8/2 Split

Can someone explain the 8/2 split to me please!!!! I have never used it but may be in a position tomorrow where it may come in handy. Unfortunately my cdl school did very little log book time and my trainer never explained the split either and I don't want to mess it up. I looked around on here but am still not 100% sure I understand. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Hi. I use these all the time.

1). You can use 8 hrs in the sleeper to pause your 14 clock. So say you have 5 hours of drive time at noon and do 8 in sleeper. At 2000 you will have 5 hours of drive time. You MUST be in sleeper not off duty for this. And it can be more than 8 hrs but not less. This is true whether you take an additional two hours or not.

2). If you come out of the 8 sleeper with 5 hours on your clock then do at least 2 hours of off duty or sleeper, you the. Reset your clock....but not a full 11/14. The clock starts at the end of the FIRST break. So in the above case, at 2000 you drive four of the five available hours, then take the off duty 2 hrs. Your "new clock" started at 2000. So between the two breaks you drove four hours, therefore once you take the two hour break you would have 7 of drive time (11 drive hours - the time between the two breaks in this case is 11 - 4 = 7). Because your 14 begins at 2000, it would end at 1000.

3). You can take either break first, the rules are basically the same except: if you take the 8 sleeper first, the 2 hour break is included in the 14 clock. It does not pause it. If you take the 2 hours first, the 8 sleeper pauses the 14 clock. So to figure out the 14 clock, you would subtract the drive time between breaks and any on duty time for fueling/ inspection. From 14.

I suggest you try it when it doesn't matter to truly understand it. On a day when you spend two hours at a customer. Drive for a bit then when you can take the 8 sleeper.

Thank you rainy. That's is very helpful.

Rainy pretty much nailed it. I am not overly fond of it personally, but it can be a very useful tool. Remember the 2 hr does not pause your 14 hr clock the 8hr sleeper resets your 14 hr to the time you entered the sleeper only after 8 hrs of sleeper has been used. As Rainy stated the 2hr break can either be off duty or sleeper berth. I usually do my 2hr as off duty. The 8/2 (2/8) split pretty much effectively extends your day. If you take either too early or too late you don't get much practical use from either. You can do rolling 8/2/8 (2/8/2) just alternate back and forth. I imagine your concept of what day it is will quickly become Swiss cheese though.

It's not something I want to use regularly. Tomorrow the way my drop time and shipper times fall if I do a full 10 I will end up later to next shipper but if I just do 8 at consignee then I will make it to next shipper on time and I figure after my pick up I will only go as far as I need to to find a place to shut down and then do a full 10 to reset my 11/14.