Keeping Current on a logbook?

I think you got lucky. I have never had shipper or receiver come out to the truck to get the bol or tell me what dock to back in too.

 

Is it a reefer or dryvan that you have to get out and open doors or slide tandems?

How about checking in with someone with paperwork?

Do you get back in a back up to the dock then step out and put a chock down by the tire?

All of this stuff is On Duty. I suppose if you got it done in 7.5 minutes or less you could just flag it.

You're better off just writing City,State and that's it right there, don't give them any ammo to shoot you with by putting Unload with no On Duty time. For all intents and purposes you can make it look like you drove to this City, State and went to bed then got up and drove off because there are no requirements to put anything in comments other than City,State.

 

"395.8(f)(1)(1) Entries to be current. Drivers shall keep their records of duty status current to the time shown for the last change of duty status."

Vertical lines indicate a change of duty status - from sleeper to driving, etc. Horizontal lines show how long you were on that particular duty status.

I see no difference between the two images as far as indicating a change in duty. If I stopped you at 1300 hours either one of the examples would be current to the last change of duty status, the last time you started driving, as long as you had been driving since noon.

However, as has been mentioned in this thread, I am missing seeing some line 4 time for your unloading.

 

Its now offical.

 

DOT'd at the scale and an audit by DOT are 2 different animals
where the DOT will match all your loading times
scale tickets fuel stops
check your speed avg point to point
and port of entries

tell me how you go into a warehouse check in and dont have any line 4



good luck to anyone doing it however works and protects their 70 to keep rolling

 

I told to log that 15 minutes of driving time in orientation by the log instructor to show that driving began, not so you could change it later if needed.

 

Unless they stop you at the gate or you hit a scale withing the first 15 minutes how are they going to know? Either one would work for me. Do what your company wants you to do and then if you get dinged you hand them the ticket.

 

line one is the right one for the not going on duty that's a hole different can of worms both of you would be wrong there whither you have to go in or not you still have to open doors or if flatbed untarp and unstrap

 

JJ, Carrier is going to accept what they can get away with and what's in their best interest like you protecting your 70. Swing down to 4 and catch a qtr hr. for the unload every time . You saw what Scalemaster said........cover the 6 driver......