I Need To Learn The Log Book Rules

To expand on this thought though, you could feasibly make a practice of 7 hours sleeper, so you would only lose 3 hours completing a second half of the split if you accidentally tripped your drive clock. I like the 8 hour sleeper better, because then I'm only stuck for 2 hours to complete the split in that situation. Again, it is wholly dependant on how you drive, how your appointments line up, and your comfort in watching your clock and knowing your options to "fix it" when you screw up. Would I recommend this practice for a new driver? Nope. Not until they have the base HOS rules well committed to memory.

Pianoman, I learned HOS during TNT at Prime, so I'm betting that's where the 8 hour sleeper thing stuck. I just make it a habit to hit that 8 hour mark now, so that if I happen to be doing a split, I don't accidentally mess myself up with it! Cause we all know, we all have tripped our drive clocks once in our career and totally hosed ourselves 🙄

I knew the midnight recapture time was based on the time zone the company selected, but I didn't know it could be altered to something other than midnight. This is my "huh, learned somethin' today" moment 😁

Wtf dude you just learned me something 😂 I always thought it was a good idea to log at least 6-7 hours in the sleeper just in case I get into an accident and DOT or lawyers want to claim I didn’t sleep enough but it NEVER occurred to me to log it that way in case I screwed up and needed to log it as a split! You’re a genius

To expand on this thought though, you could feasibly make a practice of 7 hours sleeper, so you would only lose 3 hours completing a second half of the split if you accidentally tripped your drive clock. I like the 8 hour sleeper better, because then I'm only stuck for 2 hours to complete the split in that situation. Again, it is wholly dependant on how you drive, how your appointments line up, and your comfort in watching your clock and knowing your options to "fix it" when you screw up. Would I recommend this practice for a new driver? Nope. Not until they have the base HOS rules well committed to memory.

Pianoman, I learned HOS during TNT at Prime, so I'm betting that's where the 8 hour sleeper thing stuck. I just make it a habit to hit that 8 hour mark now, so that if I happen to be doing a split, I don't accidentally mess myself up with it! Cause we all know, we all have tripped our drive clocks once in our career and totally hosed ourselves 🙄

I knew the midnight recapture time was based on the time zone the company selected, but I didn't know it could be altered to something other than midnight. This is my "huh, learned somethin' today" moment 😁

Wtf dude you just learned me something 😂 I always thought it was a good idea to log at least 6-7 hours in the sleeper just in case I get into an accident and DOT or lawyers want to claim I didn’t sleep enough but it NEVER occurred to me to log it that way in case I screwed up and needed to log it as a split! You’re a genius

I wouldn't say that it's a recommended method, but I did develop a strong command for how to use my clock and leverage "oops" into "fixed" by making mistakes. Being reefer , knowing how to do the splits is a necessary part of the arsenal to maximize my hours. That split provision has enabled me to save my own bacon quite a number of times.