My Log Book is Shot

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8/4 through 8/17 - something over 6000 miles

I'm in Randolph MA right now, out of hours and dead tired. It can be hard to find freight out of this area but in my case it matters not.

The 'hours of service' rules allow 70 hours in 7 days to work. You can be on duty for up to 14 hours per day and then you have to take a 10 hour break before starting your next 14. Within that 14 hours you may only drive for 11 hours. No one wants to work 14 hours per day and in my case, I am paid per mile so I don't want to work any hours that are not driving and making good time. That is the challenge. The other catch is that the 14 hours are consecutive so once you start working, the 14 hour clock begins, so if you drive for 1 hour and get held up by a customer for 8 hours then you only have 5 hours left to drive.

Two weeks ago I had too much time between appointment and lost a lot of time. This week I have been driving right up to 10 to 11 hours per day plus the 'on duty' not driving' time so I used up my 70 hours in less than 7 days.

So now I sit and wait for another day to go by and give me back some hours.

I can't wait till Thursday when I go home for a while.