uhhh- if you are on a 10-day orientation, you are either a school grad already, or should have SOME experience with a rig. I think, I'll go with local experience in a rig - no logging.
WS should have given you a little book entitled "Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations". Some call this the DOT book, others simply the FMCSR. Just about everything you need to know about the legal side of truck driving is answered in that book.
The short of it is, you are allowed to drive 11 hours before you are required to take a break. You have to complete that 11 hours inside of 14 hours. Your break is 10 hours long.
There are caveats, modifications, and special circumstances, but that's the gist of it. Grab your DOT book and look at section 395 for starters
You wish you had it this good :) Watkins & Shepard
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This takes place anytime you sit for 34+ hours, without moving. Or when you run out of hours, and need a reset.
You could get 13 hours a day, provided you had a 10 break at the 11 hour mark. Just not all at once
70 hours in 7 days or less is very easily down, once you get caught in the loop. Then you'll need that reset.
Once you're out on the road. You'll find differant routes and loads allow for differant hours of running. While you need to maximize the number of hours per day, you'll have many varibles that will effect those hours.
Overall, you can run as many as legal. That's it.
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You'll like the guys/gals at the Denver terminal. If you can adjust to how they (w&s) do things, you'll be fine.
Don't expect miracles though IE every other day at home. You'll be at the center of a lot of freight, that has to move. You'll also be surrounded by a lot of drivers making the rotation through CO, or are trying to get home.
I have my issues with W&S. But I still love my job, and this company. If you come in with low expectations, the only way to go is up
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I think either will do you just fine.
As you can tell from my post, I'm biased. I drove for CFI, and in the end hated it after almost 3 years.
I've been with W/S for just over a year now. They have their moments too. But nothing like CFI. Give me 2 more years...check back
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