Apparently, the good citizens of Terre Haute, Indiana are about to be menaced by my 18 wheeler. My satellite unit just went off with the news that I need to deadhead there by 6 PM tonight, which should at least help my fuel economy compared to the 42,000 lbs I just got rid of.
Alas, I have to cross the molasses-like state of Illinois at 55 MPH for most of the day...
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Today I am making use of a little-used (and difficult to use correctly, I might add) provision of the Hours of Service called the Split Sleeper berth rule. Basically, instead of taking 10 consecutive hours off, I will take eight hours "now" (from 1 AM to 9 AM this morning) then another two later. The rule is kind of funky to follow correctly, and I'm only attempting it because I use the computerized log book software called Driver's Daily Log. Highly recommended, by the way.
