8/2 split question

You can only drive as many hours after your 8 hour break that you have left of your 11.
So say if you already drove 7.5 you couldn't drive 4 more.

 

No, you will have to refigure how many hours you have left after your first break.
You don't get the full reset when you do a split.

This is why many get confused. They can't understand how to refigure hours available.

 

No... depends what you drove to get there. If you drove 3 to get there you can drive 8 more then do 8 in sleeper. Also, your 2 can be just off duty. Only 8 has to be sleeper.

 

Like the others said, you only get back what you didn’t use on the 11. To get it all back you need another 10, which is why it usually isn’t in your favor.

 

The only thing that will start your clock over like a 10 hour reset is a 10 hour (or longer) reset.

Many times it can be useful. Usually involving time stuck at a customer and peak traffic. Stuck at the shipper for 3 hours getting loaded and then shutdown for the night 3 hours later. Take 8 in the sleeper and get through Chicago before the morning rush for example. Then enjoy a nice 2 hour lunch to get the rest of your 11 back.

 

I use splits alot when I'm running short hauls, long hauls I dont use it nearly as much.

You could just do 8 hour sleepers forever, if it worked in your favor and accommodated the loads. You could run 5.5 hours, sleep 8, run 5.5, sleep 8, run 5.5, sleep 8, etc etc etc but, there is rarely a time that is beneficial.

 

I could be wrong but i think they say you can never drive more then 11 or work more then 14 on any side of you split sleeper time.

So if drive 8 then sleep 8 you the could drive 3 (11-8) and have 6 (14-8)hour left on your 14 hour clock. If you then drove 3 hour and stopped for another 8 sleeper. It would then be 11-3. So you could drive 8. 14-3 you could work 11 hours. Some thing like that. If want the full 11 and 14 you need to take a full 10 hours off.