TRIP PLANNING/LOGGING EXERCISE
 

Ok, here's one for you:

1) You're empty and starting from: Edwardsville, IL can start at 8pm on day#1. You have 2 hrs remaining on your 14hr clock( both of which can be driving)

The Trip:

Edwardsville, IL

Deadhead= 244

Load: Manteno, IL Day#2 6pm

235 miles to stop#1

Stop#1 Peosta, Ia Day#3 7am

195 miles to Final

Final: Ankeny, Ia Day#3 11am

Now, final perimeters-

1)as stated above- on day#1 you have 2 hours remaining before you must take a 10hr break.

2) you must wash out your trailer at a Blue Beacon Truck wash before arriving at shipper.

3) you must show "checking In" on duty not driving/ be at Shipper at 6pm on day#2 else it's a service failure.
customer does not have load finished loading until 9pm on day#2
you must leave customer's property with load at 9pm.

4) stop#1- customer takes exactly 45minutes to unload.


good luck!

p.s. let me know if you split your sleeper or not

You find, on the map, a truck stop before stop one and go off duty. Then you go 15 or 30 to load for 15 minutes. Then you have 15 loading then you go ???? to a truck stop just before your first stop. Then show 15 (?) to get to the stop, 15 unload then onto the last. Who logs washouts ?? No wonder newbie drivers don't make money !!!!!

Since your in Edwardsville, there is a Blue Beacon/Speed Co across from the Flying J off of I-270 at exit 3.

Obviously a total newbie, or ex union driver, that doesn't know how to work their log book !!

Lets see:
Drive 8pm to 10 pm day 1, park for 10 hours
Drive 8am to 10:30 am day 2 finding a wash out bay enroute.
Park at shipper 10:30 am to 8:30 pm getting 10 hour break
log 30 minutes load and pti 8:30 to 9pm
Arrive at stop 1 at 1 am and get some sleep or get unloaded early.
Unload at stop 1 6:45 to 7:30 am. (If they are late getting you unloaded the lateness of stop 2 is not your fault. If they are late take a full 8.5 (split sleeper) hours at stop 1 leaving at 9:30 am and deliver stop2 12:30 to 1pm)
Driving to stop 2 7:30 to 10:30 am
Unload at stop 2 10:30 to 11 am and take your break.

Yup it sucks but that is life in trucking. The next question is how much of this info are you going to have beforehand? I will admit that given only the load appt time and delivery times I would have blown it not leaving enough time for a full break at the shipper.

The alternate would be if you have already waited several hours to get this load info after getting empty. If say you got empty at 5pm on day 1 I would have completed my ten hour break getting started at 3 am heading for the shipper and getting the washout, arriving at the shipper by 8am.

Since when?


there is a blue beacon truckwash:

Effingham, Il

Bloomington, IL

Monee, IL

now you can't just log what you want--and make it "look" good-- you have to log legal--- and I told you "when" and exactly how many miles between the points-- and you obviously didn't actually work the math---

so you get 10 safety points and a 24hr shut down.

Ok, this is better-- you put a little more thought in...

ok, which route did you take? and where did you find Truck parking at 10pm in route to shipper? you had a 244 mile deadhead..so you ended up somewhere?

driving the 8am to 10:30 am on day 2 looks great-- and is a good plan

the problem with parking at shipper from 10:30- 8:30 is You're not allowed to show OFF DUTY- when at a customer-- you can show IN Sleeper- but whenever you release your brakes- you've interruped that sleeper berth break. And you have to show 15minutes matching your Arrival Call and loaded call.

You can't show getting unloaded at stop#1-early- because you have a 7am appointment( and they don't actually arrive to unload you-- and they take exactly 45 minutes to unload you. you leave at exactly 7:45am -- you drive exactly 3hrs 15minutes(195miles) and arrive at final exactly at 10:45am.--- But that's a very good plan to get to stop as early as possible.


good job! 10:45am-9pm is a good break at shipper

Pontoon Beach
Granite City, IL
I-270 & SR 111, Exit 6B
By Flying J
618-931-2591

From http://www.bluebeacon.com/location_l...p?region=North

ANd next time you're in Manteno, stop & say Hi! :wink:

kick ass-- I stand newly ENLIGHTENED---OK, KICK BUTT- But, now you can't drive a whole 2 hours-- on day#1-- lets say, 30minutes(logged off duty-of course) for that washout-- so you got 1.5hrs to get up the road toward RebelDarlin


P.S. any chance you'll be looking & ware that-- next time I get to Manteno?