Real World Quiz for Newbies.

It's how I was taught 20 some years ago running a camelback Mack.

 

you need to really be careful how far into your 10 hour day you have gone.

Well past 4 hours, you are better off just killing your 10 and being done. You can't get enough hours back to make it work.

Once you come off your 8, you get the time back before your 8 going back up to 14 hours. So it can bite you back really quick too.

Same with driving too long AFTER your 8 or 2 hour sleeper.

And it doesn't matter which one you do first. So long as you don't get carried away with your drive time between the two or before.

 

Your 8 hour line 2 doesn't give you any time back (assuming it's your first break). What it does is pause your 14 hr clock so you can resume in the morning where you left off. Your second break (2 hours in this scenario) completes your break. At this point you get all the time back that you used BEFORE your 8 hr line 2. Now its as if you did a whole break at once, but you got to move yourself to the receiver in the midst of it. The down side is that your 2 hours counts against your 14, starting when you went from line 2 to line 4, but in this case you would be at the receiver regardless.
The more useful way to do this is when you have a pickup/drop off at the end of the day. If you were almost out of hours and were off duty for at least 2 while you were there you can now drive to a TS, get 8 hrs line 2, and now your clock starts from when you left the customer. Since the 8 hr line 2 pauses your clock you get no penalty on your 14 this way.

As far as how far in to your 11 you are, it really doesn't matter if on time delivery is on the line. Think of the 8/2 as a break, with a break from the break in it. Hours in between the two must be available when you start the first break, but will also come out of the next day.

Get to know the 8/2 well and it will save you time and save loads, use it wrong and it might leave you stranded waiting for hours to come back.

 

I've heard different things, thats one. A couple of potential employers said it was fine since i did have logged time.

 

Your not allowed to adjust brakes unless certified.

 

Yes, I almost found this out the hard way, luckily I was in 6th and going slow enough I could stop the truck... I grab a lower gear before I start descending now if I'm heavy even though the jake will usually do the trick, I only carry so many changes of boxers!

 

Yes , fully knowing I may need to make a fast dash to the washroom later that night !

 

This a good one for winter time; You arrive at the receiver, the dock is on a downward incline, as you walk into the receiving office to be assigned a dock you notice that the pavement seems very slippery, you also notice a large barrel of "safety sand" . What do you do?

 

Spread the sand on your path to the dock.

 

That's right. Spread it all over were you will be backing in then throw some under the drives once you're in the dock so you can get out. So many times when I was doing city p + d work I had to pull a spun out truck up from a inclined dock. It's such a simple question but the reason I asked it is that it is very often overlooked by new and experienced alike. Most guys are just thinking about getting backed in quickly and getting unloaded . It's especially important if your dropping the trailer to throw a bunch of sand down once you have pulled out so the guy who's hooking it later on doesn't spin out either.