Any company drivers legally getting over 3,000 since the new HOS change?

They may not be impossible with e-logs but when you factor in the time for pre-trips, D&Hs, and fuel, you sure don't have much wiggle room. Paper works for me.

 

Maybe a mispunched key, or a missing leg for your week? A great week, but I come up with 3128 miles of which 415 were deadhead miles. Are you paid for deadhead miles too? Just curious.

 

guess i need to pull a van. be nice to make delivery and pickup 24/7 instead of banikers hours.

as for the 30 minute break. did it before it was mandated. doesn't change my ways now. you still get the miles in.

instead of having a 14 hour shift. you've only got 13.5. but i guess it all depends on the operation. as to how bad your effected.

 

Luckily these are regular predictable customers. The longest time we have unloading is the 2.5-3 hours at Family Dollar

I will roll into El Paso with 0 hours available on this run but the paycheck sure is good. If for some reason I get delayed or use up extra hours I can always roll in early Sunday when I pick up hours from the previous Saturday

 

That's the key to it, isn't it? I ran a Detroit-Brownsville turn every week for quite some time; about 3,300 miles, 5 days out, 2 days at home every week. If I was delayed at either end, or by traffic/weather enroute, I'd have to use my magic pencil.

 

Exactly the key.

 

Am paid DH miles, I still came up with over 4,000. Just added miles from each trip then I routed them out. Still over 4,000.

 

I'm not sure why you're addressing me; I was 'communicating' with PackRatTDI.

However, since you brought it up, I'd guess that you must have a friend in your IT department if your e-log states that you ran 4,000 plus miles in 70 hours legally. Assuming that you didn't have to scale anything but allowing 15 minutes for PTIs and D&Hs/fueling, your average speed for the week was over 60 mph. Heck, I'd even buy that you had a perfect week, and your 62 mph truck actually averaged 60+ mph over the week.

The glitch, however, comes with the legality. About 2,500 hundred of your miles are in 55 mph states and if you're familiar with the Regulatory Guidance section of the FMCSR, you know that the DOT doesn't believe that you can run right at the speed limit all day long. I know that you can probably run up against the governor in California with little problem but if you log it like that, you're going to have problems at ye olde scalehouse.

Frankly, though, I don't much care one way or the other. BOL.

 

Wrong guy. Thought I was replying to lobosolo. But I didn't know anyone who runs 55 mph throughout all of California.

 

Thank you Mr Phil. I was going to say the same thing but thought it best to leave it alone. Guess the company counts on you breaking the law to run you that way on the west coast. Are those planners or slave drivers. I will say I run 59 to 58 in Cali, and pass a bunch of trucks so I guess some people do. Do the speed limit. Guess that could be the reason that Gordon driver the other day got on the highway like he didn't have any sense. Guess he had a hot load.