Loging or not loging

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  1. Rleger3

    Rleger3 Bobtail Member

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    The company I work for has trucks that are all apportioned for one state and keeps some trucks in another state. They also have drivers that travel over the hundred mile area.
     
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  3. jeffo51

    jeffo51 Bobtail Member

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    SOOOOOO....what's the question? That was a statement.
     
  4. Ebola Guy

    Ebola Guy Heavy Load Member

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    Maybe they are boasting.
     
  5. Rleger3

    Rleger3 Bobtail Member

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    Want to know the rules and guide lines of FMCSA. I'm getting different answers and putting it out there to see what I get. Sorry about the statement.
     
  6. crackinwise

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    I think this might help..... If you are not using log books and you are driving trucks that require a CDL then the log book exemption applies if you stay in a 100 air mile radius (about 115 miles) and you return to the same place your day started. Thats the very basic part.....

    Some other info about this exemption... You do not only have to drive 115 miles per day for the exemption. You can drive as many miles as you can within the 11/14 rule (still applies unless you are strictly intra-state and your state has different HOS rules then the federal rules). In other words you can drive 500 miles in a day and still be log book exempt as long as all the miles took place inside that 100 air mile radius from the home terminal.

    You can also cross state lines and be log book exempt as long as the border is within the 100 air mile radius ( of course you have to be apportioned for both states)

    And if you started your day log book exempt and then are told you need to drive to a destinantion outside the 100 air mile radius you then would need a log book. The good news is you can then get a log book and fill it out when you realize you now need a log book and you would go back to the start of your day and "catch up" to where you are when you became a log book required driver...

    Hope that makes some sense
     
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  7. White Dog

    White Dog Road Train Member

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    Makes perfect sense crackinwise. The only thing I might add is (atleast in Iowa)...if you DO have to start a log book for ANY reason, on ANY day, you can kiss that one 16 hour day you are normally allowed, good-bye. And if you've already used it---you can't start a log book and/or leave the 100 mile radius. My nephew found that out the hard way.
     
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  8. Rleger3

    Rleger3 Bobtail Member

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    Thank you fellows for the information!
     
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