34 hour restarts

I went from paper to electronic, back to paper and now it looks like I'll be going electronic again. It won't make much difference either way for me. I run legal anyway.

Now, you can run out your entire 70 hours in 6 days: 11 hours of driving is allowed in a day, and you have 14 hours in which to do it. That would be 66 hours in 6 days. Bu-but....but....what about the other 4 hours? Well...fuel, load, unload, pre or post trip inspections....that 4 hours will be eaten up quicker than you think. But, if you average 55mph for 66 hours, that's 3630 miles. Then you take day 7 off.

If you use 8.75 hours each day and run a rollover, you will be giving up 30 minutes for PTI, fuel, loading/unloading, etc each day. 15 minutes for PTI, another for fuel or loading/unloading. Because we, at least I, don't fuel every day. So, at 8.25 hours of driving time over the same 7 day period, at 55 mph, you make 3,176 miles.

It's a difference of 454 miles. At 30cpm, that's $136.20 you LOSE by rolling hours over rather than roll hard.

I used 55 mph because many trucks are governed at 62 and due to traffic, construction and surface streets, even in 65 mph states, it is reasonable to expect that as an average.

 

You make some good points, some us log a little different than what you posted though....

Not saying I'm right, wrong, or even totally legal but I tend to maximize the book to its fullest if ya know what I mean so my numbers differ slightly..

 

I love my company's loose leaf logs. When at first you don't succeed, try try again!

 

If you have a truck that can do the speed limit in all states, you will, of course, make more mileage. I used 55mph because most of our new folks will start in a 62 or less mph truck. However, if you run at 68m you can easily (100% legal) average 65 mph. At the higher speed, the difference is even more dramatic between running them out and resetting vs. rolling hours over.

Each time you bump your speed, the difference gets bigger.

What's right or wrong with these methods is an individual choice for the driver. And, GP, I copy ya loud n proud. I think you and I know many of the same methods.