OTR/Regional with a daycab

########. There are thousands of daycabs running over the road every day. The only thing you need to worry about is where you sleep. It can not be in the truck. Heck I have slept on the deck of my trailer before. I am also looking to put a sleeping bag and maybe a cot or tent in the truck to save on hotel bills.

Now if you don't have these things and no hotel receipt then you may have an issue.

 

Sylvester Stalone did it in Over The Top? What's the problem?

 

Because front seats aren't considered a Sleeper Berth.

 

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/393.76

 

It's really true. Show them the logbook and they will probably put u oos without proof of a hotel slip. Plus why do u want to do otr in a daycab? Clearly u don't have funds to even buy a proper truck

 

I always wondered if 'camping' in its varying forms as it could apply to truckers was an acceptable form for the DOT. Sounds like it's legit.

 

They changed the rules a few years back (2013).

The rules no longer require the use of a sleeper birth for a solo driver to do his off-duty time in and they only say “A driver may not drive without first taking 10 consecutive hours off duty”, they no longer say that any time in a CMV other than the sleeper birth is on-duty.

See http://cerasis.com/2013/06/11/new-hours-of-service-rules/ for a summary.

Under the the “What are the new Hours of Service of Rules Changes?” section. The prior rule for "On-duty time" stated

The new rule change now says…..

Those are paraphrasing the actual rules, the actual rule for the statement for “not inducing time resting in a parked vehicle” is 395.2 at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/395.2 under the “On-duty time” section item 4 that says…

So the sleeper birth provision only really applies to team drivers now as a solo driver’s truck could not possibly be “moving on the highway” while he is resting (unless he forgot to set the barking brake ).

Lots of hot shot drivers running 1 tons take advantage of this change now and it put most of the companies that were making sleeper conversions for 1 tons out of business. As long a the vehicle is not moving you do not need to sleep in a birth that complies with section 393.76.

 

I've done it. Never stayed out more than 4 days though. Ran into to a lot of other tanker yankers that did the same, at hotels