Recaps, 34 hr reset and the 70 hour limit?

You log it as you see fit. If I pull I to a shipper and they are two hours behind schedule, why in the world would I log that time as On Duty???? It makes no sense.

 

The 14 is a running clock, so even off duty you are burning it.

What you sre saving is the 70, and potentially restarting your 8.

 

Technically, yes. Until you hit 10 consecutive hours off, the 14 still counts down.

However, you do not need to complete a full 14 before starting your 10 hour dot break.

Say I start at 6, I do a 30 min pti, then drive for 4 hours, spend 30 minutes dropping etc. I now have:
3 on the 8
7 on the 11
9 on the 14

If I spend an hour off duty I would have

8 on the 8
7 on the 11
8 on the 14.

If I instead took 10 hours off I would have

8 on the 8
11 on the 11
14 on the 14.

 

OP, it will make more sense once you're actually working the HOS.

Recap/reset also depends on your company.

My company likes to bring us home for a 34. If our freight is bangin' like it often does in summer, we end up running some recap. But not often, and usually just 2 or 3 days.

 

It seems like a lot, and it is, but it's all simple stuff. Pay attention to the details and the bug picture sorts itself out.

 

Depends on the company. Usually as long as you lock your trailer down and park it in a safe spot you can bobtail around the city on "off-duty" drive status. If you want to go downtown I would grab an uber to be safe because it can be hard to find a parking spot for even a bobtail in certain downtown spots.

Everyone has their own way of logging. Some run 100% by the book and will log everything to the minute. Some people don't log anything but drive time and some find ways to "cheat" the computer and run without logging anything. The problem is when you get inspected by the DOT man and he wants to look at your logs in detail. I will say this, i keep my "on-duty" time to a minimum and I have never had an inspector have an issue with my logging. They are looking for specific things including a pre-trip, loading/unloading times, and fuel stops. If they look at your logs and it shows nothing but drive time and sleeper birth, they will have a problem with that.