Nighttime driving vs Daytime

I can deal with either driving daytime, or night time. Given a preference, I will drive daytime. Get up early in the morning, be done early in the afternoon. Doesn't always work out like that though.

 

When I fly while deployed we are almost exclusively fly at night. Got so bad we would rush to be in the rack before the sun came up after a flight so we wouldn't see the sun and not be able to sleep. Felt like a #### vampire. We even had our wings on our uniforms made to look like batwings because of it. The desert is cooler at night so it worked out OK for us.

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When I lived in Chicago I did the overnight shift for 6 years. 1130p.m. to 730a.m., of course I was in the Sears Tower, so I didn't need to steer a vehicle.
I loved the overnight.
I used to stop by the quick mart to grab a roadie beer on the way to the train home , and gross out the folks walking to work at 7:45 in the morning, carrying their coffee.
Sure got some funny looks.

 

I would like to see the trucking industry get to a point where you could either drive day, or night. One or the other, not both. Where I have problem at night is when I have driven the day before, got a good night sleep, then get stuck waiting all day to reload. By the time the product is ready, I am ready to go to sleep, and unless I am heading back to the house with the load, going to sleep is usually what I end up doing.

That would require shippers/receiver to cater some to truckers though, and that will never happen

 

just a quick reply, as for the sleeping during the day thing goes, it's not that easy, but not impossible<tells you alot, huh?> as for idleaire, it should come installed on company driver trucks, but the igniter on mine kept frying itself on the one i had back in 2004, good when it works though. at least now, most punkins have them, so don't buy your own, i had 1 truck that had one, out of the 5 different trucks i drove for schneider.

 

i agree, the worst factor can be waiting on a load after you unload. that usually starts a completely new time schedule for ya. and some receivers i deal with lock up from 7pm - 7am. on a good dedicated run, or drop and hook yards, you can definitely establish a more set work schedule tho!

 

I don't mind driving at night as long as I am not rushing along. As long as I can stop off and eat a good meal and relax along the way then I don't have the traffic to fight and I can really enjoy the drive. I would prefer to drive in the daytime though as in run from 6:30ish am to 10pm is the perfect time frame for me personally. I get my best sleep in the truck during the night time hours...