Finally made it to the Cat scales

Geo*Boy wrote:

EYEMLOST wrote:
What was this thread about again? :p

Yeah, really.

"Finally made it to the Cat scales"

EYEMLOST wrote:
What was this thread about again? :p

Yeah, really.

What was this thread about again? :p

JimK-NY wrote:
Utah has plenty of hills and mountains. It is really a huge inconvenience for everyone who gets stuck behind a truck grinding up a hillside. Perhaps it would make sense to cut back the maximum loads allowed by a third to help reduce that problem.

For me its not the commercial trucks holding up traffic.
Its the sightseers or the folks who are uncomfortable towing an RV or what ever reason they have to go soo slow.

Utah has plenty of hills and mountains. It is really a huge inconvenience for everyone who gets stuck behind a truck grinding up a hillside. Perhaps it would make sense to cut back the maximum loads allowed by a third to help reduce that problem.

My semi is governed to 68 mph for fuel mileage. I'm on an extremely tight schedule and travel almost exclusively on 2 lane HWYs and those folks driving 50-55 in a 65 mph zone are a huge inconvenience for me and the company that I drive for.
Trucking can't find enough qualified drivers right now.
The company I drive for the biggest reason they don't hire most applicants is because they either can't pass a background check or a drug test.

I really don't care what my gas mileage is driving my truck and camper. I drive where I feel comfortable for the existing driving conditions and the gas mileage I end up with is what it is.

I an soo grateful that I don't have to drive 65 mph when I want to drive 70 mph in hopes of possibly picking up a few 10ths of a mile to the gallon.

In last years I noticed that even in 70mph zones, a number of semitrucks drive 60.
I guess higher fuel prices and less orders make driving for fuel efficiency, than for speed of delivery.
20 years ago I've been driving 90 mph and seeing semitrucks growing in my rear view mirror.

Rvnet traffic enforcement department….do y’all have stickers on the side of your RVs that say internet speeding police?
Good grief…..
60-70-80mph, who cares? Not your vehicle and no dog in the fight….
But it sure does make you sound petty.
Fwiw, I can’t stand slow azzz drivers unless they have a reason to be going that slow. The rest of the turtle parade that doesn’t have considerations for the other people on the road lined up behind them, can kiss my ___!

jimh425 wrote:
specta didn’t backpeddle. He was simply clarifying because some of you guys like making lots of assumptions to justify how slow you drive.

As far as know how to drive an RV goes, that’s not even part of the point. If you are driving 60 where you know people are driving 85, you are a hazard to yourself and others. You aren’t enlightened. You should think about alternate routes to avoid the danger.

I have spent very little time in Wy. but Neb with 80 MPH limit was pretty common. If I turned my Cat loose, we could stroll. 1 trip, picked up a load from a broke down, the bonus for OT delivery more than cover fuel GPS said average speed from Iowa to Co was 76 MPH. But most of the half million miles I drove that truck it was governed between my ears at 62.
IFAIK, most trucks that might cross the northern border are governed long below 70.

Notice I didn’t say 70 I said 60. It won’t help you in your recovery if you know the other guy was doing 5 over. I also said, 60 where people are driving 85. The difference in speed is the hazard.

Btw, good on you for doing some Montana research, but the “metro” areas are tiny compared to the East coast. So although the speed limit does reduce to 65, it only does it for a few miles.

I agree 2 lane hwys are different. That’s where you should be if you want to drive 60.