Comments By Grumpy Old Man

I just did 4038 this week. And yeah, it’s work. It isn’t fun. But the check is nice.

Literally drive 11, do your 10, and roll. Over and over. Logging the minimum required by safety. And I’m an hourly driver. But honestly, I’m not giving up much. It’s all drop and hook.

Made it home today with 30 minutes left on my clock.

I am doing two runs a week from Avon NY to Ames Iowa and back.

Hmm. I might have fueled there while you were there. Trying to remember what day it was. Friday morning I believe. Maybe Thursday night.

Pulled into the receiver in Eaton CO about 30 minutes ago. Had wanted to start earlyish but the reefer had quit. Got a video from my weekend dispatcher that showed me how to fix it and it's been running since.

Will more than likely be sent to Lexington NE to pick up a beef load on Tuesday, deliver Friday in the Port of Oakland. Then I will head for the house to clean out the truck so I can turn it in the next week. I will be taking 3 to 4 weeks off and then going with a dry van company.

Laura

I’ll be heading back through Nebraska tomorrow! Currently shut down at a Loves in Newton, Iowa so I can get a pm done on my truck

We are paid hourly for any on duty or driving time. Waiting to be unloaded or loaded is on duty.

My daily record is 785 (in 24 hours)

Weekly is 3734

Pretty hard to break on a dedicated run though. Lol

Governed at 68

There’s no minimum, but you don’t gain back 8 hours. Taking the 2 hour or more break just stops your 14 hour clock.

I don’t have time to explain the whole thing but there are lots of threads on it here.

Hello, I had a question about split sleeper berth.

1. Is there a minimum number of hours to drive before doing a split sleeper berth?

Like do you need to drive 3 hours or four or more before you can do a split sleeper berth?

2. The way it works is you drive for the minimum amount and then you go "off" for two hours but you gain back eight hours or you go "off" three hours and gain back seven hours. Is my understanding correct?

Thanks for the help.

Pelican

Wolding (now Bison USA) expects us to take our 34, and you can take more if you want.

I used to take 2 days when I ran northeast.

Now I’m on a dedicated run and run 3,000 miles a week and I’m rolling when my 34 is up. I can’t run resets because of the way the relay is set up. 3 loads a week, reset, rind and repeat.

I actually wanted to run recaps when I was northeast and Bison insisted I take a reset. I mentioned it to the laid planner a couple of weeks later and he said you should have called me, I would have kept you rolling. Lol

I broke my foot, and my truck sat for 3 months in my driveway.

I cook at home, vacuum seal and freeze, reheat in the road for the most part.

If self driving tech is anything like the safety systems in my truck, we are all secure for decades.

Freightliner is being investigated for false positives in the crash avoidance auto braking systems. The article I read mentioned 20 or so instances. Multiply that by 1,000, and it would still be a drop in the bucket.

They aren't the first because they aren't even operating. They can't operate because they have no trucks. Big woop! They claim they've ordered 800 trucks. From whom did they order these trucks? There is nobody that can produce 800 trucks for them now. Nobody is at full autonomy. There's not even regulation written for driverless trucks on the road yet.

Heck, my driver assist technology in my truck never works properly. These tech companies all want to be first and they are racing to an unfortunate demise if they produce an inferior product. Years of beta testing is still needed. I laughed out loud at the title of your post. It's pure "Clickbait."

Vehicles. For sure. Usually high end, so they don’t get damaged, or future models, to keep them from public view.