How to avoid a 34 hour rest

I use 2 logbooks so l never run out of hours...

 

I'm on paper so I get a 34 once a week.

When I drove for a mega I ran off recap. Keep a close eye on time used daily and don't burn any you don't have too.

 

Actually I did add something constructive. You say it isn't being taught and I said it is. Sorry for the late response, but I actually work for a living instead of face palming myself.

 

Yeah the d-bags and their face palming are really gettin tedious. I thank god for the many non straight stackers that answered my questions, gave me advice, and helped me (and continue to help me) succeed in this field. Not that I'm much of a success. Now that I think about it maybe all those people I thanked god for were just messin with me and face palmin their smug arses behind my back. Dang now I gotta take a nap and chew on this.

 

You gain back what on duty hours you worked 8 days ago. Example, if you drove 10 hours and was on line 4 for 45 minutes last Monday, the following Monday at midnight (8 days latter) you would gain 10.75 hours back to your remaining 70 hours you had left.

When you would want to do a reset, is when you have low hours coming back to you, like only 4-5 hours to work that day and only 4-5 coming back to you the next day.

 

*facepalm*

 

I have 2 hours coming back on Sunday and projecting to still have about 700 miles to go to final. Will just hang back and take the day off, maybe start my pretrip at 2200 and run my 70 down to zero at 2359, then at the stroke of midnight I get back 12.5 hours on my 70 Monday morning.

 

I've tried it once but i prefer to take the 34 hour break cause you can start from 0 again, the way it usually works is if your on an 70 hr/8 day week if you've done 60 then you can only drive for 10 hours max the next day etc etc so you keep subtracting what you did on the first day minus 70 and that's what hours you can drive the following day, hense the reason why most drivers will take the 34 hour break, its just less of a hassle and you deserve a break anyway. Offically this what FMCSA states If your company operate vehicles every day of the week, your employer may assign you to the 70-hour/8-day schedule. This means that you are not allowed to drive a commercial motor vehicle after you’ve been on duty 70 hours in any 8 consecutive days. Once you reach the 70-hour limit, you will not be able to drive again until you have dropped below 70 hours for an 8-consecutive-day period. You may do other work, but you cannot do any more driving until you get below the limit. "Can not drive again" also only refers to Commercial vehicles you can still legally get in your car and drive.