
- All of you that change your oil and fuel filters at 3,5 or 7 thousand miles need to take note of when he changes his oil.
Those of you that change your fuel filter every 10K need to take note of how long he lets his ride.
I said this many times on this forum and others. The longer you let a fuel filter, filter, the better it filters.
Take note people. - His comment about not using T/H mode mirrors what many LTL haulers are saying. Not only can a experienced driver help the tranny but actually gets better fuel mileage. Getting a .3 or .5 better mpg doesn't sound like much but is a bunch over several hundred thousand miles.
The computer simply can't anticipate like a experienced operator. - Very impressive. I'm even more impressed with how clean and in good condition the exterior still is.
These stories are one of the reasons I went with the Ram/Cummins.
