How often do you actually drive 11 hours/day?

Since the E logs have arrived I generally keep it around 9 a day or less.
But if you have abusive dispatchers you may want to run it right up to the 70 as quickly as possible,hit the 70 and roll the next morning on the recap

 

not very often. at lest I don't.

 

For me, most of my load are three day hauls. Meaning I load on Monday, and deliver on Wednesday. So Tuesday is my drive day and that day I usually drive 10 to 11 hours. Of course this is only true if the load is over say 600 miles. So the answer would be roughly, every other day. Of course that is how I run, you could drive 8 hours on Tuesday and just have longer to go on your delivery day. To each his own.

 

I try to run 11 hours everyday.. I work 5 days a week.. So if I work 14 a way I am out of time and work can't use me.. I have ran 11 hours driving as long as I can remember.. I use to drive about 17 hours a day until they cracked down on us about 10 years ago.. Got the message and strictly run legal now.. Not worth the headache.. plus my blood pressure is normal now..

best of luck

 

I do 11 to 13 hours behind the wheel regularly as I do a rounder between Vancouver, BC and Calgary, AB Canada.
Though I am home every two or three days to make it worthwhile.

 

With the low miles these days you won't be driving 11 hrs day after day.I drive between 8 and 10 hrs a day when im OTR.You do not wanna run your hrs down to the wire because you may go over your 11 just looking for a place to take your brk.On the 10th hr start looking for a safe haven.And if you're out in the east around a lot of traffic start planning where to tke a brake during the 8th or 9th hr.Only you know when to take a brk so don't let your dispatcher intimidate you into driving till they tell you when to stop or take your brk.You're out there not them.

 

Basically Never, it isn't about the hours you drive, but the paycheck at the end of the week. While I don't drive 11 hour I make a good paycheck.

 

Are you sure you want to drive? Honestly, it doesn't sound like its your thing. See, driving IS the easy part. The easiest driving job there is a drop and hook gig. Go to a big ol terminal, hook up your wagon, grab your paperwork, do the pti and daily log and boogity boogity. Get to your destination and drop the wagon, get your next wagon and go. Easy.

Cattlehaulers have to load their wagons and keep them from laying down. You hear some people talk about how difficult it is to sleep running team. Ever see a Bullhaulers try to sleep with a bull on the wagon?
The food service guys hump groceries all day. Tanker yankers dragging hoses, car haulers unload and reload their wagons in parking lots, flatbedders are dragging chains and tarping, heavy haulers have to set their trailers up, shim them, load, secure and tarp a load that's so big that it takes a full day just to tarp it. Bedbuggers are carrying furniture up and down stairs, the list goes on and on.

Ask any of them and they will tell you that the driving is the easy part. Are you sure that you want to drive?

 

Rarely 11 hours...since EOBR.s were introduced most companies will plan their loads with enough time to get there and time to rest. Back in the day when I started in 94 it was wait wait until all your produce was picked and loaded then haul ### from N CA to NYC and yes there were many 14 to 18 hour days behind the wheel...those days are just a memory now.

Gunney