The Mysterious Split Sleeper Berth Rule

Ok, as a student who has a month before heading off to a company, I'm not fully wrapping my head around this just from the thread. I do however want to have a full understanding how best to manage my time out there so here's a question before I waste a bunch of time studying this. My wife and I are going to be running as a team, is this applicable for teams or is it something that will just never be a factor for us?

With teaming someone always has hours unless the 70 is low and you need a 34. So honestly you won't need it as a team but it is good to know just to know.

Since Rickipedia came to the rescue no need for me to go into all the details. I prefer doing a 2/8 split but that is just me.

Rickipedia??? That's awesome! I think it's gonna stick.

So would you say the ability to use the split sleeper rule is important enough to factor into the decision of which company to go with?

So would you say the ability to use the split sleeper rule is important enough to factor into the decision of which company to go with?

No, I think it would be rare that a company says you are unable to use it. I do see companies discouraging its use though. If you don't know what you are doing, you can really jack up your hours. Leaving yourself in a huge mess. Kinda like doing recaps. If you don't keep up on what is going on, you can quickly find yourself out of hours. It IS possible to do a rolling 8/2 (2/8) split cycle. However, you really have to know what you are doing. Rainey is our reigning queen of the split sleeper. She could give you better advice than I could. I know how to use it and do use it on occasion.

Good stuff OS,

I actually have one of the HighRoad examples bookmarked for future reference. See Example #26. Note the 14hrs driving time on Day 2... Haven't had the opportunity to use this yet, but I'm sure the time will come soon enough.