The 34 Hour Reset?

I just don't get that... Why 34 hours?? Why not 48 (so a body has an actual WEEKEND off)?? And how do you get away NOT doing a reset??

 

But the upside is that the "Honey Do" list stays perfectly intact.

It's your option to extend beyond 34 hours if you want. As a night runner on a team my resets are typically at LEAST 48 hours and frequently much longer under the new rules, because I'm ending my shift a few hours after 1 am.

When I ran solo under the new rules I would go as long as there were loads to run without a reset. I think the longest was about six weeks without a reset. Running an average of about 8.5 hours per day will keep giving you continuous hours coming back on the 9th day.

 

I never take a restart on the road, no reason to if you manage your time correctly. I just finished up my week with 2,996 miles and 13.5hrs left on my 70. I will get 9.5hrs back tomorrow night. Work smarter, not hander.

 

Oh, no it doesn't! It gets longer and Longer and LONGER... 'til she gets tired of it and divorces your butt.

So, in other words, it's "pay it forward" in action: any time you DON'T burn time during a 14, you can "pay forward" toward the next week; and as long as you don't use up all your 70 hours in 8 days (or 60 hours in 7), you can use that time to avoid the reset.

Or: the "reset" is only required if you work the max time allowed in the work week.

Is that about right?

 

reset is NEVER required... Even if you max your 70 hours in 8 days, on the 9th day you get hours back from the first day, and can keep rolling... it is about managing your hours, and NOT wasting any of the 70. I have ran steady, for 10 weeks on the road with NO reset.

 

Sooooo... If I run 70 in 7 days, I'm stuck with waiting 34 hours before I can run again?

 

You can either reset or sit for 2 days and use your recap hours. A reset will give you a full 70. Recap will only give you back the hours you worked on the first day of your fresh 70.

 

I don't quite get the "recap", and how it "gives back" in the situation I just mentioned...

 

Basically if you started on a Monday with a fresh 70 and you used them all by Saturday you wouldn't have any hours to drive on Sunday. You could start a 34 hour reset or you could wait til Tuesday. On Tuesday you would gain back the hours you worked on the previous Monday. The 8 day rule consists of current working day plus the previous 7. Hope that makes sense.

 

So... "rolling 8-day (or 7-day) week", as far as the present day is concerned...?