can you do split sleeper twice in a row?
I'm hearing mixed things from different people. I did a 8/2 yesterday and trying to do it again today. Is it possible?
Posted Aug 31, 2022, 10:47 PM UTC
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Simple answer YES.
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I’m confused with what you mean, have you had a 10hr break in between your shifts yesterday and today?
As another poster said you can chain the splits together by alternating the break time 2/8/2/8/2 so on and so forth for however long you want and you’ll gain time back every break after the first split completion.
But like you couldn’t do an 8 hr break, drive, 2hr break to complete first split, drive and then try and do another 2hr break to start a separate split. You’d have to have a 10hr break to “start” an entirely new split. You can continue the initial split forever if you’re able to keep track of the hours you’ll be gaining back every time you completed the split. But you can’t start two completely separate splits without a 10hr break in between.
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I have not had a 10 yet. I was told I didn't have to have a 10 in between two splits.
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It depends on what you are trying to do. If you are trying to alternate the split like 8hr break then a 2hr break then an 8hr break and so on you will never have a full clock back, you’ll only regain the amount of on duty time/workday time that you used prior to the break before the one you are completing.
Example:
Drive 5hrs
8hr break/start split (drive time left: 6hrs)
Drive 4hrs
2hr break completes initial split, regain time from before first break (drive time now left: 7 hrs) 6hrs-4hrs used plus 5hrs regained from used time before starting split
Drive 6hrs
8hr break: continues the initial split and acts like the previous 2hr break is the start of the split (drive time left : 5hrs)
It’s hard to explain but you would never have a full clock or be able to regain any more drive time than whatever you had used from prior to the previous break plus whatever was left over. Did this help any?
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Everyone’s answer seems very confusing.
Yes. As long as you alternate the lengths of your breaks you can do split sleepers forever and never take a 30 again.
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I burn through my 70 in 6 days running a perpetual split sleeper. To me it is the only way to make my time on the road as productive as possible.
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Just remember that the 8 hour break must be logged as Sleeper Berth.
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Yes. 2 days in a row. They're designed to go all week 2 - 8 - 2 - 8 - 2 - 8.
However the Eld's used at my company don't always calculate the correct hours back (or I just don't trust them) and will usually use thr benefit of the 2 hr and do a 10 just to guarantee my clock comes back.
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Yes. You can keep doing it until your clock runs out, But it's exhausting.
You don't need a solid 10, you just need your last two breaks to add up to 10 hours, and 8 of them have to be in the sleeper.
Eld I was using a while back required your third break to be an 8hr, but i think that's just because it was cheap garbage.
The key to split breaks is to remember that a) it only starts to be beneficial towards the end of the second day in most cases and b) try to keep your drives shifts to five hours per to get the max benefit.
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Take your creativity back to the big city college boy
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Do what now?
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No, but. You can take 8, that’ll split you 2/8. You can follow that up with a 2, that’ll split you 8/2. You can keep chaining splits together like that, but to start a new split you need to stuff a 10 in.
You obviously don't run the split sleeper. First. It is 8/2 or 7/3 Second. You can run this indefinitely until your 70 is up.
No, I do. I’m explaining how it works, to my understanding.
Your first 8/2 split works like this: you take 8, that pauses your clock. Then you take 2, rounding out that split. You get your time back, starting from the end of your 8.
You cannot now do another 8/2 split. If you take 8, you round out an overlapping 2/8 split and get your time back from the end of your 2 hour break.
Now you take 2, and it gives you your time back from the second 8 hour period forward.
You can’t do an 8/2 split and follow it up with another 8/2, you have to chain a 2/8 between them.
You're clueless.
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