Part Time Driving Logging Question

No

 

Ah, no.
You are allowed up to 60 hours on duty in 7 days, or 70 in 8 days. At the end of whichever option you use, add all your hours up. Then subtract from the maximum allowed; that's however many hours you will have on the 8th/9th day after midnight to use.

ETA- There is no rule that one has to take a 34 (not 36) hour reset ever. You can perpetually keep using your "recycled" hours if that works for you. However many drivers choose to take a 34 so they can start off a full 60/70 hours.

 

You need to run the recap. You can't work the maximum every day without the reset...we used to do a regular run under 70 in 8 and if you work Mon - Fri 11 hrs. a day you always have 15 hours for the 8th day [Monday] but logging 12 a day leaves you short...with the recap you can work a full 14 hours a day for 5 days, reset over the weekend, and have a fresh 70 to start on Monday

 

If @Spacat1 is Canadian then he'd have to take a 36 hour reset as per our HOS regulations.

Edit: Only if he runs out of hours though.

 

You would think for the amount of money the schools want that you would be able to master any driving job when you graduate. An impossible feat. The only thing the driving schools are concerned with is you being able to pass a driving test. And that test doesn't involve logging.

Imagine a school that did train you to be top notch drivers upon graduations. Imagine the screening process for the applications.

"Stupid. Stupid. Fat. Stupid. Stupid. Smelly. Stupid. Wait...here's one! Nevermind, he's got a dishonorable discharge. Stupid. Stupid. Lifelong loser. Stupid. Stupid. Oh hell no. Stupid."

 

Awesome post as always Six.

You win the interwebs for this week!

 

Well, if I started a school, I would advertise to trucking companies a superior product. No training needed, all endorsements, tanker and doubles ready, open deck ready...etc. sounds expensive, right? Not for the student, for the trucking company. Guarantee the driver is solid or your money back.

"How would you do that?"

Start with a better product. The schools, recruiters and bottomfeeders cater to losers. Hence the elogs, POS trucks, and all the handholding. I wouldn't be looking for losers, I would be looking for winners.

"How can you spot the losers from the winners?"

Losers are interested into getting into trucking because it looks easy. It's just driving right? How hard can it be? They gravitate towards the megas because that mega sent a recruiter to their school. They've never done anything worthwhile in life and never had to do anything difficult in life. They hate their lot in life and are looking to get in a truck and escape because in a truck, they can be alone. We see it every day.

On the other hand, you have the guys that retired from the military and LEO, or the schoolteacher. Or someone who was in another field that now wants to truck. That was me. I was a kid when I wanted to truck. It wasn't about the money, it was about the truck. Show me some work ethics.

Someone did a thread about being an ex-con, couldn't get a driving gig, but wound up taking a job at Carolina Cargo for a couple years and used it to open other doors. WINNER!!!! I like to see someone do that. Or the guys with missing limbs. WINNER!!! Making it happen. I would be 1000% in the corner of a student who could dig deep and visualize his dreams.