Impossible runs given by dispatch, cannot make appoinment time.

Nailed it. Well said.

 

I used to run 4200ish miles in 7 days fairly regularly... Idahofalls, ID - Lima, OH - Frankfort, KY - Helena, MT - Idahofalls, ID...

I once ran 2300 miles in 3 shifts... Idahofalls, ID - Rupert, ID - Columbus, OH - Charlettsville, VA

Both of these examples were done in a 67 MPH truck. So your 2000ish miles is very doable... Keep the left door shut and be ready to run as soon as that 10 hours clicks over.

 

Lol, when I was OTR if I wasnt getting AT LEAST 600 miles a day I felt like I was wasting time. I usually ran about 685 to 695 miles a day, sometimes more.

 

Istill do what i have to on paper yet

 

600 miles isn't a record setting day, but it is a number that you know for sure you can achieve in an 11 hr shift on elogs. I tend to think long hauls aren't about how many miles you can drive in a day, but how well you pace yourself and utilize your time. Me personally, I don't always take 30 min and 10 hr breaks and leave exactly when it's time to roll, but I never feel rushed. I always divide the miles of a long with days given. I'm not a hurry up and wait type of trucker. I prefer to pace myself and have some balance, especially since my company believes in recaps so much.

 

Definitely agree with that. Depends on drop and hook versus live load/unload too, as well as conditions. It also depends on which direction I’m headed because of time zones. It’s not that I mind driving at night, but if I have time to spare, I’ll add a couple hours to my 10 somewhere along the way if I’m headed west across the country. If I start out at 3am in Eastern time, I’ll be starting at 9pm by the time I get to Cali and have to wait for the warehouse to open at 6am anyways. I prefer going West to East because the start time usually only gets 30min-1hr earlier every day. I have a young bladder and hate mid day truck stop traffic, so I usually only take the mandatory 30, which means it’s about 22 hours for each drive/rest cycle

 

So did you make it?

 

I’m the opposite. I get to the destination as quickly as possible and never take even a minute extra on time off. The reason is if something goes wrong, like a flat tire, or dead alternator, I can fix it and not be late for my delivery. I park at receiver or as close as possible as early as possible.

If I do as you suggested you do, and I dilly dally so I arrive at receiver just 30 minutes early, and notice a flat tire 200 miles away, you are screwed.