Time has always been an issue and everyone lives by the clock. When I worked in retail my weekly clock was 29 hours, I could work either 4 days at 8 hours or 5 days at 5 hours always with room to spare for just in case I am needed a little after my shift. Now that I am on the road I go by a different clock the clock set in place by DOT(department of Transportation) so the weekly clock seems more like 70 hours but way more complicated then just 70 hours and it goes beyond the 7 days a week. So let's start with the daily. A Driver has 14 hours in his day they are called hours of service and not all these hours are used daily but can be very well used, 11 of those hours are meant for driving. Now my fiance he drives a flatbed. From what I understand so far there are three trailors Drybox, flatbed, and refergeriated. Refergeriated is often called refer(so you know when I say refer I am not talking about Marijuana) So in this flatbed world I have come into we have 3 hours to do everything else but this goes for all trucks these are DOT regulations, so whether you are flatbed, box, or refer the same applies. To recap 14 hours total in your day 11 hours to drive and 3 for other work. Now in all honesty the number of complicated things that happen in the day one doesn't use the whole clock. But some days every ounce is used but not all 11 hours are used for driving. (And as I am writing this I am remember there are also Tanker, Loggers, and livestock haulers. ) Now most consumers who work the retail or general 40 hour work week, think that is great 70 hours but alas truckers don't get paid by the hour they generally get paid by the miles with exception to owner-operators who at times get paid by the mile or percentage, or by weight of the load. On most days that I am out here with my fiancé we get a load to pick up, we drive generally between 10-50 miles and sometimes more pick up the load which can take anywhere from 20 minutes to 6 hours to get loaded depending on the place. And on the days when it take 6 hours to load it really eats up time because honestly we are just sitting there. On top of the sitting there and waiting, a flatbedder has to tarp a load now with me there it can take 1 1/2-2 hours to tarp the load with out me there this can take my fiance up to double that time. I will end here and let my readers to ask them self do you think all trucks should be under the 14 hour clock?
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Time has always been an issue and everyone lives by the clock. When I worked in retail my weekly clock was 29 hours, I could work either 4 days at 8 hours or 5 days at 5 hours always with room to spare for just in case I am needed a little after my shift. Now that I am on the road I go by a different clock the clock set in place by DOT(department of Transportation) so the weekly clock seems more like 70 hours but way more complicated then just 70 hours and it goes beyond the 7 days a week. So let's start with the daily. A Driver has 14 hours in his day they are called hours of service and not all these hours are used daily but can be very well used, 11 of those hours are meant for driving. Now my fiance he drives a flatbed. From what I understand so far there are three trailors Drybox, flatbed, and refergeriated. Refergeriated is often called refer(so you know when I say refer I am not talking about Marijuana) So in this flatbed world I have come into we have 3 hours to do everything else but this goes for all trucks these are DOT regulations, so whether you are flatbed, box, or refer the same applies. To recap 14 hours total in your day 11 hours to drive and 3 for other work. Now in all honesty the number of complicated things that happen in the day one doesn't use the whole clock. But some days every ounce is used but not all 11 hours are used for driving. (And as I am writing this I am remember there are also Tanker, Loggers, and livestock haulers. ) Now most consumers who work the retail or general 40 hour work week, think that is great 70 hours but alas truckers don't get paid by the hour they generally get paid by the miles with exception to owner-operators who at times get paid by the mile or percentage, or by weight of the load. On most days that I am out here with my fiancé we get a load to pick up, we drive generally between 10-50 miles and sometimes more pick up the load which can take anywhere from 20 minutes to 6 hours to get loaded depending on the place. And on the days when it take 6 hours to load it really eats up time because honestly we are just sitting there. On top of the sitting there and waiting, a flatbedder has to tarp a load now with me there it can take 1 1/2-2 hours to tarp the load with out me there this can take my fiance up to double that time. I will end here and let my readers to ask them self do you think all trucks should be under the 14 hour clock?
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