how long do you straight drive without stopping?

Sometimes a couple of hours.

Many times 6 hours. Sometimes 8 hours.

I stop when I need to.

 

Sitting for long periods at a time is bad for your health. Not urinating frequently enough is too. I will stop when I have to go. Period. Walk around, walk the dog, whatever. The day I have to drive straight through at the expense of my health is the day I quit.

 

Normally, I'll break the trip up into 3 legs with two 15-30 minute breaks. Works good for me and my bladder.

I'll go anywhere from 3-6 hrs depending on the schedule. Of course your bladder rules. DOT likes you to check your tires every 3 hours. I'm sure everybody does that.

You build up endurance over time. 650 miles seems like a long way in the beginning. When you start running longer distances, 650 is a piece of cake.

 

DOT does not have anything on the tire checks anymore.

 

flatbed drivers are supposed to stop every 2 hrs and check securment

 

Not that I disagree, but are you sure this is not a company policy or do you know the regs. If you know the reg, we can have it posted for those that are unsure.

 

Every time I stop, I do a walk around look at the truck and trailer before starting back out again.

 

3-6 hours is normaly when my bladder tells me to stop. Someday when I'm drinking a lot of caffine I can only go a couple hours, then sometimes I can go 10 hours....but those are not the norm. I think where I maybe differ from a lot of guys I've ran with is that I just take care of business then get back on the road. I try not to let a quick pee and refill take more then 5 minutes max.......unless like posted above, I'm purposely getting out to stretch my legs and maybe exercise (which I normaly do at either the beginning or end of the day).