Trying to figure out 8/2, 2/8 Sleeper Split

It would be what you had left on your 14 when you stopped for the 8.

 

The easiest point to miss, recalculating your 11 and 14 rule from the END of the First period, whether it be a 2 or 8. The 8 hour break stops the 14 hour clock, the 2 does not.
The 2 hour break can be off duty, sleeper or a combination of both.

I record my meals and other breaks(restroom) as Off duty.
Your on duty driving from 9pm to midnight is 3 hours you have hours as 4.
Before and after your 8 hour sleeper berth you have a meal break. I record that as off duty. Total 9 hour break. This would extend the 14 hour clock 1 hour.

Using your numbers. Your first 14 hour rule expires at 5am of day 2, when you take a 2 hour sleeper break.
Your next 8 hour break would have to start 14 hours from the end of your first two periods, in this case it is your last(12-8pm) 8 hour break.
Good luck.

 

Think of the 8 hour break as a pause button for the 14 hour clock. Say you have 5 hours left at noon and go in the sleeper till 8 pm. When you font back on duty thou will still have 5 hours left. You didn't gain time, but you didn't lose any either.

 

Bdrumpp tshhhh (comic rim shot)

It depends if they pay you or not...I mean, trucking is a lot like taking a crap...sometimes it stinks and there is paperwork to do before you're done.

 

From my understanding of it (which is very little, I think it's not supposed to make any sense so no one uses it):

1) You drive for 6 hours
2) You take 8 hours off-duty
3) You can now resume your day and use the remaining 5 hours driving time
4) You now have to take an additional 2 hours off-duty

And from there, my understanding fails. I don't know how to get the hours available the next day.

 

In that example you would get the first 6 back. Three beauty of the split is when you run regional. If you are delivering and reloading in the same day chances are one of the two is going to give you a 2 hour break. By only having to take 8 that night you ater more likely to be able to get the loaf of early in the am so you can go get another load on.

 

Really!?

Well then, I may actually be able to use that at some point. I'm used to the 8 hour turn around in Canada.

 

I was told you can do either way 8/2 or 2/8