Hos question

are you on elogs? if you are, it'll tell you when you're able to drive again,

 

I got ya, if you have time on your load to do a reset, then do it.
If you just emptied out and want a day off, tell them you'll be ready for a load Wednesday, maybe they'll give you a day off,
I've held off sending the empty call until after my reset is over, it keeps me off the board.
Plus we all need days off out here,

 

tell them your whooped and need to reset, when they tell you that you have hrs after midnite tell them you thought it was about driving safe and alert not whether you had hrs or not, then remind them that running legal and running safe have nothing to do with each other,

 

Tell your dispatcher otherwise he or she is going to keep running you on recap hrs.Also in the future you need to tell your dispatch when your almost out of hrs before you run out prefereably while youre under a load so dispatch doesn't have a preload waiting for you.

 

If they wont work with you then just run your hrs out logging unloading and loading time, 2 can play these elog games

 

Strictly speaking, if you run out of 70, you can not drive until after midnight, if you gain hours from the 8th day prior. You are not required to take a 34 hour reset. If, however, you feel you need a day off, taking one is more critical than being in compliance with the HOS.