Should I reset or not?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by w.h.o, Jun 18, 2016.

  1. w.h.o

    w.h.o Road Train Member

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    There's a rare species of receivers and shippers that open on weekends. I happen to be lucky and got one to delivery Saturday lol. My company gives guaranteed weekends pay because nobody opens on weekends.

    Also it's "1 day" for 600 as for I have to be there to stay overnight, unload and start that day with a full clock or at least get there with more times available than use that day.
     
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  3. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    Pickup 09:00 Monday and deliver 10:00 Wednesday. Unless they're extremely slow to load that sounds pretty much like 2 days to drive 688 miles to me.

    If you're happy with it though then great. Personally I wouldn't be happy with 4 days to run roughly 1000 miles but I guess we get comfortable with what we're used to.

    Weekend pay sounds good though. How much is that worth?
     
  4. DustyRoad

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    Looking at your log I can see why....you are running out of hours it seems based on dispatch. If they give you time to do a 34 reset, then do it.

    This is why the industry is having problems with E-Logs. Strict Appointments are forcing drivers to drive shorter miles and sit longer to avoid violations. It hurts the wallet. I used to do split sleeper breaks to work around the problems it created. It was actually easy to do with E-Logs drive 5.5 take a two hour break, drive 5.5 take a 8 hour break....During the two hour breaks....I could load or unload. But I was pulling a Van not a Flat waiting on a Crane.
     
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  5. w.h.o

    w.h.o Road Train Member

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    Yeah...loading can take from 2-8 hours....I had spend 10 hours before waiting on loaders.

    I'm not gna waste 2 days to do 688 miles. I see how you are looking at it. Load up Monday, with only 5 hours left after loading that's probably 450 miles for monday. At least 500 for Tuesday and 188 to customer. Unloading is faster than loading about 2 hours. After that the closest plant is 185 miles from the customer, that's 373 miles for Wednesday and if I'm lucky, that plant already preload my trailer. If preloaded I got at least 4 hours to run, 50mph average, that's 573 miles for tuesday.

    It's $800 weekend pay if I have no assignment. Everybody in the office goes home on the weekend...beside us. I haven't receive it mainly they always gave us 3 day runs to avoid giving us free money. So usually 800-1000 miles for 3 days, plus a reload on monday. Hit and miss sometimes
     
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  6. w.h.o

    w.h.o Road Train Member

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    Actually sorry the closest plant don't do preload trailers. So it's 373 miles for Wednesday since the loading is going to eat my clock all day and I'm having to do an overnight there. But the 2nd closest is 376.. that would give me 564 miles but I wouldn't make it for Wednesday.

    Fyi I only loaded up in glass plants so it's predictabe since....it's only glass.
     
  7. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    Sounds like you're getting decent miles overall which is what counts. I'm used to things being a certain way and sometimes forget how varied things are.

    Anyway, I'd do the reset if possible.
     
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    What you should do is miss a child support payment and the Canadians won't let you in their country. Child Support is a serious crime there.
     
  9. wsyrob

    wsyrob Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I would do the recap but Superior pays us $160 for them. Only way I wouldn't is if I could load immediately and the layover pay was more than that.
     
  10. Jumbo

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    Doesn't Canada require a 36 hr reset?
     
  11. w.h.o

    w.h.o Road Train Member

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    I believe to cross u need 24 hours off duty within 13 days. Crossing and reset is different
     
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