What is the longest distance you have driven behind the wheel of a tractor trailer? Legally or not so legally.
My personal best is 784 miles utilizing my entire 14 hour clock.
I made a boo boo as a trainee in 1996. My trainer became upset with me, took the wheel, and drove 1,012 miles only stopping to fuel.
I specifically recall the mileage because I handled both of our paper logs.
He was old school for sure.
The longest drive
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Legally my best is 696 miles (in a 65 mph truck). The perfect situation arose.
Averaging 65 mph for 11 hours is 715, so it's just barely possible. Kind of surprised me.God prefers Diesels, tallguy66, bryan21384 and 1 other person Thank this. -
Ft. Lewis, WA to Wilmington, NC
I was solo and a team from the same company left Ft. Lewis at the same time.
We arrived in Wilmington, NC at the same time.
I did a few quickie cat naps on the way and was popping Ephedrine pills the whole time.
Don't recommend that at all though; the heart starts racing like it's trying to jump out of the chest.
Used to do similar on regular runs from Nashville, TN to Stockton, CA
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Legally in the elog era is 670. Illegally in the paper log era 812
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Remember when the AOBDR would merge two drive days at midnight? -
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I was a certified member of the American Chicken Haulers Association. Enough said.
784 miles????We called that a short haul! -
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the day my 6 month sentence started. nothing like wearing bob barkers for 6 months
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2210 miles driveway to driveway in 36 Hours drove 35 of it caught about a one hour nap around Chicago. That was Thompson Falls, MT to Waynesburg, PA and running back home empty. Crashed for a solid day after that, was a blast and hell of a story, but definitely don't recommend it. And for people calling BS I documented it all on an APP just for ####s and giggles.
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