Posted by Dean Olson on December 19, 2014 at 08:54:14 from (107.129.21.194):
In Reply to: Semi traffic and speed posted by Edd in KY on December 17, 2014 at 10:03:29:
Not seeing the same thing. I'm not having any problems finding parking spots at night. I do think trucking is up, probably due to the holiday season, but no where near boom levels years ago. Back then you would wait hours upon hours to get loaded and unloaded. Finding a place to park was hard, a lot of times I had to shut down midday to find a parking spot.
I run 1350-1400 rpm @ about 63mph most all the time. Running under 65mph gets me about 7mpg's vs 4-5 running fast. I see very few trucks passing me.
Exceptions would be the log haulers in east TX, bull haulers in the midwest and the gravel trucks around Houston. They're the crazies as far as I'm concerned.
I can run 75-80 mph grossing 80K with ease. I'm running a 550hp Caterpillar C-15 engine in a Peterbilt w 13 speed trans.
This truck will run 100 but starts to heat up. I've never had the nerve to push it faster that that, It did have some hp&rpm's left so I believe 120mph is possible. This was across the west TX desert with no traffic. Not a regular thing with me.
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