How many hours do you work?

You dont really work a 14 hr day...What it means is that when you start ur day in ur log book, you can't work beyond the 14th hr...If you start at 6am, you can't work past 8pm.That's when ur 14 hr clock is up...You can drive for a total of 11 hrs during that time period...You can end ur day early but not past that 14th hr...I avg around 11 hrs a day working total,this includes on duty not driving and driving....Sometimes you might not be in a major hurry and you have some time to kill during the day and take a break of a couple hrs,which is fine but as long as ur done and parked b4 that 14th hr...you're fine.I tried to stay around 10 hrs a day driving but every day is different depending on when u have to deliver and how many miles you have to cover each day to get to ur destination...Hope this helps.

 

You can work beyond the 14th hour - you just can't drive.

Better get used to it or get used to not making any money ... teaming is even more intense the truck should rarely stop.

 

Yeah you can work after your 14th,but why? I should have explained that better too but you shouldnt have to with most co's. Sometimes you might have to but it's pretty rare. I always have a plan on where i'm stopping and pretty much where my day is ending that's for sure. If you're starting your day at 6am and you have to still be on duty not driving after 8pm,that makes for a very long day and can wear u out pretty fast. That new 14 hr clock won't start again until you take 10 hrs off and the longer you stay on duty,the longer it'll be till u start again.....I never have done reefers and I know those guys got some crazy delivery times so maybe someone here can tell you some info too....

 

I think I worked 1 day over my 14 in a year. It was my 2nd load out of the gate as a greenie, now im more a pale green, and that day was a driver unload to McCoys lumber offloading 25k of insulation in the middle of summer time. Was not fun, but I was just happy to be working, well atleast that's what I kept telling myself in a 120* trailer...

A good driver will plan out his/her day prior to rolling out. I have a stack of paper logs on my truck, I mark my 11 & 14, make a notaion for p/u & del I then calculate no less than 3hrs for a p/u of 35-45lbs(more likely longer) you'll get a feel for what loads yer picking up, etc.
I then make a mark around the 9th hour when I want to park, now this varies due to time of day, if I roll out late night, ill not stress on finding parking and can roll lil further, cause ill be parking early am when a lot of driver are rolling out for the day. if im looking for parking around 6-9pm well if I have time on the delivery ill stop a lil early that day to snag a parking spot and rip out in the am and finish my run early, have a few hours left on my 11 to snag another load and park.
I then make hash marks on my 10hr break, on paper log, then mark off my next 11 & 14, etc..
I do this on each line(paper log) untill it reach the delivery date/time. I then as a company driver take total miles of run mty/ld and divide by 55 which = total time to run load.
Then I see when ill make delivery, if I need to decline load and give a proper eta/pta. I know what times ill be driving/sleeping etc..

I know this wennt beyond the scope of the actual question, but its my guidline to knowing what hours ill be working/driving and helps me plan my day(s). I hate rolling out not knowing what to expect, I like to know how my day is going to go. Now not all days go as planned, but atleast I ave my paperlog to look at and see where I can adjust etc..
I try and run 9hrs a day, onduty/driving, doesn't always happen but I think a week ahead, roll offs. A company driver that can run on roll offs and keep going rather than doing 34's each week, you'll make $ planners will see this and plan you better. Its all on how you want to roll/work. Or be a terminal slut and smoke cigs and complain to other drivers about only driving 1800mi a week..
Wow, I think I went waaay off topic.. sry, I drank a ton of coffee today.

 

Try training students you don't want to know how many hours I work . way too many ! I only get a few hours of sleep if i'm lucky and the other time I'm working

 

Yeah training can wear you out i'm sure..My trainer never went to sleep until we parked for the night for at least 3 weeks...The Co. I trained with didn't run us as a team until he was comfortable with me driving on my own. That wasn't that often either cause he was retraining another veteran driver (the guy was off the rd awhile) and in the bunk...Well the guy swerved to miss a deer and went offroad and flipped it on its side...Something like 15 yrs ago,and he still can't sleep......Training a student correctly is an art form...right Bluebonn....lol

 

Yeah, right! Here's the real story folks. After he figured out I really could drive but not turn right he slept all the time. I'd get up with the sun and he'd roll out hours later and when we ran team he'd run 6 hours or so and hit the bunk again! Then I'd run til the middle of the night and had to wake him up to get off the road and park it. Problem was he was really hard to wake up...

Actually that's only part true. There is no way I would be able to mentor because there is no way I could sleep with a stranger driving.

One point needs to be clarified regarding the original "How many hours do you work?" question. We can drive 11 hours in a 14 hour period but we can work 24 hours a day as long as we are not "on duty, not driving" or "on duty, driving" and are not working any other kind of job for a 10 hour period (reset) before we drive again. The 14 hours start at the time you first go "on duty" and only refers to driving; your 11, or less, driving must be within that 14 hours. But remember, we only get paid for driving the dispatched miles plus flat rates for various other situations, not all of which apply to the average day.

Frank

 

I log on duty past my 14 all the time but I get paid for my on duty time.