Managing your HOS to avoid 34 hour reset?

Minor nit-pick to clarify for the op. It's 70 hours combined on-duty and driving, not just driving.

 

You can absolutely exceed 70 hours in 8 days just cannot drive if you are at the 70 hour limit; there is no limit for Off Duty, no limit for Sleeper, no limit for On Duty.

 

Exactly. That's not what you said though. You said "exceed 70 hours driving". I was just pointing out the 70 hour clock includes on-duty time also. Not just drive time like you stated.

 

Exactly, couldn't put it better myself. I never get all these strategies for avoiding a 34. As I always say, if you logged right, you should be happy about a 34 because that means you ran hard.

 

Most efficient way to run is using the 34 hour reset as hometime whether home or not.

Sleeping and resetting close to the shipper or receiver has obvious advantages if one is willing to push the envelope.

Personally I don't care to be a supertrucker and just roll with punches alternating between resets and hometime depending on the circumstances.

9K miles is enough.. Anything over is sausage gravy. Keep it simple. Don't stress.

 

What gets me is there is no limit to unloading stuff in a trailer by lumping. Ive actually put in 24 to 30 hours a few loads here and there back there straight through. It's hard to believe I am a winner here. The customer is. Stacking to order big wood onto small wood.

Like anything else in my wasted life, it takes me a while to think oh... I should stop running that kind of freight and do strictly drop hook where possible. Eliminate that money losing labor from my life.

 

Can you imagine...

Having a conversation with your past self? Your past self comes in with this plan to just get the foot in the door at some 3rd rate company, and run balls to the wall, and avoid doing restarts because you “gotta go, gotta go gotta go!”, and the idea of sitting idle is utterly repulsive. And your current self say, “Dude, you’re wound too tight. Relax, do your best, and enjoy those 34s.” Your past self would ignore your current self, and your current self is trying to tell past you that, I USED TO BE YOU.

You’ve done well in your career. Work ethic took you straight to the top. Many times, the first thing people talk about is where they won’t go and what they won’t do...then they complain about their money. Many times, you see people asking about what’s the best company, as if the best company increases your odds at success. It’s not the name of the company that counts, it’s the driver that makes the difference. You say that to new people and they will ignore you. And you want to say to the new guy, “Hey dude, I USED TO BE YOU.”

 

@TehBeardedTrucker quoted this!

Sometimes, in fact most times as a company driver operating under forced dispatch you don't have the luxury of doing this. In fact I would almost go as far as saying that this is borderline bad advice because it sets up a situation where a driver with plenty of clock time starts arguing with dispatch over available hours. Best advice is and always will be run the freight. Those resets suck sometimes I know.