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<blockquote data-quote="Artee" data-source="post: 1409220" data-attributes="member: 24351"><p>You must have one of the new longer nose freight shakers. They are gutless and cannot make it over an overpass without having to down shift. I have a new short nose and the power is fine, but still not as good as the conventional freight shaker they took from me to retire or ship to another part of the country.</p><p></p><p>As far as speeding to make up time that's just plain crazy. That's a hub or ramp problem. Don't make it yours. You get a speeding ticket and the freight doesn't make the flight because of that you are screwed. Keep the blame on the ramp/ hub or station. Don't shift it onto yourself. I set the cruise control at the speed limit and listen to the Thursday night football game. If I get to the ramp on time great. If I am late because the station got me out late and they are going to bump my freight, oh well. Don't talk to me. Talk to the station manager. I always make sure I cover my butt by making sure my dispatcher puts in an O1 delay for the correct time and I call my manager if its extremely late, just to cover myself. I remove the onus from me and make sure it gets placed where it belongs. </p><p></p><p>Our self reporting system is set for 70 mph and will email the managers at that point. The funny part is our trucks are governed at 65 mph. Unless you are heading down a good sized hill you won't hit 70 mph. If ours was set to 62 mph like yours I would be getting talked to everyday as I bobtail at 65 mph for 30 minutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Artee, post: 1409220, member: 24351"] You must have one of the new longer nose freight shakers. They are gutless and cannot make it over an overpass without having to down shift. I have a new short nose and the power is fine, but still not as good as the conventional freight shaker they took from me to retire or ship to another part of the country. As far as speeding to make up time that's just plain crazy. That's a hub or ramp problem. Don't make it yours. You get a speeding ticket and the freight doesn't make the flight because of that you are screwed. Keep the blame on the ramp/ hub or station. Don't shift it onto yourself. I set the cruise control at the speed limit and listen to the Thursday night football game. If I get to the ramp on time great. If I am late because the station got me out late and they are going to bump my freight, oh well. Don't talk to me. Talk to the station manager. I always make sure I cover my butt by making sure my dispatcher puts in an O1 delay for the correct time and I call my manager if its extremely late, just to cover myself. I remove the onus from me and make sure it gets placed where it belongs. Our self reporting system is set for 70 mph and will email the managers at that point. The funny part is our trucks are governed at 65 mph. Unless you are heading down a good sized hill you won't hit 70 mph. If ours was set to 62 mph like yours I would be getting talked to everyday as I bobtail at 65 mph for 30 minutes. [/QUOTE]
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