Run For 7 Days Straight

Can someone explain to me how I could run all 7 days and remain compliant on my hos for the week? It's hard for me to put together for some reason. Probably because I haven't used logs before.

Can someone explain to me how I could run all 7 days and remain compliant on my hos for the week? It's hard for me to put together for some reason. Probably because I haven't used logs before.

On duty and driving don't total 70 hours in an 8 day period. You'd be able to drive and/or be on duty an average of 10 hours a day.

Basically you can run up to 10 hours each day, if you want 70 hours to last a whole week. But it also depends on appointment times and what not to be able to do it. Like I ran off recaps for a bit before I took this 34 hour reset, most days were blow 10 hours due to bad weather and ither days I nearly worked 14 hours. So I never used the max amount of hours allowed each week. That's how I would explain it, but I'm sure someone else will explain it better.

8.75 hours a day, every day. That's the goal. My personal best has been 67 days straight running off recaps, without a reset. Just takes practice with managing your clock.

I am not even in school yet, but napkin math tells me that running until you are out of hours and then than taking a 34 should get you more miles. However, running recaps I would imagine it would be less stressful.

But I like I said, I am not even a noob yet just a hopeful.

If I'm staying out longer, I'll burn up my time as fast as I have miles to turn/burn then prefer a quick reset so I can run just as hard again afterwards.

Yes, you can limit your driving and on duty time to 8 hours and 45 minutes a day and never run out of hours. I just can't seem to stop myself if I've got hours available and miles to run. It kills me to sit and I deliver as early as possible. I'll make sure I'm somewhere that makes that forced reset more bearable.

The napkin math is spot on. I generally run through my 70 clock in a little over 6 days. I reset and go again. There was for a time a requirement to be off between 0200-0500 2 consecutive days which basically forced a 34 reset into a 48 hr reset unless you hit it just right. I’m not sure anymore if that was the exact hours, they changed it some time ago. anyway it was early morning hours. I get my reset done and rolling again before I would get recap hours back. Also dispatchers generally prefer you to have a reset, makes their job a little easier and you don’t have to count up your recaps for the load your currently on. Nothing worse than getting offered a good load and then the math says your short hours to deliver. Makes more work for everyone involved.

I use a different napkin, so I'll stick with my recaps and 450 to 525 miles nearly each day. Many days, I take a 1.5 hour nap during the mandatory 30 minute break.

Ok thanks y'all. I think I understand that part. Hard to grasp when the 8/2 split would benefit you or why packrat takes 1.5 hour at lunchtime? How does that work for you?

It's working pretty out pretty well for me. 12-14,500 miles every month. Always rested, never sleepy or tired.