This is my MPG after 910 miles bobtail
Posted by truckmonkey12@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 21 comments
I was kinda expecting it to be better, but its twice as many miles per gallon as it would be fully loaded
nekaiser@reddit
I got 29.9 fully loaded in Wyoming once. Be willing to break a few laws of man to chain those hills together and you’re set. It was probably higher, but I think the computer couldn’t display 30+
Randomfactoid42@reddit
I’m guessing you had a 40 mph tailwind?
nekaiser@reddit
Either that or it was a headwind and my truck generated enough lift to pick up the weight and roll nearly unencumbered.
Between the two, I know what I’m putting my bets on.
Major_Failure2@reddit
Longest deadhead I ever had was over 800 miles from the petro in Hammond Louisiana to the Nestle in Anderson IL. It made me wonder what the hell happened for Prime to assign a company driver that Load.
Beekatiebee@reddit
Happened to me a few times with Prime, too. Both my longest deadhead and longest bobtail were Salt Lake City to Ontario CA.
Flimsyfishy@reddit
Nestle in Anderson Indiana is all I needed to hear. Fuck that place.
M_J_E@reddit
Maybe they read Hammond, Louisiana as Hammond, Indiana.
Techwolf_Lupindo@reddit
For those of you questioning this. This is very common among power only truckers. Often time it is picking up new trailers from plants in UT and IN and delivering them across the USA and CANADA. Sometimes one gets lucky and gets a load that drops near a plant and only do 200-300 miles to P/U. Those miles do pay good if you get on the right carriers as there are many Uber type carriers that poped up over the years as the knowledge of the rates got out there and they really exploit the drivers.
nicerakk@reddit
Hope you're getting paid those miles
GiantEnemaCrab@reddit
I hope OP is getting paid hourly with overtime like a regular self respecting human. I can't even imagine getting paid for mileage, and seeing every red light as lost money.
nicerakk@reddit
There are some customers that will pay 2 bucks a mile to deadhead over 1000 miles. Dell does it. But I doubt that's OP's scenario
nanneryeeter@reddit
Better mileage than my V10 Ford.
GoBBleRoFDaCoK69@reddit
Whats the fastest avg mph someone has done after driving 10 hours/600-700 miles
genosx71@reddit
Even if you have a fast truck your average speed of the drive will be much lower. 70 mph truck is about 58-62 average speed.
TopDogTransport4731@reddit
910 miles? Bobtail? Either you found a six figure load or are getting paid each mile i would not do it.
NoGood5117@reddit
I mean sometimes like Colorado has no freight and it pays 4-5$ a mile to get to Colorado and it’s better to dead head 700-900 miles for a better rpm than the Garbo 1$ per mile 45k lbs through mountains.
Virtual_Society_1852@reddit
Lots of people commenting on the long bobtail.
I've done a 1,200 mile bobtail before. It's not common, but it can happen. For me, it was because we just started shipping drop and hook loads from a yogurt plant in northern Virginia. There weren't any extra trailers anywhere nearby, so they had me drop mine there and bobtail all the way to their only yard, which is in north Texas. They paid me loaded miles for the entire run.
1Stack_Mack@reddit
910 miles bobtail? Your kidneys have left the chat
truckmonkey12@reddit (OP)
Thankfully I got an air ride steer axle
1Stack_Mack@reddit
That must be nice😔
tonythebutcher13@reddit
Why did you bobtail 910 miles though?