OK here is the scenario. Start work at 1am. Drive until 6:30am. Off duty until 9:30am. This extends my 14 if I pair it with 7 hrs in the sleeper later. So combined driving, fueling, and post trip take me until 5pm. Now I need the 7 hours in the sleeper. But when does that 7 hours have to happen. Right after my post trip? Hours later? What if I just logged off duty and didn't go to sleeper berth until tomorrow. As long as I log the 7 hrs in the sleeper before I drive again, it should count whenever I decide to take it. Right?
Split Sleeper Question
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by kemosabi49, Jan 17, 2022.
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The key is in the last sentence ... you can't drive until you've logged the 7 hours in the sleeper.
The question is how soon do you need to drive again. If you need to roll around midnight, you'll only have the 11/14 that you used before the first split, including the split time for the 14.
If you take a full ten containing the 7 in the sleeper, you'll reset the 11/14.tscottme, Accidental Trucker and Keepforgettingmypassword Thank this. -
I hit the sleeper right after the post trip. But then again. I am usually sleeping.
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You can take a two week vacation, off duty, but you can’t drive until you take that 7 hour sleeper berth break.
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Under the sleeper berth provisions, a driver takes 7 hours in the sleeper berth & later takes an off-duty period of 3 hours before arriving at home. When the driver arrives home within the permissible hours, what rest is req’d to reset their "day clock"? | FMCSA
“In this specific scenario, the driver will need to take either: 1) at least 7 hours in the sleeper berth (continuing reliance on the sleeper berth provision), or 2) 10-consecutive hours off-duty. Both options would exclude the off-duty period of 3 hours from the 14-hour "driving window." -
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His point was if you take the off duty period first, you never reset or or recover your time until you take the sleeper period. -
Works like this...
Drive 4 hrs, off 3 hrs, drive 7 hrs, sleeper 7 hrs, drive 3 hrs, off 4 hrs, drive 8 hrs, sleeper 7.5hrs, drive 3 hrs, on duty delivery .5hrs, sleeper at the door 9 hrs, drive 8 hrs and so on.
PS: as long as there is no more than 11 hrs driving and/or 14hrs on duty combined between no less than 10 hrs total SSB either direction, it is fine.Last edited: Jan 18, 2022
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I did a 3 hour SB break waiting on a decision to be made yesterday. That paused my 14, last night I parked On personal convance (off duty), after 10 hours my clock reset fresh. -
The off duty can be sleeper or off duty.
That said the letter of the law is different than what is enforced.tscottme Thanks this.
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