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    HOS??????

    My instructor said by law if u was getting compensated for any thing u did. That u had to log it as on duty time. Example he gave was if on week of vacation u cut neighbors yard and he paid u. By law u had to log is as on duty not driving. Is this correct?

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    http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regul...aspx?reg=395.2

    On-duty time means all time from the time a driver begins to work or is required to be in readiness to work until the time the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work. On-duty time shall include:
    (1) All time at a plant, terminal, facility, or other property of a motor carrier or shipper, or on any public property, waiting to be dispatched, unless the driver has been relieved from duty by the motor carrier;
    (2) All time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any commercial motor vehicle at any time;
    (3) All driving time as defined in the term driving time;
    (4) All time in or on a commercial motor vehicle, other than:
    (i) Time spent resting in or on a parked vehicle, except as otherwise provided in §397.5 of this subchapter;
    (ii) Time spent resting in a sleeper berth; or
    (iii) Up to 2 hours riding in the passenger seat of a property-carrying vehicle moving on the highway immediately before or after a period of at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth;
    (5) All time loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle, supervising, or assisting in the loading or unloading, attending a commercial motor vehicle being loaded or unloaded, remaining in readiness to operate the commercial motor vehicle, or in giving or receiving receipts for shipments loaded or unloaded;
    (6) All time repairing, obtaining assistance, or remaining in attendance upon a disabled commercial motor vehicle;
    (7) All time spent providing a breath sample or urine specimen, including travel time to and from the collection site, to comply with the random, reasonable suspicion, post-crash, or follow-up testing required by part 382 of this subchapter when directed by a motor carrier;
    ( Performing any other work in the capacity, employ, or service of, a motor carrier; and
    (9) Performing any compensated work for a person who is not a motor carrier.

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    Say u out three weeks. U come home mow the yard, wash the vinyl on the house, fix washer, kick the dog, beat the kids, and take out the trash. After that the ole lady compensates u for it. How do u log that????

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    how is she "compensating" you?

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    Use ur imagination u been out on road three weeks. Lol

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    Think about what you are asking....

    Compensation in this context is are you paid for it....

    If momma is addressing other issues...

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    U don't anything under 7½ minutes don't have to be logged!!! Lol

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    if it's taking you less than 7 1/2 minutes, yer doin somethin wrong.

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    It was a joke. Been out 3 weeks. Just a little humour

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unkl L View Post
    My instructor said by law if u was getting compensated for any thing u did. That u had to log it as on duty time. Example he gave was if on week of vacation u cut neighbors yard and he paid u. By law u had to log is as on duty not driving. Is this correct?
    that is correct by the letter of the law

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