Another split break question

After 2-9:59 hr break you will get back 9 driving and 10 on-duty. If you run those hrs then do another 8 in sleeper, you will get back 2 driving 4 on-duty. The only way to get back a fresh 11/14 is to do a full 10 hr break.

 

You always get back what you put into your work day between 0001 and 23:59 Subject to the maximum allowed 60 or 70 hours in a certian number of days. And further subject to daily limits such as 11 hours for driving.

There should be what is called a recap column and that is what will be telling you what amount of hours you will have on the 8th day for those of you running a 70 hour rule or the 7th day for those of you running a 60 hour rule.

Try to do a full 10 hour break every time. That way you can be ASSURED of a full 11/14. Besides, you are tired from your work and can use a full 10 hour break without stressing over a split time waiting for your 2 hour alarm clock to go off knowing it will cost you again down the road.

Ive said all I dare say here. I tried to keep it simple. Very basic. You are fixing to get many responses right quick here in this thread and don't let yourself get confused. Don't overthink your logs. It's all there telling you what or how much or how far you can go tomorrow after midnight. (OR your last 10 hour offduty status pending your 60 or 70 hour limit etc.)

There is always someone going to jump in here talking about a special dispatcher authroization to break the 11/14 rule. IGNORE that. Just so we can clear the air and keep it simple. In my 30 plus years I have never once used that so called dispatcher exception. I did however have ONE dispatcher who yelled at me about that and I yelled back at her saying one word. Bull---- I got fired ont he spot after she lost her temper. But It's my firing and no shame in that.

 

^^^^ that explained everything about the split sleeper rule. 5 paragraphs of split sleeper information overload.

 

I know a lot of guys (solo, long haul) who run split sleeper as a standard practice, each and every day. Theoretically, it can save you a half hour [break] every day (time getting from Point A to Point B) if implemented correctly.

 

I like to learn from you where the savings is possible in time, implying you can be 30 more minutes down the road in a workday midnight to midnight.

 

The 30 minute break can be encapsulated inside the 2 hour break.

One way, you need 10 + .5 (DOT break)
The other way, you need 8 + 2 and if the 2 is in the right place, it eliminates the need for a .5 DOT break.

This is assuming you're a "runner" and try and run maximum possible hours every day.

 

Got it. I had to think a bit. This new stuff gets to me sometimes. I wish for the good old days gone by. Papers and erasers and a HHG mileage chart, Not the actual odo miles thankfully.

 

I don't care for the split sleeper mode except where it may be a necessity to make appointment times work and/or having to deal with an unexpected delay, and it works to my preferred option for the near term.

I'm not a big fan of "long midday naps"