Hours and schedule for a newbie?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by chovy, Jan 21, 2022.

  1. TravR1

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    4 AM is early. But if you go to sleep at 8 PM you should just wake up.

    It all becomes fair game after a while. Waking up at 4 AM, Midnight, 4 PM, Noon. It's all the same.

    But what gets me is waking up, driving 11 hours then I stop and I have 10 hours until I drive again. Well, I was only awake 11 hours, can't sleep yet.

    You can go flatbed. You'll probably only really drive during the day. But then again, waking up early morning will probably be necessary sometimes. It just depends on how close you can get parked to your delivery address.

    I've parked like 200 miles away from my drop, waked up at 4AM to be there by 8.
     
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    No, I am not wearing them. That's why they are on the floor.
     
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    Oh, I thought that whoever is no wearing boots is hanging them on the rear view mirror, so they are out of the way))
     
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    Good idea I suppose, as long as it doesn't rain.

    My boots are laceless.
     
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    I was actually talking about rear view, not side mirror))
     
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    Waking up at 4am? In the trucking world, starting around then, you might as well put on your tie because those are trucker banker hours.