| Professional tractor trailer drivers how do you make | | | | year of two percent or even more. |
| and continue to make those savings as you drive | | | | It can be said that even highly experienced drivers |
| down and plan your routes across the USA and | | | | can boost their skills with driver training aimed at |
| Canada? Remember that saving continue to grow. A | | | | raising fuel economy by 5 percent or even more. |
| penny saved is more than a penny saved in this day | | | | Continual and ongoing training is always a good thing. |
| and age. They all add up- and even more so today in | | | | You never can stop learning new tips and tactics |
| 2009. | | | | when it comes to being fresh on the road. Cutting |
| In today's trucking environment it is worth more than | | | | that fuel use by 5 percent further can save hundreds |
| considering because those who succeed take tight | | | | of dollars in fuel costs as well as cutting eight metric |
| control of all their expenses and factor in every single | | | | tons on carbon dioxide spewed into the atmosphere |
| penny into their profit and loss equations. They use | | | | each and every year. Along with training using low |
| fuel efficiency tactics and take smart fuel purchasing | | | | viscosity lubricants can be a most wise choice when |
| measures, | | | | it comes to fuel economies. When used in a long haul |
| What are some of these fuel efficiency tactics that | | | | truck, synthetic engine and drive train lubricants can |
| you can easily employ? First of all stands "idle | | | | improve fuel economy by three percent, again saving |
| reduction". It is said that an idling truck burns nearly | | | | more than 500 gallons a year. |
| one gallon of diesel fuel per hour. Reduce | | | | Consider and think of the benefits of intermodal |
| unnecessary idling and it is generally estimated that | | | | shipping. Intermodal freight transport can be said to |
| you can save $ 3,000 in fuel costs per trailer a year. | | | | combine the best attributes of both truck and rail |
| Next in line comes the science and art of improved | | | | shipping. Over long distances using intermodal shipping |
| aerodynamics. Improve the aerodynamics of a typical | | | | can cut fuel use by as much as 65 % that is |
| line haul trailer by 15 percent and you can could cut | | | | compared to truck only moves. |
| out your annual fuel use each and every year by | | | | Lastly two most basic and standard means of saving |
| more than 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel. | | | | fuel and driving costs known well to every trucker on |
| Improved freight logistics can also come into play. | | | | the road - although not always employed 100 percent |
| The use of "improved logististics" can reduce the | | | | of the time. These of course are firstly reducing |
| miles that a truck drives empty. Eliminating the 15 % | | | | highway speeds and weight reduction. It has been |
| of a line haul truck's empty miles and you can save | | | | well proven that a line haul truck with 90 % highway |
| an additional thousand of dollars annually. Along with | | | | miles that reduces its top speed from 70 to 65 miles |
| this saving add in automatic tire inflation systems and | | | | per hour cuts its fuel bill and costs substantially. By |
| single wide tires and you are really on a roll. In | | | | reducing only 3,000 pounds from a line haul truck, |
| calculating the benefits of automatic tire inflation | | | | simply by using and employing lighter weight |
| systems retrofitting a line haul truck with such an | | | | components that smart trucker can well save fuel |
| automatic tire inflation system can save you more | | | | and costs of up to 500 gallons of diesel fuel a year. |
| than considerable gallons of fuel each and every year | | | | When driving in today's tight, if not difficult trucking |
| as well as save expensive tire wear and maintenance. | | | | business environment keeping costs in line is key. Fuel |
| Similarly by specifying single wide base tires when | | | | costs may go up. They may go down. Just as cost |
| purchasing and ordering a new combination truck | | | | control is important to your driving success you can |
| from a truck dealer can well save $ 1,000 | | | | always count that a penny saved in the trucking and |
| immediately and reap annual savings each and every | | | | transport industry is more than a penny earned. |