34hour restart while loaded

I am on my 34 now and am loaded. But I would not take a 34 if it would hinder the delivery of the load. That just isn't good service.

I should also add that I pull open deck freight and there are not a lot of customers open on weekends, so I try to do my 34 restart on the weekend.

 

I have taken restarts at home after loading Friday at a shipper that doesn't load on weekends. It was a 1200 mile trip that delivered Tuesday. I got extra pay for loading early.

 

With my last company every weekend was a 34 hr restart.Get loaded on a fri,haul ### fri and sat.Start my restart Sat afternoon and head to receiver Mon morning.

 

if i got a 34 (most of the time i ran recap) i did it over the week-end loaded.

 

Drivers at Moorman Farms in Utica , KY (ran an ad today offering $2,000 hiring bonus) get home every weekend . They usually load in AL or GA Thursday to deliver in OH Monday.
Poultry meal in a hopper bottom. They might also make a delivery to Purina in Nashville on Friday and deadhead home.

 

It's happened at times... mostly back during the economic comfubulation a few years ago. If you're taking regular 34's under load, you're working for the wrong outfit.

You DO understand that 34-hour restarts are optional, yes?

 

I want a job like that. I would love to travel out of state again without sacrificing my saturdays and sundays.

 

8.75 hours per day and you will never run out of time.