Shippers, are truck drivers wasting your money?

Monday, 21 July 2008

A truckload shipped 825 miles would take an extra 4 hours if the drivers kept their speed at 55 rather than 75 MPH, but the energy cost would be reduced by 30%! At $5 gallon for diesel, the savings are about $240 per truckload! "Excessive speed is the largest single factor in reduced fuel mileage. A general rule of thumb is that every mph increase above 50 mph reduces fuel mileage by 0.1 mpg." Kenworth White Paper on Fuel Economy, March 2006.