Recaps, 34 hr reset and the 70 hour limit?

I'd start at 3am and get through Chicago... take the longer break on 2nd stretch of the load... what happens if you have a tire issue or whatever and you've already wasted a bunch of time on the front end of the load? Call and reschedule? I rather deal with it and reduce chance of rescheduling. Customer doesn't want to hear any of that crap. Just do what you promised.

 

Hours of service only says when you can (or cannot) drive. You can be on duty as long as you want.

 

Say you work 14 hours driving then you work the dock for 10 more hours lifting boxes or whatever. You then must take a 10 hour break before you are eligible to drive a cmv again.

In theory you could lift boxes for say 70 hours straight. You'd then have used up your 70 hour clock and would then therefore need a 34 hour break before being eligible to drive any cmv.

 

Yes, starting at 0300 on Tuesday makes sense, but would you start at 0300 on Wednesday when you have less than 3 hours into the customer and can't deliver until noon? No, you would start at 0800, which means you could drive until 2200 - but will there be parking available then? Maybe, maybe not.

In theory maxing out your hours every shift will allow you to earn more. In practice I find that it ends up being close to the same at the end of the quarter.

 

How you are paid is irrelevant to the hours of service.
On duty means anything work related aside from driving. It doesn't matter if your company pays you detention say if you have a 4 hour unload. If you are legitimately in the sleeper waiting, you can log sleeper.

 

No of course I would not start early on Wednesday. Also, just because I start at 8 am say Wednesday, what bearing does that have on when I will shut down Wednesday night? Don't need to drive right to the limit. But if I slack off on day 1 and an issue arises now I am under the gun to resolve it immediately. I rather give a little extra time for the unforeseen. Cuz we all know that's when they happen. When you really don't have the extra time.

I also hate changing appointments. Unprofessional in my mind.