2-day Trip, Or Is It 3?
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Errol, I think you are right on the money. I would probably allow a little more time for the "drop and hook", it just seems time at shippers or receivers always has a way of being subject to one or three or four of Murphy's laws. You will definitely go into the third day before you can deliver this load. The main problem is that you are only getting nine hours on your first day. If you had a fresh seventy you could really push it and make it work in two days, but you are handicapped by the clock in this situation.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Drop And Hook:
Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.
In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.
You're right about that recap. Today I got to drive a glorious 3 hr, 39 min!
You're right about that recap. Today I got to drive a glorious 3 hr, 39 min!
To many numbers for me my head hurts right now lol
You're right about that recap. Today I got to drive a glorious 3 hr, 39 min!
I have a 3 and 21 waiting, but don't bother, I may probably do a 34 before my home time run.
To many numbers for me my head hurts right now lol
Math is so useful to a truck driver. I sometimes think I'm nuts - I will roll down the highway constantly running calculations in my head about fuel mileage, fuel burn off rates, or time calculations to varying destinations on my route. It has become something that my mind just instinctively goes to so that I can be the most profitable at my job.
I have a daughter who is about to get married to a young man who is getting his masters degree in math. He likes to hear me talk about all the calculations we use for weight distribution, fuel burn off and the many other various ways we calculate things to make our lives on the road more productive.
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Ok, y'all laughed at my tandem adjustment question, so here's more for ya.
I'm sitting in Benton, AR. Living on Recap hours. Midnight (Thurs.) I get 9 hours. Day after (Fri), 18-1/2 become available.
Shipper is 24 hr so I can head out from Benton at 12:00.
Benton to Texarkana, Ar, (124 mi), load, then go for Findlay, OH (920 mi.)
Swift likes to estimate time with 50 mph, which does make it easier to calculate: drive 2-1/2hr to Tex'ana, then 18-1/2hr for Findlay. 1/2 hr each pre/post trip, 30 minutes/day break = add 1 hr/day for necessaries plus the 10hr stop.
My estimate is Wed. Pick up load (1 hr there, drop/hook), drive the rest of my clock, 1/2 pre, 2-1/2 Ben -> Tex, 1 at Shipper, 4-1/2 stop, 1/2 post. Total 9hours Day 1, Thursday. Miles from Tex'ana is 4-1/2 x 50 = a measley 225 miles. 695 to go.
Friday, get 13h, can drive 11 of 'em. 1 hr goes to pre, post & 30min. But, 11 x 50mph simple! 550. I know, a Mod (forgot who but I wrote his numbers down) said 665 is doable in 11 hr. Even that puts me still not yet in town, 30 miles short.
Does sound about right for a rookie? If you have to get out a paper & pencil, thanks for your figgerin'.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".