Typical schedule for a newbie.

Whatever works for you. Personally I plan my days where I drive as little at night as possible.

 

There really is no typical schedule for Otr. Whatever works best for you. I personally like to start around 4 or 5 am myself, doesn't always work but for the most part it does.

 

I love to start my day 10 hours after I park. That can be whenever, but I hate to try to park at 1600-2200 local.

 

never try to park late afternoon or early evening. I always planned to be in by 2 or 3 in the afternoon if possible, but it all depends on what the load schedule is. If I can get rid of it quicker I'll get there quicker if it's an appt. I'll be there a little early.

 

Since I'm on a dedicated fleet now I'm learning the places that have spots 24/7, but they're few and far between

 

Why night driving is the best,always a place to park during the day.

 

LOL

And you forgot the waiting hours at a time for shippers and consignees,sitting in traffic,yelling a 4 wheelers and driving while feeling like death is in the passenger seat laughing at you due to you being sick as a dog.

 

Won't this have to change in July when you'll have to have two consecutive 0100-0500 periods during a reset? Or are you including resets in "fuel, maintenance, or customer"?

 

If you're an OTR driver, you can try to keep a certain schedule all you want, but it's not gonna work. I tried, and tried, and tried. Eventually, you get accustomed to living out of a truck, and get used to having random schedules. It gets easier with time. Another reason the whole schedule thing doesn't work is that if I'm an hour outside of DC, and I start my clock at 6 every morning, that would mean hitting 495/DC at 7am, and would want to kill myself. Sometimes I can stop at 6pm, and be rolling by 4:30am, and keep that rolling for days, but eventually something is gonna get in the way. Eventually you'll start setting your schedule by appt times, the cities you're around, or going through, and where you want to stop for the day. Now that winter is here, it even factors into the equation.

In a perfect OTR world, I start my day between 3-4am, and finish 600 miles later that day. Sometimes, because of these awesome shippers/receivers, awesome 4-wheelers, and awesome weather it doesn't always work out like that.

I also see from your schedule that you'll be taking a 12 hour break rather than a 10. Any reason for that? If the miles are there to drive, drive them.