boy did i mess up

I had a heart attack first time I'm in chicago on side streets when I saw that 12'8" sign......


At least until I remembered I pull a flat and my truck is 12'2" lol

 

i don't think it's possible to show anymore. due to the fact that if you end up in that situation twice in a week. you now choose which one to use. thus, the gov allowing only one reset now. where as before it was an automatic.

 

Most of you can remember a time when there was no reset and you ran off your recap. A reset does not have to be done and it may be more costly sitting around for two days waiting for it rather than running off the recap.

 

Absolutely true, fuzzey. A reset is not necessary if you have enough rolling hours. The only time I take a reset is if I've run full or close to full 11's for several days in a row, bring my 70 down below 7, and have no hours coming back for a day or two. With OTR it is very difficult to do anything with only 7 hours to work with for 2-3 days.

Wait, there's another scenario... if I'm getting lowish on my 70 and due to dispatch I have an opportunity to take a few more hours off to get the 34, then by all means I may just go ahead and take the full 34. If I've been sitting and waiting for a load for a day, have a 1-5 already in there, then I'll just ask dispatch to put me on the board for 5 am the next morning.

 

Exactly right!

 

You obviously dont spend much time in the truck stop driver lounges. It's full of perfect truck drivers. Just ask them. They'll tell you.

 

BOY yall a helpful bunch--READ what the man said--He is NEW--he is covering people on vacation--he WAS CALLED in to work...in his shoes I wouldn't pass on the work either---so how about some help--especially to a man who admitted UPFRONT he messed up.......
Now to the OP--first question is how many hours were you on last week--puter said you only had 10 to go--BUT--No reason you cannot recap--PLEASE do not just rely on the puter if you are new--keep a running tally EVERY day--on paper so you are following it yourself--that way when you were dispatched--you could have said---
1-My restart will not be complete for x amount of more hours--what would you like me to do--I DO want to work........
2-Would it be Ok to wait until Midnight/--just half hour later--so I can put at least 1 zero on the last 8--Ill only have 10 for the day--but I will pick up another 12(or whatever) the next day
So BE proactive--keep track--know where you are and communicate--they will appreciate it in the long run and you will get used to it as time goes on--and if you are NOT sure--DO NOT be afraid to ask--call in--run it down with them and work together--remember they need that load moved--and they NEED to stay out of trouble--good luck

 

I still fail to see how you ######### up. It's not like you ran without hours.