How many hours do you work?

leaper · May 21, 2012

Thanks for the info everyone, but I'm afraid you've lost me. How do you work past your 14 if you're not on-duty? Do you mean just working for free, off the clock?

I'm sure training can really take it out of ya! If your students are anything like me though, I'm sure they're immensely and eternally grateful to have a good trainer.

bluebonn · May 21, 2012

A21CAV said: ↑

Yeah, right! Here's the real story folks. After he figured out I really could drive but not turn right he slept all the time. I'd get up with the sun and he'd roll out hours later and when we ran team he'd run 6 hours or so and hit the bunk again! Then I'd run til the middle of the night and had to wake him up to get off the road and park it. Problem was he was really hard to wake up...

Actually that's only part true. There is no way I would be able to mentor because there is no way I could sleep with a stranger driving.

One point needs to be clarified regarding the original "How many hours do you work?" question. We can drive 11 hours in a 14 hour period but we can work 24 hours a day as long as we are not "on duty, not driving" or "on duty, driving" and are not working any other kind of job for a 10 hour period (reset) before we drive again. The 14 hours start at the time you first go "on duty" and only refers to driving; your 11, or less, driving must be within that 14 hours. But remember, we only get paid for driving the dispatched miles plus flat rates for various other situations, not all of which apply to the average day.

Frank
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haha you're the only one who i trusted to get some sleep lol.. So that should tell ya something

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