8/2 split question

Yes, it's usually better to take the 2 first because you should be coming off a 10 or 34 hour break with a fresh clock. The only time I'd start with an 8 would be if I was flipping my schedule from night to day or vice versa.

 

roll until 23:55 park at shipper/receiver take an 8, check in at 07:55 back it in, 2 hrs for live load/unload, recap hrs roll on

 

We talking about bowling now? 8/2 split?

I could never knock down a 7-10 split to save my life...

 

Not a split, the 8's a sleeper.

 

I was told today that the 2 hour break does not stop the 14 hour clock like the 8 hour break does. I looked through the FMSCA reg book and could not find anything on this. Thoughts anybody? Thanks.

 

As soon as you've exceeded 8 hours in the sleeper, the 14 resumes ticking down--If the driver were picking up 7:45 at the 8 hours sleeper mark, at 8:01 the 14 will show 7:44 for example.

Running the 8/2 or split, I try not to do it unless I am prepared to run super efficient, exact 8's and exact 2's pretty much. That is unless I am at a customer say and just trying to gain whatever legal hours as quickly as possible to leave their property.

 

Uh, no ... the 14 doesn't start ticking until you go to the duty line or the drive line ... I run 2/8, 8/2, 2/8/2, 8/8, 2/8/8, 8/2/8 and 8/8/2 a lot.

 

and the off-duty line,

 

Hmm I will have to check it out today. Pretty sure I'm right though. The 14 is paused/frozen (to what you had available prior) at the exact 08:00 in the Sleeper mark and resumes ticking down as soon as the time shows 08:01 in Sleeper or 00:01 in Off Duty,Drive, Off Duty Driving or On Duty. Use the Summary tab to verify.

Now the 11 would be static coming out of the 8 hour Sleeper (for a while) depending on the 14 hour clock having more time than the 11. and the 8 hour clock would also be static coming out of the 8 hour sleeper depending on the same thing. But the 14 ticks down incessantly from the time it starts til the time it ends, the only thing that pauses/freezes it is that 8 hours in the Sleeper and only for that exact moment from 07:59 to 08:00 the 14 hour clock was completely suspended and continues ticking down immediately after.