Trip planning question

Easy. Average 60mph? Why don't you just divide 2500 by 60 and then take that 41.66 hours and go from there? You can drive 11hr a day and need a 30 min break and .. lets say 30 min for pre/post/fueling. That's 12 hrs a day.
So:
Start pre trip at 8am Monday. Park by 6pm. Start 4am Tuesday. Park by 4pm. Start 2am Wednesday. Park at 2pm. Start at midnight on Thursday. Let's say a 15 min pre trip and a 30 min break. You'll have 8.66 hours left to drive to complete trip (41.66hrs - 11 - 11 - 11 = 8.66). So that's what? 8 hours and 39 minutes and 36 seconds. You will need a 30 min break. So you will get there at 09:24:36 on Thursday morning.

Now if you don't drive exactly 11 hours per day, you might take a little longer. Also, time zones. Also, that's assuming that you average precisely 60.00mph. But there ya go. Earliest possible. Or something like that.

 

No offense meant but why are you asking when we don't have the required information.

The amount of drive time is simple to figure. 2500/60. You have to add to that everything else they have told you needs to be added. I would assume they've told you about the 30 minute break, pre trip/post trip, fueling and other things to factor in. We have no way to know what they have told you though.

Some good advice in this thread for real world but that's not what you're dealing with.

 

First, is the 2500 dispatched miles or actual miles.
If it is dispatched miles, then that is zip code to zip code.
Add 5% to the miles and that will give you a more accurate mileage to calculate with.
If your loaded in a truck governed at 60 mph, your overall average speed is going to calculate roughly around 57 mph under perfect conditions.
If you drive and keep the doors closed for about 5 hours take your half hour break then drive for another 5, adjusting as you go for traffic, road construction, weather, mountain grades etc., you should wind up somewhere between 530 and 550 a day.
Which means you should be able to complete the trip in approximately 4.5 days.
So if you leave on Monday at 8 am, you should be there by Friday morning ready to deliver.

 

Quick and easy and works every time:

One-day trip or team driving I use 50 mph (80 km/h) average. Can I get it there faster? Most likely. But, barring an unforeseeable catastrophic event, I know it will get there no later.

Multi-day trip, single driver I use 25 mph average. That includes all stops, so it makes it easy.

In the case of the op: 2500 miles divide by 25 mph equals 100 hours divide by 24 hours in a day equals 4.16 days, so leave Monday 8 AM, deliver Friday before noon.
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None of this how many miles per day will I drive? Where will I be driving? When will I take my breaks? Blah, blah, blah... 30 seconds and your time planning is done. Easy-peasy.

 

Just so you know, all those replies that said you could be there on Thursday morning, especially those that said you could be there by 8 am really need to recalculate their scenarios.
For you to be there on Thursday morning, means that you drive monday, tuesday, and Wednesday, arrive Thursday morning.
For you to go from A to B in 3.5 days means that you would have to drive between 750 and 800 miles a day.
750 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday is 2250, then another 250 on Thursday morning.
In a truck that is governed at 60 mph, that is no where close to accurate.
Even if you drove 11 hours, had straight road, and perfect conditions, the most you could do is 660, and that's if you never stop except for your half hour break, you fueled and pretripped at the same time.

 

Not quite true. Even if he didn't drive a full 11 but stopped 30-45 min prior every day, he could be there Thursday morning still. IF he started his pre trip 10 hours after stopping AND wasn't being lazy along the way. OP also specifically said averaging 60mph. So, I didn't speculate on what his truck is governed at. Maybe he's governed at 70 and his average is 60 for the day? I just went with the numbers.

Let's do the math again if he drives 10.5 hours a day and AVERAGES 60mph. That's 630 miles a day. Let's say OP isn't lazy and stops for a 30 minute break once and he takes 15 min to pre trip, 5 min to post trip and another 10 min to fuel (which he conveniently times with his 30 min break so he doesn't have to spend half an hour on the fuel island.
That'll put OP at driving 10.5hr and an extra hour per day in the break and pretrip/posttrip/fueling. So, he starts and 11.5hr later shuts down. 10hr after that he starts going again. And then he shuts down 11.5hrs later. Etc.

Mon 8am - start. Park by 7:30pm. Driven 630 miles. 1870 miles to go.
10hr break
Tue 5:30am - start. Park by 5pm. 1240 miles to go.
10hr break
Wed 3am - start. Park by 2:30pm. 610 miles to go.
10hr break
Thu 1:30am - start. Will take 10hr and 10min to get there. Say he still takes an hour for everything else. That's getting there at 12:40 on Thursday. Out of hours for the day pretty much but still. Not morning but OP chose to stop 30 min early every day or there wasn't a place to stay further down the road or whatnot.

Let's say OP is going west. That'll likely be 3 time zones as well. That's getting there at 9:40am. Of course opposite for going east.

Of course if OP is daylight operated, he would probably choose to start at the same time each day. And that would cause him to be there later on Thursday. But still. Only way he's getting there on Friday is if he drives 10hr or less each day prior.

 

My head hurts! Load gets there when I pull on lot. Lol

 

That is a great scenario for you and me.
We're use to running that way.
You cannot expect a green horn to run that way.
It's gonna take him several months to learn what he can and can't do.
Since the numbers he gave early were based on an ideal situation, there is nothing ideal about someone in driving school.
My opinion is that he should answer from the point of view of an experienced driver vs a non experienced driver.
I see many newbies having trouble keeping their eyes open past 6 or 7 hours, let alone 10 or 11.
I have run your scenario many times, and your right it does work. You learn how to combine things to maximize driveability.
It does work great if you want to get somewhere a day or so early.