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No. Idont run like this all the time because freight/delivery times don't allow but I always set myself up to do it. What I mean is I left atlanta for a 15 hour trip so I ran 11 took 10hr break and delivered 4 hours later so I have 7 hours to put into another run. Well, I got another run 6hrs away. Perfect except it doesn't deliver until mon am. So I have 22 hrs on my hands. Had I picked the run id done another 11 hrs after break and got there 8 hrs early so I had 10hr break by time they unloaded and could run 11 again. But we don't have the luxury of picking our loads.

I never run tired, never. I can always and do always pull over and nap when I feel tired. Some days might need an hour nap after 4 hours driving following a long break other days I reach my 11 and wish I had 5 more I could run. Can't ever predict when ill need a break but when I do I take it cause being tired leads to exhaustion and exhaustion leads to mistakes which lead to accidents and nothing good ever came from an accident . Tired= reststop.

 

I guess I would add I run so legal that I staple all my receipts with time stamps to my paperlog to serve as proof that I log it as it happened.

 

Sitting at a distributor and some poor Werner driver is picking up beer at the back of his trailer. I hope for his sake he didn't strap the back and just lost the back 2 pallets because the alternative is the whole load shifted forward and he'll still be here tomorrow without help.

 

Well this week is off to a crappy start. Been sitting in this door for just under 2 hours and they just dropped the dock plate and seemed to walk away for another break. So far I have 30 hours in this 347 mile ld. Guess it was too good to be true last week. Ugh. Just hope they at least pay detention.