Budget My Hours Or Run Till They're Gone?

I was thinking it would be a good idea to try and run about 10 hours a day. But is it better to run until they're gone and do a reset, or just let my loads dictate it?

It all depends on how you need to plan your load. If running a bit harder means you can drop early and get another load going (hence make more money) I'd keep rolling. If it's a load that you have to drop at a specific time but have more than enough time to get there, I'd say take your time and run when there's less traffic so you can save on fuel and maybe take some time to relax a bit more and maybe see some scenery along the way.

What he said. My first week has been mostly hard deliver times so running hard has been the answer but now I'm at under 10 hours on the 70, luckily load after is a short haul.

It really depends on your load/unload times and the distance you need to cover in between. I know I try to average about 10 hours a day working time. By this I mean inspection/fuel/driving/load/unload, they all take away from your 70. Some days I have to push hard, others not so much. But I try to get them all to average out about 10 working hours per day. That seems to work well for me.

Ernie

It really depends on your load/unload times and the distance you need to cover in between. I know I try to average about 10 hours a day working time. By this I mean inspection/fuel/driving/load/unload, they all take away from your 70. Some days I have to push hard, others not so much. But I try to get them all to average out about 10 working hours per day. That seems to work well for me.

Ernie

That's what I'm trying. I'm in a reefer division and was told by my DM a LOT of my pickup/drops are by appt only.

I'd say 8 1/2 to 9 hrs should keep it good. It will keep that reset at bay for a long time.

I'd say 8 1/2 to 9 hrs should keep it good. It will keep that reset at bay for a long time.

I mean drive time of course.

I'd say 8 1/2 to 9 hrs should keep it good. It will keep that reset at bay for a long time.

I mean drive time of course.

Never mind. That's wrong.

10 hours a day will force you to reset or take a day off. 70/8=8.75 hours on duty every day to kee the rolling reset wworking perfect. in theory IF IF IF IF in theory lol IIFFF you can gaurantee long runs and always have a load. you may be able to make a couple dollars extra actually running 11 on line 3. but in reality your robably not going to get loads on demand so... at 6 hours a day running 60 miles an hour you can get 360 miles a day. 360x7=roughly 2500 mies a week. IFFIFFFFF YOU ran 11 a day for 5 days 660x5 is more than 3000 miles a week with days off.

In a perfect world you would manage your hours to 8.75 and always have hours and loads. However that is wishful thinking. With the prior reset rules you needed some management to keep from sitting too long. With the current rules I don't mind running out of my 70 and resetting and going again. It makes the most use of my time, while affording a little breather too do laundry and such. Everyone is different, so no solution will fit across the board. Find what works best for you and go for it.