Getting ahead of 34hr reset, help me figure this out.

Not being a wise ##*, just don’t work more than 8.75 hrs a day and you will never run out of hours.70/8 = 8.75. Prior to the 34 restart provision I knew several people that ran like that.

 

Think of it this way you can only work 70 hours in 8 days. On the 8th day the first drops off so however long you worked the first day you can now work.

 

Exactly when I was with a mega I’d work 8 hours a day but it was hell on my sleeping schedule with only a 10hr break.

 

I’ll add doesn’t mean it HAS to be 8.75 each day. Obviously if you work 7.75 day one you could do 9.75 day two and so on

 

That is one nice thing about these HOS rules, my sleep is more regular though I did like running 5 on 5 off under the old 10/15 days splitting the sleeper.

 

Let’s say you have a reset by Monday morning You have a full 70 Monday. Work all week. You would have about 10 hours a day until Sunday. By Monday again you would only have any of the 70 hours not used in those 7 days (Monday-Sunday). Perhaps you had one slow day you may have 3-5 hours on Monday to work.
But Tuesday morning you would pick up any hours you worked the previous Monday. And it will add to any you may have left from your 70 in those 8 days if any

And every day you add the hours from then on

 

I never understood the hang up with running out of hours. You can only work 70 hours, that is the law and nothing you can do about it. If you are logging correctly and by that I mean not logging time waiting at the dock as on-duty, then you should be extremely happy if you are getting enough miles to run out your clock.

I enjoyed my 34 hour breaks, meant I made as much money as I could and now I got to read, play games, go see whichever city I was in etc. I've been to baseball games in Cinci, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Kansas City and St. Louis all on my 34. I toured San Francisco once. Saw the Grand Canyon, got drunk and watched a Curling event in Canada with some good old Canadian boys. Even went deep sea fishing once. 34 hour resets are a huge benefit to this industry.

Why work exactly 8.75 hours a day when you make the same money regardless? Work hard and then play a bit, have fun, experience the country. My 2 cents anyway. You do you.