and nervous at the same time.
Tomorrow i leave with a semi to do the sierra nevada run. Ill be gone for about 4 days and try to stop in Bieber to see the wacko brother. I mean Ben, and Illa.
Its been almost 2 years that ive done a run like this. I told my dispatcher that im going slow and easy. which is the key. The other drivers have been really encouraging and say i have the right attitude about the trip. and i appreciate that so much.
George is living with Doug at my moms place. they have 6 acres and are surrounded by at least another 400. so he has lots of room to do what ever cats do. they will keep him in for a couple of weeks to get used to where his food is and hopefully wont run away. they have kids so George will get REALLY spoiled.
that is all.
Dick
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Dick,
Drive safe. I think that the taking it easy perpective is a good way to approach truck driving.
BTW, what is the consensus in the trucking world about lowering the speed limit because of the increased fuel bills? On the one hand I can see the reason for not doing it; more wages that must be paid to drivers because of more time on the road, on the other hand, optimium mpg with specific rpms of engine. I guess owners must weigh both sides of the ocst issue.
Jack McCaffery wrote a column last week and said basically, "Why not lower the speed limit 5 mph?" That was the big push in the 70s! I've been complaing to Sandi about that for months now about that issue. So far she's not done anything about it. Maybe I'm complaining to the wrong person. Last week when we went to the hospital we got 34 mpg, and I drove 5 mph under the posted speed limit. Nest time we go over I'm going to go the speed limit and see what the mpg difference is.
I'm glad that you let George visit your mom's place. Cats NEED to visit their relatives.
Jim
i cant see where they would pass a 50 mph speed limit for commercial trucks. it would make more sense to lower the limit for autos. since there are more autos on the road than trucks.
one of the problems with ls for semis is that you start loosing the efficency of truck. id you run a truck at 50 mph the max ger that i would be running in our trucks is 8th. and that would be at the bottom of the power range. thats where you start eating fuel. think shippiing rates are high now. biggest mistake that ever happened was lowering the speed limits in the 70s. especially for the vehicles at the time.
as we all know lowering the speed limit wont lower the cost of fuel.
jmo
Accrding to the EPA, "Truck fuel economy drops significantly as speeds rise above 55 mph. By limiting top highway speeds, trucks can save fuel, reduce emissions, and prolong engine life."
I definitely believe that there should be a reduction in the car/light truck speed limit. But, rather than get on that bandwagon I'll just reduce my own speed limit by 5 mph.
You're right, lowering the speed limit will not lower the cost of fuel, but rather maximize the effiency of the fuel. There must be an optimum speed/time/electronic control ratio for trucks too.
Jim
dont forget weight
i dont put to much value in what the epa comes up with. after all they are a goverment agency thats only intrest is telling us how to live our lives at our expense. senicle? yep
Dick
And when I drove up to Medford, I did NOT drive 5 miles under the speed limit and I got 34 mph too. I think that the air conditioner really drives the gas mileage down, accelerating up hill drives the mileage down, but I haven't noticed that going 5 mph slower makes any really difference.
See !! If you rode a bike(motor) you would get around 80 !!
Comeon Sandi, leave some gas for the rest of us. I blame Jim too, people like him wont allow us to drill for more oil.
Seriously, let's pose a question, what if we diverted all of Nasa's budget into research to make alternate fuels work. Let's stop looking for signs of life on Mars and do something practical with the money.
You're right. ANWR's projected oil reserves will only supply the US for 1.4 years based on current use. Conservation can extend what we have much more effectivley. I guess I am a conservative! Thanks for the reminder.
Too late, BP has already laid claim to Mars. Diverting all the money that Nasa has spent on search for life on Mars is a good idea, but I don't think it's a real hot-button issue during this election. But, how we vote this year does come down to the issues that are important to us. All the canidates are promising the sky when they get into office. It's going to be an interesting next 4 years.
Jim
Not to imply that I disagree with you, because I don't, but Anwr is only one facet. There's offshore drilling, and no refinery's built for over thirty years. Coal production has been fought at every front and nuclear is fought as well. In my opinion, all for good reasons. However, the environmentalists are willing to sacrifice the U.S. economy for their agenda, while the politicians will sacrifice it for their personal power, money, and status among their supporters. The U.S. is in a huge pickle. Unless something happens to strategically make a difference, the we're going to become like Mexico, entirely corrupt and stagnant in our movement; all talk and no movement whatsoever.
I still think wind power is a good use and the new converters using water. I am not as liberal as some but do think the earth needs the lubricants left inside it.
With the new technology (alternatives) they need to support them more than depleting what fields they have.
I am NOT a friend of the "green" movement but do think some ideas they have are more along what we should be doing !!
besides, I believe we ALREADY have a corrupt government. Look at all the issues with J.F.K. I have read so many books and seen new evidence they "find" every few years. Plus the "need to know" issues". Even during my term in the service, I KNOW they covered up issues !! Might end up like Mexico, too late, we already are !! (in my opinion)
while talking conspiricy what about the Clinton involvement with vince foster. all evidence leads to them having something to do with his death.
you know i cant help but think of the scripture that God knows the end from the beginning, if so would he give us the knowledge that we have today to not provide us with the resources to sustain life. including oil? hmmmmm
Dick
or is that being short of resources part of the plan to bring about the end? hmmmmmmmmmmmm
bg
That is, in part, the idea that I want to implement in a book for kids I want to write. The reason for a reduction of species will be given from the a Native America elder that will be one of the minor characters in the story. The story takes place in Del Norte County and will have the main character go into a time warp via a crack in a cave he inadvertently finds trying to escape a fire while he is camping.
Hey, maybe you can work on that after you operation. To use an elder, I think, is a good idea.
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