Sure, if you did nothing but drive. What carrier pays you to do that?

70 hours / 8 days = 8.75 hours per day - .5 hours for pre/post trip = 8.25 hours per day - 1 hour loading/unloading = 7.25 hours per day for driving (not counting fuel time)

OR, if you want to do it in 6.5 days, and then take a 34 hour reset:

70 hours / 6.5 days = 10.75 hours per day - .5 hours for pre/post trip = 10.25 hours per day - 1 hour for loading/unloading = 9.25 hours per day for driving (not counting fuel time).

9.25 hours per day X 62 mph = 573.5 miles per day, or 3727.75 miles in 6.5 days.

Those claiming 4000+ miles per week are either:

1. liars
2. driving illegal
or
3. never stopping to load or unload

 

i love callin the recruiters out damm used car salesman,any how when i was at school a Swift recruiter came to see us man was he blowin smoke up every one azzes except which i wasn't going to Swift anyways his name was Calvin Adams hello Calvin i called him out then when i raised my hand for a ?? he acted like i wasn't there so i said F&ckem and went to another company till i got botted cause of Medical reasons.

 

Swift is stopping by tomorrow I can't wait to call him out.

Most of these people in class are the "stereotypical" trucker though,...so they buy into everything these guys are saying..I suppose if I were them.. I wouldn't change how I was recruiting if it was only pissing off 1 out of 20 people,..the other 19 apply, and I get paid if any of them go through with it...

P.S.
By stereotypical trucker I mean the "general" publics perception of truckers...i.e. "rednecks" how do I say this nicely? "Low I.Q." and i'm not being arrogant either, I mean SOME of these people can barely read outloud...

 

Thanks, Rev!!

It's reassuring to know that there are still a few drivers who can do basic arithmetic!! 8)

 

NEVER assume that ignorance equals stupidity or that just because someone was raised in a different culture than yourself that they are in some way less than or below you. I'd be willing to bet that you personally know someone who is a lot more intelligent than you, but happens to be illiterate and you don't know it. Now would that make you ignorant of a fact about your friend or just plain stupid :?:


P.S.
I may have been born in the south, but I'm not a "redneck" by any stretch of the imagination. I don't speak with a southern accent, eat grits and have never even owned a confederate flag! :wink: :evil:

 

Oh I'm sorry ,. I meant "Stereotypical",... meaning what the majority of people think of a certain group of people in a certain way......

I did NOT say that I agreed with the idea. I am sorry though, as I should've worded it a little better. I just mean that if you pulled a random person of the street and said does guy number 1 look like a trucker they would say yes...

And I agree I.Q. is not a way to measure Knowledge, rather, I.Q. is a way to describe a persons ability to "gain,hold,and use" knowledge of any kind..

I wouldn't use the word Stupid to describe anyone...A person is only ignorant if he/she refuses to learn or accept....Not knowing something or possessing a skill does not make anyone stupid,.

However I will say that you have NO argument on the fact that if a guy cannot read.......maybe he should learn BEFORE becoming a Trucker and making other truckers look bad... :?

You aren't a little bit insecure about being from the south are you?, you seem to have jumped at the opportunity to "tell me how it is"....

And the guy i was referring to wasn't a friend/acquaintance of mine, just some random guy in the group, I think he actually failed his drug test today....

 

They could have gotten that coveted Anchorage-Honolulu LTL linehaul run with the 100MPH amphibious tractor

 

start day at 0700 pti
0708 start driving log shows start at 0715 leagel because you only log at 1/4 hour intervals.
drive till 1207 log show 1200 driven so far 5 hours at 60mph for 300 miles in 4.75 hours of book time for an ave speed of 63 in a truck governed at 66 makes a fun day rinse wash repeat. not sure if this is the way to inturpet the book but i think you can do it this way.

 

Yup that's exactly why I left the biz. Too many low-class morons willing to put chicken lights over a decent medical/dental plan.

 

Not necessarily. Short periods of time (less than 15 minutes), can be FLAGGED instead of dropping the line, but your PTI should take more than 15 minutes if you are doing it correctly.

Good luck proving that you averaged 63 MPH in a 66 MPH truck if you get into an accident. The law of AVERAGES is against you. Just one instance where you are forced to stop or slow down, and your AVERAGE is shot out the window.

But then again, you are suggesting not logging it as you drive it. Why? If it takes 5 hours, then you should be logging 5 hours.