My day on Elogs

Yes, it’s the HOS that is bull####.

And it isn’t so much “cheating” as it is reconfiguring my available hours to fit real life. I’m not trying to run 1000 miles per day with extra paper logs.

I’m trying to prevent dumb #### like having to drive through Dallas or Atlanta at 5 pm by taking a nap and waiting the traffic out.

I’m trying to prevent dumb #### like ending up in an area at 01:00 where I know there is a strong possibility there won’t be any parking.

I’m trying to prevent dumb #### like getting up at 03:15 when I know I won’t be able to stay awake when the sun pops up.

Not to mention elogs have turned me into an occasional speed demon with no ####ing patience whatsoever. I used to drive 65 all day long, take naps, stop to eat... then log it all later to make it fit... not anymore.

 

You don’t seem to understand the way the real world works. Pickups and deliveries aren’t all sunshine and roses.

I arrived at the receiver in Grand Prairie at 23:55 for an 08:00 delivery. It was almost 11:30 before they came out and cut the seal on my trailer and backed me in.

They unloaded me and I drove 4 miles to the shipper in Dallas where, as you can see, they burned up quite a bit of my clock.

Then I had a nice hour and fifteen minute drive through rush hour, 33 miles to Fort Worth.

How is that my dispatcher’s fault? BTW, I own the truck.

 

I absolutely will not risk not being able to find parking.

 

That’s the way it was under the old 10/15 rule. You could split as long as the sleeper berth time was at least 4 hours.