Logbook/HOS Frustration

on 12/12 you drove 524mi in 10 hours

i am going to go out on a limb here and say, the first 24mi was to and from the highway, so that leaves 500mi

lets say 1hr for that 24, and 7.25 on the highway, you drove in 10hrs what i would have done in 8.25 (max) probably closer to 7.5

you spent anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5hrs longer than I would have, and you were drudging on the highway, that alone would have tired me out mentally

my mental state is just as important, if not moreso, than my fuel mileage (mine is basically 6.5mpg on average) i know if i drove at 62mph, i would probably get 7.5, but money aside, its not worth it to me

 

When you're making the big bucks (.40cpm lol) that fuel bonus means a lot....

 

48, someone posted the history of the HOS, we are working a bit differently than the beginning, though the 70hr rule seems to have been standard

what i find interesting is that last week, i bumped my 70 (first time in about a year) and to be honest, i was MENTALLY exhausted and couldnt wait to go home, i dont know if i am getting older or just out of shape

but i was truly mentally tired after 70hrs (actually more, if you understand)

 

When the fuel bonus add 3 to 4 cents to all your miles for the month. Its sure is pretty

 

so for 524 miles (i am not even going to venture what the dispatched miles are) you made $209 plus a possible 18.34

the difference between $209 or $227.34 for the day, if you use my example, at an extra 2hrs you made $9/hr.

God bless you, man

 

Also that hill on 15 Think its El Cajon or something like that isn't the easiest to pull when you have 42k and a full tanks. I actually didn't feel like spending money on a scale but weighed it at the place in Ogden and I was grossing 75+ So I'm sure I was closer to 77k pulling those hills.

 

I get paid by the week. I'm getting 2267 miles for the load I'm on now. I was paid 842 miles for Vernon to Ogden. That should =3109 miles for the week. Unless of course I get a short haul before Wednesday cut off which I'm not counting on. Those 2 short loads went on this coming weeks pay check. So it really doesn't matter how fast I got here because it wouldn't have done anything for me. I could of drove even slower. But the speed I choose to drive got me here just in time so I can have my 34 restart done with early and I can get on to my last stop.

Logs don't make a driver. A driver makes the logs work for him. Super trucking 101

 

i was thinking the same thing, but that saying hardly applies when you are on elogs, the logs are making the driver

paper logs allow the driver to make the logs work for him

 

i never thought about a log book that much in my life

 

Bakersfield to Vernon to Ogden is EXACTLY 842 miles, which is good

most mileage folks get paid less than actual