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That 600 horse engine will not conume so much fuel per hour working hard upgrade. When you come down from the Rockies and get into the Nebraska/Kansas/Texas.. those winds blow and finally when you get to the little bitty rolling hills, you can haul down tourque and keep it steady without the drama of going up and down your high range.If the fleets would just sacrifice 700 pounds of gross and make APU's madatory to provide hotel power, engine standby heat good down to -50 and 110 Volt Marine grade house power that will eliminate the idle and provide teh driver with options outside of the truckstop.I understand that Petro and some others provide engine off live support to the cab with heat, air con, cable tv etc... for about 2 bucks an hour. Give me a break.. I can save that 2 dollars per hour and just idle.If the recievers understand that all trucks lose BAD and endanger other shippers in the area by excessive sloth in unloading or sticking to plus or minus 15 minutes of required on time delivery (Or you get told to go away and get a new appointment tomorrow) things will be better.Parking is another problem. When I stopped driving, I remember leaving The GWB prepared to drive all the way down past Knoxville, Raliegh or Charles town before even thinking of trying to park for the night when out of hours.Ive had it up to here with 5 day lost time lounging around the bullpen of a meat plant out in ... garden city or similar then being told that if I dont get the beef to Salinas in 40 hours (Before 9 am monday) I will be out of a job and the company out of an account. This isnt the time to be weak and wussy.Trains can stop when dead on the law and get a new crew. Truckers must dig down, find some  oorah and endure 2400+ miles at once to try and be sure Salinas will have meat to eat early in the week.I can complain and moan all night and never run out of issues that rob truckers, company and shippers/recievers of lost time, money, oppertunities etc.Here is one more. No matter how little money is offered for a load... some starving trucker somewhere will take it. because of this... no one can set rates that benefit all.
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