What time of day do you drive?

I like driving at night alot easyier to drive alot less traffic but since winter is coming up

 

We have night and day schedules. Nights are easier but when you're married with children, I can't let selfishness get in the way. I could make an extra $300 a week or more but I have more important things to do. Even if it's just helping with one math question or signing the kids agenda.

 

I'll keep that in mind. Seems like I'm running that route more than usual lately. 4-5 times in the last month or so.

 

My day begins at 8-9pm and ends 7-8am I usually get in 450-600 miles a night

 

There are times when you can make strategic decisions regarding when you want to drive. For example, right now I'm sitting in Hagerstown, MD and my 10 hour break will be up at 3:30 tomorrow morning. My load delivers at 11:00 pm in Rome, NY, so I need to run up I-81 to Syracuse and catch I-90 east. This is about 370 miles.

Option 1 - take a very long break and start tomorrow afternoon.

Option 2 - start early am and drive a few hours to get through Harrisburg before rush hour, then stop and take an 8 or even a 10 hour break somewhere shy of delivery.

Option 2 would minimize the number of hours I'll use out of my 70. Depending on how far I get from an early am start I might be able to deliver and get another dispatch to run all night. Then I could pull into one of those east coast truck stops late morning and have wide open parking. Today I shut down here in Hagerstown at 5:30 pm and was lucky to snag one of the last parking spots available (unfortunately next to a guy with the LOUDEST engine idling I've heard since the '70's... )...

 

When I ran wild and had no set schedule, I did what was best for me. Normally took long breaks and started after breakfast.