34-Hour Restart Explained (2026)

The 34-hour restart is the fastest way to wipe your weekly hours back to zero. Here's exactly what it does — and what it doesn't.

What it resets

The restart zeroes out your 60-hour/7-day or 70-hour/8-day cycle. After a valid restart, you get the full weekly allotment back. It does not touch your daily 11-hour and 14-hour clocks — those reset with 10 hours off, as covered in our HOS rules guide.

The requirements

• 34 consecutive hours off duty — off-duty or sleeper berth, with no driving in between.
• It's optional — you can keep running on the rolling recap instead.
• Time spent in the restart still gets logged; the ELD just stops it counting toward your cycle once complete.

Restart vs. rolling recap

You don't have to take a restart. As old days fall off the back of your 7- or 8-day window, hours come back automatically (the rolling recap). A restart simply recovers everything at once — useful before a heavy week.

	34-hour restart	Rolling recap
Speed	Full cycle back at once	Hours trickle back daily
Effort	34 hrs parked	Keep driving
Best for	Before a big week	Steady runners

Let the ELD count it for you

Miscounting a restart is an easy way to end up over your 70. TruckSpot ELD tracks the restart timer and your rolling cycle automatically and warns you before you run out of weekly hours.

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Frequently asked questions