I'm curious, how many hours during your 11 hr drive clock do you actually spend driving? On average, how long does it take you to get loaded/unloaded/reload?
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How many of you use the full 11 hour Drive Time?
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by curioushusker, Aug 1, 2022.
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I tend to average between 9 to 10 hours of drive time a day. Basically they plan the loads so I have to get 500 miles a day of progress. If I'm only driving, I tend to run between 550 to 600 miles a day and that's usually about 9.5 hours of drive time. Parking is always a critical factor of how far and when I run. I'm not one who likes to cut things close and have to park on an on ramp because I don't have any more time to get to a truck stop somewhere. Another factor is I'm governed at 65mph, so simply can't get as many miles a day as someone who can run at 70 of 75 mph.
All that said, it depends on the scheduling of the load. Sometimes I get a load where I only need to make about 300 or 400 miles of progress a day, so I'll cut back on miles for the day and enjoy alittle more off time. Other loads I have to basically run as best I can. Run 500ish miles, take a 10 and get right back on the road.Trucker61016, Kyle G., Another Canadian driver and 2 others Thank this. -
It's not the drive time that's a problem.
It's finding safe, legal....& respectable parking at the end of the drive time....that's the REAL problem.
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We team so at least 10h30m but usually closer to 10h50m. We switch out at certain points based on where we can pull over and switch. Not a place for a while? Stop at the last truckstop, break 6 minutes or so for a quick break. Fill drinks, swap phones in the carrier, put all the charging things on their lines. I finish driving the rest of my shift, then we swap out on an off ramp.
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I'm pretty new at all this, but finding a pretty good rhythm on driving days of leaving out between 3 and 4am and shutting down in early afternoon.
When that schedule doesn't work because of an appointment time, it quickly became apparent that a backup option for parking is important when doing trip planning...noticing that often seems to end up being at a customer or something else that isn't a traditional truckstop.curioushusker, CAXPT and MIT Thank this.
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