34-hour reset & recap planner: what you get back, and when
Enter your on-duty hours for each day of your cycle. The 34-hour reset & recap planner shows hours available tomorrow, the days ahead and when a reset would finish.
AVAILABLE TOMORROW
14h
10h comes back from 7 days ago
AFTER A 34-HOUR RESET
70h
off at 18:00, back on at 04:00 (+2d)
IF YOU STAY OFF DUTY
- +1d14h
- +2d23h
- +3d34h
- +4d34h
- +5d46h
- +6d56h
- +7d64h
- +8d70h
Tomorrow's recap gives you 14h. A 34-hour reset starting at 18:00 gives you the full 70 hours from 04:00 (+2d).
Planning aid, not legal advice. Your ELD is the record. Canada cycle 2 (120 hours in 14 days) and exceptions are not modeled.
POSTED: eCFR, 49 CFR 395.3(c) · checked Oct 2026
A 34-hour reset is best spent at home, not in a truck stop. Our dispatchers plan loads around your hours and home time, so resets land where you want them. Dispatch runs 5% of gross for one truck, and you confirm every load.
By Nathan Beck · Updated October 2026
Your daily clock gets the attention, but the weekly cycle decides how far the week goes. When you are near 70 hours, the question becomes: run on recap and get back a few hours tomorrow, or take a 34-hour reset and start fresh? This 34-hour reset and recap planner reads your on-duty hours day by day and answers both: hours available tomorrow, the days ahead, and when a reset would finish.
34-hour reset trucking rules
Federal rules for property-carrying drivers cap on-duty time at 70 hours in 8 days if your carrier runs every day, or 60 hours in 7 days if it does not. A restart of 34 consecutive hours off duty sets the period back to zero, so the full 60 or 70 hours are available again.
The reset is optional. Without it, the cycle rolls: each day, the oldest day in the window drops off and its hours come back. Those are your recap hours, and your ELD recap lists them.
POSTED: eCFR, 49 CFR 395.3(b) and (c) · checked Oct 2026
Recap hours in Canada
North of the border the numbers change. Canada's federal rules set cycle 1 at 70 on-duty hours in any 7 days and cycle 2 at 120 on-duty hours in any 14 days. A reset takes 36 consecutive hours off duty for cycle 1 and 72 hours for cycle 2. The planner models cycle 1. Remember the daily limits are different too: up to 13 hours of driving in a day.
POSTED: Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations, SOR/2005-313, ss. 12, 26-28 · checked Oct 2026
How it is calculated
- Used: the on-duty hours for each day in the window, today included.
- Available tomorrow: the limit minus the hours of every day except the oldest, which drops off at midnight.
- Days ahead: the same, day by day, if you stay off duty from now on.
- Reset: your off-duty start plus 34 hours (36 for Canada cycle 1) is when the full cycle is back.
- Reset or recap: if tomorrow's recap gives less than the full cycle, the tool shows when a reset would finish so you can compare.
What a good result and a bad result look like
A good result is a reset that falls where you would stop anyway: at home, or at a safe spot with showers and food, timed so you roll out early on a fresh cycle. A bad result is running out of cycle far from home with a few recap hours a day, or a reset in a lot where you cannot stay that long. Many rest areas post time limits well short of 34 hours; check rest area parking time limits by state before you plan one there.
Once you know the hours you have, use the hours of service calculator for today's clocks, and the trip planner to see where fuel stops and nights fall on the next run. Good truck route planning software helps pick the stop itself.
Plan the reset with the week
The cheapest reset is the one at home. Our dispatchers plan your loads around your hours and home time, so the week ends near your driveway when the cycle runs low, not 600 miles out. You confirm every load and the rate con comes to you. Read how it works for owner operators, or apply in about two minutes.
Questions about this calculator
How does the 34-hour reset work for truck drivers?
Under federal rules, taking 34 or more consecutive hours off duty starts a new 7 or 8-day period, so your 60 or 70-hour cycle goes back to zero. It is optional: you can also keep working on the rolling recap, getting back the hours from the oldest day each new day. A reset makes sense when the recap would give you only a few hours.
What are recap hours in trucking?
Recap hours are the hours you get back at midnight each day on a rolling cycle. On the 70-hour, 8-day cycle, the day that falls out of the 8-day window drops off, and its on-duty hours become available again. Your ELD shows a recap with each day's hours and what you have available. If you worked 10 hours on the oldest day in the window, seven days ago, those 10 hours come back tomorrow.
How do recap hours work in Canada?
Canada's federal rules use two cycles. Cycle 1 allows 70 hours on duty in any 7 days; cycle 2 allows 120 hours in any 14 days, with 24 hours off before passing 70. Resetting takes 36 consecutive hours off for cycle 1 and 72 for cycle 2. The planner models cycle 1; Canada also limits driving to 13 hours and on-duty to 14 hours a day.
Does time at a shipper count toward my 70 hours?
Yes. Every on-duty hour counts toward the cycle, not just driving: loading and unloading, waiting at a dock while on duty, inspections and fueling. That is why a week with long dock waits uses up your cycle faster than the miles suggest. Enter your total on-duty hours for each day from your ELD, not just the driving hours.
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Resets spent at home, not at a truck stop
We plan the week so the reset lands where you want it. You approve every load.