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so if i start my day @0000hrs and run 11hrs, then shut down for ten, i'm supposed to stay down until 0000hrs instead of being able to run at 2100hrs? which means that even with a 10hr break a driver can not restart his clock within the same day.

and if that is so then if i burn my 70hr clock out on Friday then i shouldn't be legal until Monday granted i started on a Monday, because according to how everyone is making it seem, i can't restart my 70hr clock after a 34hr break if it's still the same work week.

And i was on ELogs for a year after i was on paper for six months, and that's why i started running like that. It's the only way to get maximum hours in a day.. but everyone is sayin the ELog program is jacked and i've been doing logs wrong for the past year.

As i understand it the clock resets after the breaks, doesn't matter the time of day or week, the clock is supposed to reset.

 

and the post trip is questionable, i use to do it, but now i just flag it, which saves me .25hr a day

 

So hes not loading or unloading? No fuel either?

 

You've never had a load where you loaded drove 2500 miles and unloaded? There is 4 or 5 days of driving there with no load or unload and I don't know about your truck but I don't need to fuel mine everyday.

 

loading and unloading i can't get around, have to show 15min for either granted it's not a drop n' hook. If it is then it's just flagged, i only have to show change of duty for an activity that takes 15min + which dnh doesn't. but if i actually have to wait then i have to show 15min for document exchange with customer. Fueling normally/pretty much always happens at the beginning of my day. Its one of the ways i plan my trips which is one reason i get so fired up when ppl park in the fuel island and go take showers and i'm tryin to fuel so i can stop my clock.

But on a 2 or 3 day run, i will get 14hrs of driving in a day, running the east coast like i'm doing down, it's down to 12hrs, 12 long hard hours.

 

This discussion has me sooo confused I'm going to bed

 

This is correct but isnt what i got from reading his posts.

 

I can fuel up in central Fl and run all the way to Breezewood, Pa before fueling again, but i usually do it in Emporia, Va since that's where i shut down for the night. Coming out of Canada with a half of tank going down US219 i can make it all the way down to Breezewood, Pa. Get fuel shut down, fire up and haul wide open back to Florida. Sometimes i make it into Jacksonville, most times i run out of time in Darian, Ga

 

So are you driving 14 hrs a day in a 14 hr day or actually working a 14 then taking 10 off and repeating????? This has us all confused. Here is an example of how I run my day Start monday morning, drive up to my 11 hrs plus work up to my non driving work hrs. (3) Sleep overnight and repeat.

 

and so much for the HOS, i'm pretty good with them, just haven't gotten the split berth down yet
11hr- can drive for a total of 11hrs before needing a 10hr break to reset clock: can continue to work (fuel, sweep out trailer, change tire, fix lights blah blah blah, as long as it doesn't involve pushing a clutch and shifting gears in a commercial vehicle) after 11hr clock has run out.

14hr-the amount of hours driver has from start of day to use their 11hr drive time, after 14hr clock expires driver may no longer drive vehicle but can still work (fuel, sweep out trailer, change tire, fix lights blah blah blah, as long as it doesn't involve pushing a clutch and shifting gears in a commercial vehicle) must take 10hr break to reset clock.

70hr- the amount of hours driver has from start of 8 day work week to use and reset 11hr and 14hr clocks. Once 70hrs have been reached driver can no longer operate a commercial motor vehicle but may still work (fuel, sweep out trailer, change tire, fix lights blah blah blah, as long as it doesn't involve pushing a clutch and shifting gears in a commercial vehicle) after the 70hr clock has run out. 10hr break will not reset clock, driver must take a 34hr break to reset clock.

that is how i've come to understand the rules. Everyone believes that once their 11hr or 14hr clock is up all they can do is look out the windshield when in all actuality you can do any and everything that doesn't require turning the key to the ignition.

wow, it's late.. nite ya'll. it was interesting. doubt i'll get this engulfed into a thread for awhile.