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On elogs you cannot afford to pass up a good parking spot, betting that you'll find something open at a slammed truckstop near the end of your 11 or 14 hour clocks. It just doesn't work well that way, and safety/logs will only tollerate so many departures from strict adherence to the HOS.

A good example is pulling into Tulsa any evening after 2100 hours. The few truckstops that are around will be slammed - you won't find a spot. There are "picnic areas" and service plazas on the turnpike that will usually have a spot that someone else has passed up, unless you happen to know your way around town to an industrial area.

 

Ok, so stop early. Thanks

 

I could tell ya, but then I'd have to kill ya...

 

Hasnt happened yet... and I have been on Electronic logs longer than anyone else at Prime. Im one of the first 6.

Proper planning is all it takes... you wont find me pulling into a small truck stop at midnight... and vary rarely pulling in as I am running out of hours unless its the time of day where I know I will find a spot.

I plan all late night stops at Truckstops with 2 or more large parking lots nearby.

Id rather be pulling in at 3 or 4 in the morning... there are alot of early risers. The solar powered crowd usually run on batteries before sunrise

BTW, in Tulsa, just park in the lot across from the Casino... there is always plenty of room there.

 

Just wait 'til HOS goes to 10 hrs instead of 11 and you are forced to take a 1 hr break on every trip over 7. That eleventh hour was always my cushion. Will now have to plan trips with legs closer to 9 hrs.

 

that really sucks and not looking forward to it but its just another rule that we have to adjust to

 

That's goin to suck...

 

Its probably not going to happen either. Consider this...

The fight over HOS has been going on for years - ever since the FMCSA decided shortly after their creation that it was time to mess with it. Either the trucking industry or the safety lobby (funded by railroads)/organized labor have been pressing to change the FMCSAs rule. The latest round has been forced on us by a DOT secretary who is obviously prejudiced against trucking in cooperation with his pals in the safety lobby. If those changes go into effect (in the face of improving industry safety statistics) trucking will sue in federal court. If the new rules don't change much, the safety lobby will go back to court. Result? No change in the laws.

On top of that, congress may intervene as well. I doubt that you'll see the new version of the HOS in effect anytime soon.

 

That will work.

 

One word man.

Scales.

No one ever parks at scales.