Hey everyone, things have changed a little bit from when I drove a truck in the past. Im hopping back into a truck next week with a very small company. I looked over the new rules and I want to make sure I have this down. DOT fines suck...
- I can only drive a maximum of 11 hours per day
- I can work anytime but with the 14 hour rule, I can only drive a truck within 14 hours of coming on duty
- I need a straight 10 hours of off-duty which includes 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper to reset the counters for the next day
- In the past 7 days I can only drive for 60 hours total
All the rules make sense to me except the 60/70 hour rule. Lets say I drive for 11 hours each day, that pretty much has me sitting out a day to reset the clock or to wait for the first day's driving to clear. I know that no driver will be going 11 hours a day everyday due to all the other aspects of the job.
I know there are several tricks but this is the basics of it right? I plan to drive early and hit it hard after my pretrip. Call it quits in the late afternoon that way I can eat / shower / sleep before doing it all over again.
Need some logbook help
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Zephirus, May 22, 2009.
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There are several ways that you can make the new rules work in your favor(some questionable...not going to go into that as you just need to start with the basics), utilizing the 34 restart is the key for me. Under the old rules, you could blow 1000 miles a day, but there was no restart back then and you had to wait to drop the days off the recap. With the restart, you can get a full fresh 70.
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loose leaf log sheets, throw down a hand full and kick on 'er!
Boardhauler and FriedTater Thank this. -
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Hey yard bird I tried calling you the other day....
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Triple Six is correct except............11 plus 10 equals 21 correct. But before you begin the next 11-hour driving period you must pre-trip the vehicle pursuant to 392.7 which reduces the other 3-hours. It is legal as he/she suggests to work beyond the 14th hour so long as that working time was not driving. An example would be doing the post-trip and completing the vehicle inspection report pursuant to 396.11 after the 14th hour. This is legal as you weren't driving after the 14th hour but it also takes you further into the 24-hour period before you begin your 10-hours rest which also reduces the driving time in that 24-hour period. If you take your rest all at once as you suggest there is nothing in the rule that requires at least 8-hours in the sleeper.
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I show 15 minutes on line 4 to pretrip and flag the post trip.
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I have worked for companies that required both to be at least 15 minutes.
It basically comes down to the company policy as well as the dot rules.
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