Split Breaking in USA

if it isnt to much trouble could you explain splt breaking im starting with a new company hauling walmart trailers im supposed to go to orientation ,all i know so far is its new england states ,pickup at distribution center go to varuis walmarts they said three or four a night.im used to running a full ten or eleven and then taking ten ive never split my breaks and i hate to get in trouble.ive read the rules in the book but having a problem comprehending must be my french side thank you jimbo

 

We're not allowed to split break.

 

OK. Here's a softball.

If you are driving through--no drops, hooks, maybe a fueling--how would a split break matter? Wouldn't the only other things to put on the log be pre- and post-trip inspections of your truck? Maybe one or two restroom breaks? I can see it getting loused up if you gotta be somewhere at a certain time or if you hit bad weather or traffic. You know if that's going to be a possibility, so you don't split break in that case. Is it just a matter of taste then?

 

KLLM's log dog told me after I got one of those love letters via the Qualcomm that if u split it's gotta be 8 hrs first, then two. And they can be either line 1 or line 2. I just say the heck with it. I ain't even gonna mess with split breaking anymore, unless I get into some sort of jam like sitting at a shipper/receiver for 7.5 hrs.

I don't know why they had to change the policy on this. When I was with PAM, I'd split all the time and "pause" my 14 for 2, 3, 4, or how ever many hours I spent at a dock waiting for them to load/unload me. Now I just bite the bullet and take a short driving day if I've been tied up over 3 hours.

 

Sounds like your log dog needs to go back to school. It's within the regs to take the 2 first. The only thing is, it won't extend your day like when you take the 8 first. You would still be held to the 14 hour standard until you got your other 8.

I have never run into problems with violations by logging my 2 hour break first. I'm regional, so I have to do this a few times a week at my backhauls. It allows me to just need 8 hours off when I'm done for the day.