max legal miles

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  1. ncdriver1

    ncdriver1 Road Train Member

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    My best was 3698 hub miles (3545 paid), all on elogs. All my live loads and unloads for that week were customer equip, so I would log it as off duty or sleeper birth because I would go eat or take naps while they did all the work. I only had 2 or 3 loads for that week and they were all long haul, northeast to midwest and back mostly running 80/90, so flat land and reasonable traffic. Didn't even get delayed passing through Chicago twice.

    Now running all Northeast...no way, maybe 2500 miles max for a week.

    Also want to point out its not necessarily more money for more miles. I've had sub 2000 miles weeks that paid better than 3000+ weeks just because of the accessory pay.
     
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  3. dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    live loads and unloads is all it takes to mess that up. throw in down time on a break down.. riiiight
     
  4. TLeaHeart

    TLeaHeart Road Train Member

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    you are not waiting to be unloaded, the lumpers are unloading the truck, which relieves me of the duty status, and there for I am OFF Duty of in the sleeper catching a nap.
     
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  5. dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    there's only 24 hrs in day
     
  6. TLeaHeart

    TLeaHeart Road Train Member

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    and I can legally drive 13.5 of those 24 hours. Only have to take 10.5 hours a day off. Used to be 14, until they put that stupid 30 minute break in.
     
  7. dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    yep. burn em up..
     
  8. dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    I just spent 10.25 hrs on a tad over 500 miles.. whats wrong with this picture?
     
  9. KeithT1967

    KeithT1967 Road Train Member

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    You driving in circles around the NE?
     
  10. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    How many miles do you feel you should have got?
     
  11. dca

    dca Road Train Member

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    its California.. what can I expect ?

    maybe 570 ish
     
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