Split sleeper berth help

I have never used loose leaf logs.

 

It's actually pretty simple. 8 hours in the sleeper stops your clock. You get back whatever time you had remaining when you stopped. Then another 2 hours in sleeper gives you the rest of a fresh 14.
You can do a 8/2 as many times as you want. No requirement to ever take a 10. BUT the 8 must come first.

 

Not true. There is nothing in the regulations requiring the 8 first.

§395.1 Scope of rules in this part.
(g)Sleeper berths
(1)(D)(ii) Specific requirements. The following rules apply in determining compliance with paragraph (g)(1)(i) of this section:

(A) The term “equivalent of at least 10 consecutive hours off duty” means a period of

(1) At least 8 but less than 10 consecutive hours in a sleeper berth, and
(2) A separate period of at least 2 but less than 10 consecutive hours either in the sleeper berth or off duty, or any combination thereof.​

 

The fmcsa pdf i read on it last night actually stated you can take the 2 or the 8 first, your choice.

 

I dont no what you read, and I'm not saying you are incorrect. BUT I do no if I have say 7 hours left on clock. Then go into sleeper for 2 hours. My 14 still counts down, so the eld now says I have 5 hours left.
But if I take 8 hours in sleeper. The eld will click over and say I have all 7 hours still. Then at any time after that I take another 2 hours in sleeper. It will give me another 7 hours back.

 

Ive never run on eld. Would probably be terrible at it.

 

Yes only the 8 sleeper stops ur 14 the 2hr break doesnt stop clock

 

The more I read all of this the more confusing it is.

 

It’s pretty simple, whatever you don’t use on one side of your break you get to use on the other side. 14 stops on 8 hr break, doesn’t stop on 2 hr break. Can do all week if you like. Can even do consecutive 8 hr breaks but you don’t really gain anything with that.