yeah, that is what i ment...your 11 dont start till you start driving.

As far as going from Temple to El Paso, I actually showed driving 11 hours. and aside from that 2 hr nap, i did not take any breaks, it was 5.25hrs driving (nap) then 5.75hrs driving. 630 or some odd miles driven. comes out to 57-8ish?? I know that will be a redflag, but that is what i did. set the cruise...and kept it as 61-62, and kept it under 68 going down hill. =)

and as far as getting to Fresno tomorrow, it might not happen, because i am still in phoenix. took WAY longer than i planned to move into my new truck. and from PHX to FAT is 597. dont think i can make it there tomorrow anyways....looks like ill try finding a bowling alley 50-70 miles south.

what times was it not good to travel thru LA again? =)

 

It really isn't that complicated, split sleeper aside, and assuming a 10 hr break, the second you go on duty you got 14 hours, out of which you may not drive more then 11. Picture a box 14 inches wide, with another box 11 inches wide, as long as that box is inside of the bigger box, your good, you can cut it up, keep it in one block, whatever, it just has to stay inside the box, it cannot hang out of the box in any way. As far as line 4 goes, there is no limit to it, just make sure you don't go over 11 hours of drive time in the first 14 hours of total on duty time. That's all there is to it.

And for those interested in split sleeper, just remember it HAS to be logged in the sleeper unlike a 10 hr or a 34, you cannot break it up between 1 and 2. Really isn't much use for a split sleeper anyway, only time I have ever used it is when I had to get somewhere, and I didn't have 10 hours to wait, but I could wait 8 hours, which has only ever been twice.

 

If your going to Fresno....why would you go through LA??

West on I-10 to Tonopah's second exit...there where the Tomohawk Truckstop is (exit 71?), turn right off the exit, go to the end of the road and turn left on Hiway 60, go to Hiway 72 turn right onto 72 and run across to Parker AZ and US95, run US95 up to I-40, then west to Barstow. Hop on Hiway 58, run that on up through Tehachapi and drop down into Bakersfield and Hiway 99, run on north to Fresno. 7 and 1/4 hours...give or take. Keep the door closed...7 & 1/4.

 

well from my distance calculator, it shows 597 mi from PHX to Fresno. My fuel route has be going I-10 to the 210 then up I-5. I stop in Fontana to top off. Thats prob. why they have me going thru LA. didnt know where Fontana was till just now when i looked it up. 'burb of LA.

 

FYI Swift has a yard in Fontana :P

 

I wouldnt call that a yard. I'd call that a cross between a run down Petro and an up scale Pilot. =)

oh...just came out of the mountians north of LA on I-5 heading to Fresno. Stopped at the TA there.....now is that "THE grapevine" everyone talks about?? Thought the grapevine was in oregon? or is that the cabbage patch...or something......lol

 

Yeah I've been there, and I wouldn't compare any swift yard to a truck stop at all :P.

 

Grapevine's the 5 between Castaic and Fresno, so you got it right.

The "Cabbage Patch" is the 84 WB going through Eastern Oregon.

And Fontana was pretty much a waste once that extended backlot was cut.

Man, hopefully those hiring freezes are lifted and the apps will be reviewed, I'm missing this.

 

came thru there again, with a load from Fresno to Pomona yesterday. ALOT better weather, and the scenery was even better. Lucky i didnt run into any super bad weather. The first trip thru on monday? i had just missed getting some snow. By the time i got up there, you could still see snow on the shoulder, but the road surface was slightly wet.

one thing that got me was the brake check area both ways was closed.

 

why in the hell did you stop at the t/a? should have driven half a mile west on laval road to the petro. that petro is the best in the entire country.

the brake check areas along the grapevine aren't mandatory. the one along westbound i-80 through donner pass is mandatory.