Question:
- Say I drove 4 hours to a pickup location. I get there they tell me it's going to be a three hour wait to get loaded. I f I spend that 3 hours in my sleeper berth will it stop my 14 hour clock? Or did I just lose those three hours. I read the hours of service rules but couldn't make much sense of it. When I was hauling cars for myself I never had to spend time waiting to load, etc.I set my own pickup and delivery times and didn't use the sleeper berth until my 14 hrs were up. But now driving for a company and pulling a dry van trailer I'm learning it's a whole new ballgame. If anyone could give me some insight on this it would be appreciated.

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Once the clock starts ticking for the day, it won't shut down for anything less than an 8 hour period in the bunk. Those three hours are lost forever. You have 14 hours from the time you start your day, and you can only drive 11 hours within that 14 hours. You can work beyond the 14 hour mark, but no driving can be done during that time, and you will not be able to drive until you have gotten in your legal break. Then the clock starts ticking again.As long as the paperwork's clean, you boys can do whatever you want to out on the road" Mad Max ...1979

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Could he have used the 2 hour rule and gotten all but one hour back?
Im not real clear on how that works. Can you split off two hours from your 10 hour break and after two hours resume your 14 hours.
Im in a daycab so I dont have to worry about anything other than my 11 driving or 14 on duty.

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The 3 hours in the sleeper will count against your 14 hour day. Since you are allowed to drive 11 of the 14 it will not take away from your drive time for the day. But, scaling, fueling, PTI and any other work performed will take away from your 11 hour drive time if done the same day.
3.0 hour loading/sleeper
0.5 hour scaling
0.5 hour fueling
0.25 PTI
=4.25
9.75 hours left to drive,
14 hours total
Lines 3 and 4 count against your 70 hour week. Lines 1 and 2 do not count against the 70 hour week. Time spent in the sleeper is not lost forever. You will gain them back at the end of the week in the 70 hours. While the day added up to 14 hours only 11 hours came off the 70.
That is why drivers work much more than 70 hours a week. Load/unload 3-4 times a week and log it in the sleeper and you add 9-12 hours. Short log (15 minutes instead of the actual time, ie 30 minutes) other things like fueling, scaling. PTI and you have added those hours to your work week. It is not only feasable but most probable that you will work 85-90 hours a week. Many do it on a regular basis. When you say you log the loading time in the sleeper you are saying you want to work 73 hours that week, etc. etc. etc..

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Work 100 log 70 and get paid for 60.
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And gross $600.

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True.....but only if you work for a "bottomfeeder". So I like what I do, you don't, too bad, get over it. Get on with your life, I am.