How do you "split" your 10 hours?

Balakov100 · Sep 16, 2012

Occasionally it makes sense.
Screwed up my timing once couldnt deliver on time and take a full 10 first.
Shut down for 8 in Sleeper, was able to leave and deliver less than an hours drive away. Customer took more than 2 hours to unload which I also logged SB. There was my 8/2.

Remember the 8 HAS to be Sleeper and 2 can be Off Duty or Sleeper.
But I do reccommend against doing it, unless you are on ELogs too easy to screw up.

pilottravel2002 · Sep 16, 2012

Wooly Rhino said: ↑

The split has to be 2 and 8 for it to work out to 10. There is very little reason if any to actually do so. 10 hours of driving is all you can do without a 10 hour reset. So if you drive 9 hours and find you are tired, you can craw in back and take a 2 hour nap but you can only drive the rest of your 2 hours. Then you sleep for 8 and can only drive 8. Or you sleep for 10 and drive 11. It is all very easy to understand. Don't do it unless you have an electronic log to figure it out for you.
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Correct....

tinytim · Sep 16, 2012

umm, what is this 10 hours of driving?

Rogerthat · Sep 17, 2012

tinytim said: ↑

Lots of good reasons to use the split.

Say you're on a tight schedule. You have to deliver tomorrow morning. You still have to drive 5 hours today and if you stop for your supper break then continue on you won't have enough time to take 10 off and deliver on schedule in the morning. However, if your supper break is 2 hours then you will only need to take 8 off before getting to your delivery on time in the morning.

The 8/2 split is very simple once you figure it out but for some reason it's a bear to get your head around it. If you look through the site there's a number of threads on it and it's explained in many different ways. I think the best way to figure it out is to download a trial of DDL and practice with some fake scenarios.

I think most people get confused on the 2 not stopping the clock and having to count on both sides of the split.
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Dang. You mean as a trucker, not only do we have to be able to read 'n write we have to count, too?

Thanks for the link, North Ont., appreciate it, eh?

Complianceguy · Sep 17, 2012

I agree, there is very little reason to use the split sleeper exemption unless your co-driver falls ill or some other unforeseen complication comes up. Best thing to do is work a full day, get a full nights sleep and you'll live a better life and will be in it for the long-haul.

Wooly Rhino said: ↑

The split has to be 2 and 8 for it to work out to 10. There is very little reason if any to actually do so. 10 hours of driving is all you can do without a 10 hour reset. So if you drive 9 hours and find you are tired, you can craw in back and take a 2 hour nap but you can only drive the rest of your 2 hours. Then you sleep for 8 and can only drive 8. Or you sleep for 10 and drive 11. It is all very easy to understand. Don't do it unless you have an electronic log to figure it out for you.
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Rogerthat · Sep 17, 2012

STexan said: ↑

Good luck getting an understandable answer to this. It's so confusing, many carriers don't even allow drivers to implement the split sleeper berth logging to eliminate confusion in their own logging departments. But You Can Begin Here At This Advanced Logging Thread Found Here
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Thanks for the link STexan, that's a great help. I even printed out the graphic so I could follow along with the text more easily. It'll take me a bit to wrap my noggin around it...

LandShark · Sep 17, 2012

Ok here we go as I understand the split sleeper if you must
the straight 8 has to be first then the 2 later.

Rogerthat · Sep 17, 2012

Thanks for the info, everyone. I think in the beginning I shall implement the time honored KISS method. But I can see how this might come in handy down the road. Just another tool from trucker tool box...

tinytim · Sep 17, 2012

LandShark said: ↑

Ok here we go as I understand the split sleeper if you must
the straight 8 has to be first then the 2 later.
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It doesn't matter which comes first.
Check out EXAMPLE 17

[NOTE: When using the S/B provision, the order of the qualifying breaks does not matter the
break of at least 2 hours can fall before or after the S/B period of at least 8 hours.]
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Powder Joints · Sep 17, 2012

tinytim said: ↑

Lots of good reasons to use the split.

Say you're on a tight schedule. You have to deliver tomorrow morning. You still have to drive 5 hours today and if you stop for your supper break then continue on you won't have enough time to take 10 off and deliver on schedule in the morning. However, if your supper break is 2 hours then you will only need to take 8 off before getting to your delivery on time in the morning.

The 8/2 split is very simple once you figure it out but for some reason it's a bear to get your head around it. If you look through the site there's a number of threads on it and it's explained in many different ways. I think the best way to figure it out is to download a trial of DDL and practice with some fake scenarios.

I think most people get confused on the 2 not stopping the clock and having to count on both sides of the split.
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Just remeber you do not recoop a full driving shift. Sometimes better to reschdule deliverys.

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