o.0 I wouldn' say no to that deal, we are good in a pinch. We had to save a load once out of Dallas that had to be in Norfolk Va. Picked up at 9 am it had to be there by 5 am the next day. We were late by an hour. Due to getting into the #### base. We made it to the base on time but then we had to sit in a line to get in. Another team truck was out of commission and ours was the only one within 300 miles.
We even impressed our dispatcher that day, first and last time he ever congratulated us lol. Apparently though it like really had to be there by 8 am.
I miss teaming, but I don't miss driving like a zombie... where does one sign up for the super solo lol.
Wishful thinking?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by IROCUBabe, Jan 11, 2009.
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I admit there are a lot of variables in getting 5000 to 7000 miles as a team.
(1) it depends on how fast your truck can run.
(2) what the speed limit is in each state you are traveling.
(3) is the load drop and hook, or load/unload on site.
(4) weather and accidents/breakdowns and traffic.
Yes there are many variables, which in turn effect your miles as a team and your hours of operation.
Our run was from TN to Seattle, WA where we were on site unloaded, then
we would go south usually out in the middle of no where and reload on site,
then return back to TN, or go to Texas then to TN. All our states where
65+ mph speed limits and some where 75 mph, except OR and IN.
So yes "Iroc" your right there are a lot of variables which determine how many miles you will get in a week, and yes it is hard to sleep while the truck is moving because some roads are rough even the interstates in some states. Thats why I liked teaming on dedicated runs, because you could account for almost everything except weather and accidents/breakdowns and traffic.
If a trucking company expects you to run the truck 24/7 for 3 weeks strait there full of it, because even with teams running 24/7 you will both run out of hours by the end of the 1st week unless you do some "chicken scratch".
on your logbook.
therefore you should be getting a 34hr restart/downtime every week
"by law"
unless they changed it or I am missing something here.
Or actually the truck stops for 23hr because one driver has been off during the run time of the other driver.
Your allowed 70hr in 8 days/person or 140hr in 8days/team.
so if your running team 24/7 thats 140hr divided by 24hr/day = 5.8 days so in 5.8 days your out of hours. I may be missing something here.
So it looks to me if you want time off run legal, and when your hours are about up tell them and the companies can't do a thing about it, but will have to let you get the 34hr, 23hr restart.
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