Teams And APU'S?

I get the why you can't start/stop the 14 hr. clock, but is it the same with Teams? I know I read somewhere that they'd split their hours whenever needed. One would drive for 6 hours and the other would jump in and drive for however long he could, and then they'd switch again.

Is this allowed?

The rules are the same for teams.

If a driver wants to stop driving after 6 hours and let co-driver take over, you must switch over to the other persons log.

I'm sorry but I'm still confused..

By switching over to the second drivers log, would that stop my 14 hr. clock or would it keep on ticking? Would his clock start up and then he'd not be able to stop it either. Then you'd have 2 clocks going at the same time.

I'm sorry but I'm still confused..

By switching over to the second drivers log, would that stop my 14 hr. clock or would it keep on ticking? Would his clock start up and then he'd not be able to stop it either. Then you'd have 2 clocks going at the same time.

Yes your 14hr clock would still be ticking but if you go in the Sleeper for 8hrs you can push it back or if you take a 10hr you have a fresh Clock. You won't be able to grasp this concept until you start driving so don't bang your head trying to figure it out yet.

I'm sorry but I'm still confused..

By switching over to the second drivers log, would that stop my 14 hr. clock or would it keep on ticking? Would his clock start up and then he'd not be able to stop it either. Then you'd have 2 clocks going at the same time.

Your correct. That's why teams have to drive in long shifts now. Most teams break it down into driving 10 - 11 each, on twelve hour shifts.

Do teams ever drive on each others logs, doing 5-6 hour shifts? I know some that do. Hopefully they won't get caught.

I'm sorry but I'm still confused..

By switching over to the second drivers log, would that stop my 14 hr. clock or would it keep on ticking? Would his clock start up and then he'd not be able to stop it either. Then you'd have 2 clocks going at the same time.

Your correct. That's why teams have to drive in long shifts now. Most teams break it down into driving 10 - 11 each, on twelve hour shifts.

Do teams ever drive on each others logs, doing 5-6 hour shifts? I know some that do. Hopefully they won't get caught.

Yes it does happen but that is not the right thing to do. Strictly speak and following the law I say do not do this. If caught it's a bad bad time with the dot and tickets....

Now with that being said there are certain times I am OK with doing this. For one it should never be done just to turn miles cause your team mate stayed up to late. The only reason I am OK with doing this sometimes is for safety.

I am the more experienced driver on my truck between my brother and myself. 9 extra years of experience. He has been driving for 5 years and I have been driving 16 years. There are certain situations that we both prefer to have the most experienced driver behind the wheel. I will give a few examples.

Super tight backing. Literally centimeters on either side of the trailer and the backing had to be done perfect. Getting caught up on top of Downers Pass and and unscheduled blizzard decided it was a good time to make an appearance. I believe I have that one on my YouTube channel. Any sever weather that decides to hit I rather be the one that's driving cause I can make it to a safe spot and park it which sound easy until you are running across Wyoming at night and suddenly you in white out conditions with a 50 mph cross wind... No kidding. That's the normal weather in Wyoming during the winter time. At night it's worse.

Legally no teams can not drive on each other's logs. In real world operations we do what we have to do to make it as safe as possible for us and the truck. That is trucking.

Just remember there is school teaching and learning and then there is real life learning each can often times be a whole world apart from what you learned in school.

Thanks guys/gals

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