Managing the 70 hour rule various strategies

then it's hilarious.......................

 

I'm a truck driver. That isn't even on my list of bad words. I can tel you some if you really want

 

HAY! You stole my line

 

No the milk is dried up

 

Your right it isn't on the list of bad words, and I will let you think about your list lets not say the list

 

lol

 

my husband just graduated and got his cdl's. he is waiting to be called for orientation. he has showed me the log book. but no matter how much i/we read on here i can't understand it. he wants to stay out for 2 weeks, run 10 hours a day. then i read where on the 8th day he would have to be off 36 hours. being gone 2 weeks is in our 'theory' to make more money. but if your going to be stuck at a truck stop for 36 hours where is the money being made when that 36 hours could have been at home? can someone explain this to me. (how to run 14 days, to make more money, and not get stuck at a truck stop for 36 hours?) I really would appreciate it. i know you have said it over and over in all these post i have read but i'm just not getting it.

 

Why does no one respond to me?

 

Now I remember reading this very question and responding and I almost swear there was other responses as well???
Really, unless you asked it in 2 places on the forumn?

FYI about the # Of hours you take for a restart:
If you plan travel in Canada you will want to always take 36 hour breaks.
If you are a USA driver only you only need 34 hour breaks.

Now to answer your question: If you work 10 hours a day between lines 3 & 4 combined
10-Nov 10
11-Nov 10
12-Nov 10
13-Nov 10
14-Nov 10
15-Nov 10
16-Nov 10
70


On November 17th (which is my 8th day) my recap shows I worked 70 hours for the last 7 days. Since my recap for today says I have worked all the hours available I must wait until 12:00 (midnight) and I can drive again what's on line 1 of my recap (in this case 10 hours) or I can do a 34/36 hour break and reset to 70 hours available. You don't have to take 34/36 hour breaks unless you need to.

However: In this scenerio you will be sitting for 1 day doing Midnight to Midnight doing nothing and if you stay 10 more hours off duty/sleeper the next day you would reset so what's 10 more hours to assure you are not over your 70 hour?

It's going to be hard to plan getting your restart at home only (mho).

Does this help make sense of his/your plan?

If you average 10 hours a day

 

Logs if I remember right from back in the 80's you add lines 3 and 4 and after midnight on the 8th day that is what you have to work that day? Or are you just saying line 3 is all you can drive?