Dot regulations for tow trucks

Most towing laws are covered by your state government. For example, I towed in PA, and theer were no laws governing work time, rest, distance from home office... nothing.

In Texas, there are no on-call drivers... each company has to actually man the 12 hour shift, meaning a guy can't get called out of bed to respond to a tow, whether police generated or private. Weird.

I'd research your state laws, and hopefully, these can get you the info you need.

 

If the tow truck is 10,0001 lbs or more all the same laws apply to it as it does a big truck. Even if they claim the local exemption, your company has to comply with Part 395.

 

Hours of Service Regulations

Thanks to that "sucky" google... LOL

 

Your boss needs to get KNEE DEEP in 395.1... if he's audited, or if any of your trucks are in an accident and you're not operating legally, he hasn't yet seen fines of that proportion, I promise.

 

If you are required by law to fill out logs then you're under dot regs. One of those regs prohibits you from sleeping in a truck that does not have an actual sleeper on it. You might want to print that out and give it to him.

Course I never filled out logs while running a tow truck no matter what size it was. Was never asked for them either.

 

No logs on the local rule stuff, time cards at place of employment, returning to the same home office, etc...

 

Implying we even had time cards or a home office. My truck went in my front yard when I wasn't driving it just to piss off the local city council. On the boss's orders too.

 

If it's a CMV then no you can not sleep in the truck unless it has a sleeper.