Need Help With Trip Planning.

This may be a silly question, In orientation they want us to demonstrate a trip plan, and for some reason i just cannot figure trip planning out :(

What is your instructor looking for? Do you have a start & end to work with?

Suppose you have a start and end. Figure out the route you would take. Add up the miles. Use the miles to calculate the drive time needed. Then divide that out by maybe 10 or 11 depending on what your instructor wants to see. That's about how many days you would need.

This is the general idea. Does your insrtuctor need stopping points? Times?

What is your instructor looking for? Do you have a start & end to work with?

Suppose you have a start and end. Figure out the route you would take. Add up the miles. Use the miles to calculate the drive time needed. Then divide that out by maybe 10 or 11 depending on what your instructor wants to see. That's about how many days you would need.

This is the general idea. Does your insrtuctor need stopping points? Times?

What is your instructor looking for? Do you have a start & end to work with?

Suppose you have a start and end. Figure out the route you would take. Add up the miles. Use the miles to calculate the drive time needed. Then divide that out by maybe 10 or 11 depending on what your instructor wants to see. That's about how many days you would need.

This is the general idea. Does your insrtuctor need stopping points? Times?

I dont have the start and end with me, i am trying to figure out a formula so i can be productive right off the bat delivering loads on time. yes i need to be able to show pretip 30 minute break fueling and anything else that happens, i assume if you go into a dot scale you would put that on your log aswell?

It is hard for me to understand some things with my learning disability.

It is hard for me to understand some things with my learning disability.

That's why you post, and people give advice.

The maximum you can drive is 11 hours. What are the other things you must do? Pre-trip, Post trip, 30 minute break. Subtract from the 11 hours because these activities take up time. Also, if you go 11 hours (total) you then need a 10 hour break. So a day if it's nothing but driving would take 11 hours duty + driving and 10 hours break = 22 hours.

The driving hours comes from this formula: Total distance divided by average mph (usually 50 or 55 mph). Then the driving hours divided by 10 is how many daily shifts of driving you'll need. Then the daily shifts are the driving hours plus 10 hour break.

If you want a formula I could probably make on on a spreadsheet. Kris, honestly, it all looks crazy right now while you learn it, but just like shifting, soon it becomes something you use every day. Patience and understanding now will go far, later. Try not to get frustrated - all drivers use this daily.

Thanks Errol V. i appreciate the help it is nice to see people helping others. i have copied your formula and i will study it. Thanks again :)

If you assume 50 mph and a 10 hour day it makes the math much, much simpler. Fifty miles per hour times ten hours equals five hundred miles per day (50 x 10 = 500). Two days of driving is one thousand miles (500 x 2 = 1000). As Errol said once you have your Start and End you can figure your route and add up the miles. Divide that number by 500 and you have the number of days needed to move the load. If your instructor requires other numbers (55 mph or 11 hour days) you can still use the simple math to give you an approximation to check your math.

Thanks Buster's Buddy i appreciate your help i am writing that down. :)