So I've been reading as much as I can on here, great resource!
I was wondering what you guys do on your 34 reset?
Are you allowed to drive to a lake, beach or go visit friends if they are close? What considered close?
Do you have to hang around a truck stop?
Thanks, E
What do you do on your 34 reset?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ipogsd, Jun 24, 2012.
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You can do most anyrhing once you learn to plan your trips. You control where your going to be location wise. When I was OTR I normally tried to stay away from truckstop.
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On my 34hr I usually cut the grass, weed-eat, fix/maintain the family vehicles, wash/polish my peter, and then lay around and relax/go out and do stuff with the wife.
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A lot also depends on your carrier. If you are allowed to use the bobtail as a personal conveyance (off duty driving) there are a lot of options. If not the truck cannot move during the reset. You can move but the truck can't. Me personally, I spent a lot of my reset time learning. I scoured the net for info on the industry, watched webinars, read books, and prepared myself for getting my own truck which was my goal.
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Depends. I have gone camping, vegged at the house. Slept the entire 34, gone shopping.
This is my first 34 reset on the road so I stopped at Twin Falls and went to do some shopping and also took some pictures. -
gravdigger, you said "was your goal" as in past tense, did you buy your own truck or quit truckin?
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i am like some others here. i am home daily, as well as on the weekends. so my "more than" 34 hour reset i get to do all the things that a home owner has to do.
as for OTR drivers, you can still do what you want, with-in reason. you still DO NOT want to be "night-clubbing" by taking your truck with you and get nailed for a DUI or something.
so hopefully you can find things to do with-in walking distance of the truck stop.
Vegas comes to my mind, when i had time to "relax"...when i was OTR. -
I should have made this clear in my first post. I'm talking OTR drivers.
I'm glad you wash your peter, but telling us you polish it, well is a little more information than I need!
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