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Originally Posted by truckingtiger
Can someone explain this to me? In English? I have just started studying for my CDL permit and keep seeing this on forums and stuff. So what IS a 34 hour restart?
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A 34 hour restart is a combination of lines 1 & 2 (being off duty means you are free to do what you want and not on the truck/short version & sleeper means your body is in the sleeper) then you reset your 70 hour to 70 hours available.
So you can not do any work such as fueling, loading/unloading,scaling, randoms, repairs (while your truck can be in the shop, just don't deal with it, let them have it for 34 hours and then pick it up) etc.
DOT is auditing just for this Randoms etc to make sure you are 1) logging it & 2) not interrupting any breaks such as the 10/34 while working.
They know drivers are trying not to log line 4 when they should be so that's the prime target today in the DOT field. So be carefull!
But yeah any 34 hours off duty/sleeper will reset you, however you still gain the hours you worked the 1st of your last 7 days on your 8th day (being midnight).
To do your recap after your restart just make it all zero's or you could put
R
E
S
T
A
R
T
If you have the 7 day recap on your log sheet that is.
box 1 "0"
box 2 " 70
box 3 "hours you worked that day once you finished the day that is"