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We are through phase one of our fuel mileage test with us running at 65 mph and Henry Albert running at 60 mph and both of us have came up with the same conclusion "It Depends". Henry has posted many of his engine reports (DDEC) on the Slice of Trucker Life web site showing the history of his...

Please sign up for the walk and donate blood at the Blood Mobile... To read more about the walk see my blog: 2012 MATS Driver Health Awareness Walk

The Trucking Solutions Group and the American Red Cross sponsor the Second Annual Blood Drive at the Mid America Trucking Show. LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Trucking Solutions Group is again partnering with the American Red Cross to sponsor its second blood drive at a major trucking show from 11 a.m...

The Trucking Solutions Group along with MATS will once again be have our Driver Health Awareness Walk. TA/PETRO will be sponsoring the T-Shirts, FedEx Custom Critical will be sponsoring Coffee, Water and Fruit for the walk. We will also be giving away goody bags while they last. This year...

You are right! Some of our loads though could be ran a little faster an unload a day early and we will consider that into the equation when we start out. That is why I say this has been a learning experience as I now know what speeding up will cost us and we can make a better educated decision.

We are adjusting to the speed and are comfortable, if we had not been comfortable we would have slowed back down. One of the other consequences of this test has been sleeping as we adjust our speed more often then we were. Probably one of the hardest things was to adjust for two lane and...

Bob and I both struggle to reach 65 mph and we are fine once we get to 65 mph. I have to concentrate to get the truck going that fast as I start unconsciously letting off the throttle when I get to 55 mph. Starting next week we will drop the MPH down to 63 and see how the DD13 performs with...

Henry has updated his blog comparing his speed from 65 MPH to 60 MPH .... He has some interesting figures showing how slowing down has affected his operation http://sliceoftruckerlife.com/blogs/henry-albert/

I do not believe I was taping this with a straight face! ;)

Thank you Gotta Go for the link to the walk. We are also sponsoring a Blood Drive on Friday and Saturday out front in the Red Cross Blood Mobile. On Wednesday afternoon there is large group of us meeting to ride go karts in Shepardsville, KY with lots and lots of truck parking. The track is...

Thanks DaveWe have always driven very slow and have been asked often how are new truck would handle a higher speed which is why we are testing this.Henry Albert has always driven around 65 MPH as it relates better with other T/T drivers who he is more in contact with. He has been asked many...

We have only done passive regens. We do not idle the truck and anyone that we know that runs their motors like we do has never done an active regen.

The latest report on how slowing down from 65 to 60 in an aerodynamic truck and trailer can affect fuel mileage. Henry posted his latest engine report with very positive results... Henry Alberts Blog To see the DDEC report click on report a couple of times to enlarge the picture.

Leo you have no idea how much we miss our friend and it is hard to believe she has been gone almost a year. Molly was the best expediter in the business! She took everything in stride, did not stress and she was always smiling.

Believe it or not nope! It was one of those loads that started out simple and became complicated. We were a surface truck at that time and the load was an easy pickup and delivery. The problem came about when the delivery point could not find a fork lift and that is where it came in very...

One of the differences between WG and surface trucks is the amount of extra freight handling equipment that is required. Blankets - straps - corner protectors - pallet jacks - lift gate and the list goes on. Many surface trucks are White Glove qualified but carry pets. These trucks are often...

Day 2 of our part of the test going from 58 mph to 65 mph and mother nature is taking her toll on us as well as Henry Albert fuel mileage. It's a Teams Life Blog

Ken, That was one of frustrations with the small towns is having to slow down quicker and how much longer it takes me to get back to speed. I noticed immediatly that my reaction time has to be a lot faster and it only took a couple miles to adjust to this. Today I have found it easier to...

We have a separate tank for the generator and it is filled with off road diesel that is reported at the end of the year. I keep track of the gallons and separate fuel tickets for this tank.

My first day of driving 65 mph and this is going to take more concentration then I first imagined. i was on four lane back roads when starting my driving shift this morning. The speed limit was 70 mph and then I would reach a small town and the speed limit would be reduced to 55 mph which...