Leaving time on 10hr clock to avoid 34hr reset

You do not have to take a reset. You can run your clock to "0" and then wait to roll over more hours at midnight.

 

You were told wrong, if you use 10 hours every day you will use 70 hours in 7 days and the 70 hour clock goes back 8 days. If you don’t run over 8½ hours a day you will not hit 70 hours so you will never need a reset.

Like the prior posted said, even if you hit 70 hours, you get back the hours you used 8 days prior at midnight so you never have to do a reset.

Doing a reset just resets the 70 hour clock back to 0.

 

In theory ... 70 divided by 8 = 8.75 hr/day and you'd always have 8.75 hours every day to run. But in my world of trucking this is impossible given pickup appointments, drop appointments, distances involved, etc. but as long as you AVERAGE this 8.75 you can continue to run 7 days/wk until the cows come home.

At the right carrier with ample freight and longer hauls, I've found I can make more money easier, burning up my 70 ASAP, shutting down about 17:00-18:30 then sitting until 05:00 2 mornings later to get a restart, then repeat. Load planners like guys who have a fresh 70 and have freight that needs to move long distances without the hassle of doing load swaps to make appointment times (that are absolutely critical where I work)

I personally do not like "sitting" an additional 2-3 hours every day at a trashy truck stop if I can help it. 10 hours stopped every day is all I can handle on a regular basis. I'll do longer idle periods at home or in a hotel for at least 1 night.

 

if the option presents itaelf. why not use it. having a fresh 70 is better then recapping.

 

If you run into Canada this could cost you. You must take a 24 hour off duty ever 14 days, just saying

 

If you take a weekly reset, you can run 70 hours in 7 days.
If you do not take a reset, you can run 70 hours in 8 days.
Freight available, it's better to take the weekly reset.

Also, the planners are more likely to give you the better loads if they can see at a glance that you have time to make the run. They generally don't want to add up your recap hours to figure it out; too much like work.

 

No offense but anyone with the simplest of math skills could run the numbers and conclude that what you were told was incorrect.

 

If you want to make money and you are on a multi-day run, then the rule of thumb is if you have available hours to run today then run them. There are only two reasons I won't run all my hours. First, if parking will be at a premium and I stop a little early to make sure I don't run out of hours before finding a place for my 10. Second, if rush hour in a major metropolitan area can be avoided by stopping early to take advantage of night running.

You can't make up for those "lost hours" tomorrow, and it will impact the total miles you can run during the week. Let's assume you drive 60 mph at all times to illustrate the point. You can run 660 miles in 11 hours of driving. If you have 780 miles left to get to your customer, then running all 660 miles on day one will leave you 120 miles to run on day two. You now have two hours left to drive tomorrow and 9 hours available after you make your delivery. If instead you only run half of the 780 miles on day one, then you have to drive 6.5 hours tomorrow and you will only have 4.5 hours available for your next load tomorrow.

At least with my company the planners are aware of how many hours you have and how many you have coming back and plan you accordingly. When I get multi day runs I drive as many hours as I can, when I can.

Time is your asset. If you want to maximize the number of miles you run within your available hours, then learn to love driving at night. There will be less traffic, many states only have construction during the day (but some only have construction at night), and parking is MUCH easier to find when you finish.

 

I usually run on the recap, that 8.75 is an average for the week, what suits you is best for you. Some guys like the reset, some like to keep rolling as long as possible. I like running on the recap because I seem to make more money. Pretty simple, really.