Maxing Out Daily Hours Of Service

I will throw my two cents worth in on this. I try to drive 9 1/2 to drive10 hours a day. That way I have plenty of time rolling back to me.

Shippers and receivers will eat up your 14 hour daily clock but it doesn't effect your 70 hour clock provided you go to off duty or sleeper status when you get there.

As far as miles go for me. I run at 57 most of the time. Did 564 today in 10:10 and that was in the mountains of pa. And yes it was in a prime truck. Have to make the fuel bonus you know.

If you want to drive steadily for 3 to 4 weeks at a time, you need to keep your 70 clock use at 8:45 per day. Then take off 15 minutes for pre-trip and 5 minutes for fueling, that leaves 8:25 for driving. My truck is governed at 63 and I pull a flatbed which requires several stops to check the load, so I average 57 mph during my driving time. So my average, max miles per day is 484. That gets you 3388 miles max in a week.

That's for a good day of driving only. The miles really drop when you have two stops and need to un-tarp and unstrap, then re-strap and re-tarp the load at each stop. I really enjoy days with no load, I need to get to the next load and have extra hours saved from slow days. I have managed 648 miles in a day.

by that you mean only drive about 8 and a half hours a day and that keeps you with enough roll over not to need a reset right??? Thanks for that info, i am not thinking about more then 1 week at a time to see how things add up. Also i am thinking of 5 day work weeks not 7