Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

Central uses E-Logs so anything to save some drive time!

 

Thats what I mean Jess. It doesn't save any time. Once the clock starts, it runs.
I past days yes, you could stop your clock.
Well, I don't need to log anyway, but of course one should keep up with the standards.

 

Even though you have e-logs... isn't it best practice to keep your own on paper? Or do you have access to your e-logs at all times if DOT wants them?

 

Sometimes our clock doesn't start until we are loaded same with unloading JJ's naughty like that!

 

Chains? Who uses chains? I wouldn't know how to put a chain on if my life depended on it. Just one of them things with the company I work for, no chains required and no rtes taken thru states that require them.
And Jess, that's Goddess not god. lol

 

Now that one, we are in complete agreement on. Anything I can do to save some time, gets done. I've been known to give my arrival call, the night before, when I'm still bedded down 10 miles or so from the shipper or rcvr.

OR- -if its been one of these really loooooooooooooong load or unloads, like 6 or 7 hrs, the mty call doesn't go in till I have a 10 in and can rock and roll again.

 

You are lucky putting the Jewellery on sucks!!!!!!!!!!!

JJ is driving the Central shuttle as a favor to some guy who wanted to go to his kids Parent teacher meeting I think he would prefer to drive in NYC.

She's only female if your getting miles!!

When your not getting miles its a male

 

You've left me speechless.

 

Speechless is good!!

Will be sending Bickies on Tuesday, I have em with Coffee, 6Pak says Milk is the go!

 

On the clock does not stop thing you are correct. The 14 hour clock does not stop.
But if I start my day, drive 4 hours. Get to shipper and I am there 3 hours, then have to finish my day.
Where sleeper comes in is that no, the 14 hours does not stop, but I am not going to log that 3 hours at the shipper on duty if I do not need to. I will log 15 min when I get to the shipper and flag it load. Then go to sleeper for 2.45 hours.
This did not stop my 14 hour clock, but it is not working time. So that is 2.5 hours I will have to drive on another day. Or even that day if I am getting low on hours.
Since the 2.45 hours in the sleeper does not count towards my 70.

Hopefully I did not loose anyone there. No, I cannot stop the clock like I use to before the regs changed. My 14 will not get broken. But I would much rather not have that 2.45 hours as work time if I do not have too. Sleeper time does not count towards my 70.
On flatbed I have to log it on duty not driving. I use all my 70 plus some every week on the road, and I am home weekends lol. That is 5 14 hour days. Every week.
At central in my 65 and then 62 mph truck, I needed to have every 15 min block I could get for driving every week. I would scrape a quarter hour up anywhere I could to have all the driving time I needed to hardly ever need a restart.
That part is easy now. All I scrape for now is to have the hours to get home Friday. To do that I sometimes do not watch speed limits in my 85 mph truck lol. Or I just have to do some fancy coloring in my nice little loose leaf log book.

A quick comment on chains.
They are to get you out of a bad spot to a spot you can safely sit. That is it.