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Thread: Can split sleeper get me home 2 hours sooner tomorrow?

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    MichiganDriver is offline Senior Board Member
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    Default Can split sleeper get me home 2 hours sooner tomorrow?

    This is my last night on the road this week and I need to get home by a certain time tomorrow. If I do 10 hours in the sleeper and drive like a banshee tomorrow I'll get home with about 0 minutes to spare.

    My 11 and 14 hours clocks don't come into play because I'm about 10 hours drive from home and don't have any stops to worry about.

    Can I do 8 hours tonight in the sleeper and just not worry about the other 2? Or log the other 2 after I get home?

    Help me out HOS wizards!

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    Quote Originally Posted by MichiganDriver View Post
    This is my last night on the road this week and I need to get home by a certain time tomorrow. If I do 10 hours in the sleeper and drive like a banshee tomorrow I'll get home with about 0 minutes to spare.

    My 11 and 14 hours clocks don't come into play because I'm about 10 hours drive from home and don't have any stops to worry about.

    Can I do 8 hours tonight in the sleeper and just not worry about the other 2? Or log the other 2 after I get home?

    Help me out HOS wizards!
    When you stopped tonight...how many hours on your 11 did you have left?

    The 8 hour break stops the 14 hour clock....but........did you have a two hour offduty break before you stopped?? Lot's of info missing.
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    Simple answer?..... NO. The 8 hr S/B break pauses the 14 hour clock, but you still have to add the driving time before and after, and take the 2 after that TOTALS 11. IF (and that's a big if....) you only drove ONE hour before stopping for the night (after your last break of 2, 8, or 10 hours..... you could take the 8 and drive for 10 .... getting there 2 hours early with NO NEED to log the next 2 hr break at all.

    Doubting that.... take your 10 and drive like the wind!
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    MichiganDriver is offline Senior Board Member
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    Thanks for the help. Plan B it is then.

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