Drive time

From where to where? It will be different if it's straight shot across interstate or across lots of back country. It is not always about what is the fastest you can get it there. It also depends on customers work schedules what hours they ship and receive.

You should be looking at 26 hours of drive time or so, so you will need to add 2x 10 hr breaks for 46 hours. Add 2x .5 hour breaks and some extra. I would say the delivery should be somewhere around 50 hours from the point the truck leaves the shipper. Leave at 11 am be at receiver for 1 pm on 2nd day. Roughly...

 

It depends on how much you can drive some us can it 2 days legally others can punch it out. In the days of running like stallions.

 

Take 1300 and divide by 48 - that's 27 hours.

Why 48?

It is the average MPH that you can drive a truck which includes traffic, fuel stops and other things.

People use 60 or 55 or what ever thinking it is actual drive time when it is everything time.

 

Yes.

But it isn't just about being possible, it is about how to deal with the numbers and where to make decisions.

This is trip planning.

 

Start easy and assume best case scenario. Good weather, no bad road conditions, no traffic backups, no flat tires, all interstate, etc and a full 70 hour gamut of hours to begin with, and you want to get there ASAP ...

• You can drive up to 11 hours in a shift (14 hour workday)
• You must break for 10 hours before continuing on to your next shift (get a new 14 hour clock)
• Assume you're average road speed is 55 mile per hour

You're going to have to do the math (or learn basic math first). Several ways you can compute the elapsed time, just depends on how you can comprehend the problem and limitations. Then later, you can then make various allowances once you learn the basics.

 

Just did 1324 in 25 hrs, a few hills border patrol check points, weigh station, traffic weight was 35000 fuel pre and post trips, on a 8/2 split.

wasn't doing 75/80 mph

 

Yes, two 1,300 mile loads in a week is possible. In fact, in theory, almost three could be accomplished before you hit your 70 hour/8 day limit.

Drivers on eLogs at a company with lots of long freight routinely run 3,500+ miles in 7 days before having to stop and wait for more hours ... even in 65 mph trucks. However, if only shorter freight is available where you work, or there is long delays between loads (waiting for loading/unloading, dispatch, etc) then forget thoughts of 3,000+ mile weeks.