14 HOS and breaks? Also what is a 36 hour reset?

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos/index.htm

Above link says it all...

 

the 14 is the maximum number of hours your allowed to work each day. After which you must take a 10 hr break.
The 36 hr reset is when you have worked you allowed 70 hrs in under 8 days (IIRC), after which you must take a 36hr reset to regain a fresh 70hrs.

Give it time, the real experts will chime in.

 

Another experienced trucker said to drive 8.5 hours 7 days a week and you will never hit your 70, then right before a 3 day home time drive as much as you can, that way your reset happens right at home time.

 

scooby welcome to TTR!!!



and there are threads and threads and threads about HOS all over this site. Hope you get the answers you need. Also look up HOS in the DOT regulation manuel.

 

34 hour reset !!!!!

 

Yeah, I noticed that ....

 

After a 10hr break u cannot drive more than 11 in a 14 hour window.But u can work more than 14,dock work or whatever on the bottom line.Just have to be off 10 b4 u can drive again.U can split sleeper berth time,but no need to confuse u.And the 34hr,not 36, is if ur off duty 34hrs u can restart ur 70 hr clock.But the new HOS has some new rules on certain hrs that the 34 must have in it to be a restart.

 

Oh God...... here we go again!!

 

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