Dot Violation?

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by CheapSkate23, Nov 15, 2023.

  1. Last Call

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    Ok just for the sake of discussion let’s say it takes me 12.5 hrs to get the trans and clutch out and then I spend another hr putting a rear main seal it now I’am at 13.5 hrs and realize the input shaft should be replaced but I have to drive 70 miles to get one technician I can’t go get it correct ?cause now I have to drive
     
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  3. Oxbow

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    So, if I spent 2 hours doing an ifta filing, another hour invoicing, drive to my insurance agent and update my policy, go to the bank and apply for financing on a new trailer, go home and grease my truck, add chicken lights, adjust the clutch, then take the VP out for dinner and dancing, none of that needs to be logged as on duty not driving because it's my truck and I'm not being compensated for it? (Rhetorical question, ain't no way I'm logging it)
     
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  4. Last Call

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    But I’am also not getting compensation for putting a clutch in either I don’t pay myself to repair my own truck
     
  5. Oxbow

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    As long as you take your heavy Chevy you're OK, just hold off on the Hamms!
     
  6. Last Call

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    You do all that and still find time and energy to take the little lady out of dancing ?
    Dam your a hellva a Man ! LOL
     
  7. Last Call

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    lol
     
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  8. Oxbow

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    Hmmmm, the VP might compensate me later, I better log it!;)
     
  9. Last Call

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    You can log that as Sleeper birth
     
  10. Oxbow

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    Ha!
     
  11. SmallPackage

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    back when i was driving full time when I got home and parked truck i was clocked out. Until I got back in it the next morning i was then clocked back in. That was all i was getting paid for on my check.
    Nowadays 99.9 percent of the time i clock out at warehouse at 6pm. Drive home in truck 25-30 mins away off the clock. Get home and have din din with the wife and doggies and then go out around 7:15-7:30 to the shop to work on truck or car or house or put out little fires here and there on property till 10 or 11 every night. Heck friends or family may come over to have something hammered out, welded up, maybe a tire repair or something. They may give me $20 bucks or a $100 or maybe just a hand shake or a hug for the help. I even cut hay for cash with an old Ford 4600 till 10 or 11 at night. Go to bed between 11- midnight and wake up around 3 am to whiz. Back to sleep and then back up at 5:15 to crap, shower, and shave, and breakfast. Then leave house in truck at 6:15 off the clock for the 25-30min drive back to warehouse to finally clock in between 6:45-6:50 just to do it all over again ground hog style.

    Should I log that as “on duty not driving”?
     
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