Finishing a trip

Yes, the other driver will have to log on to that truck.

 

Wouldn't it be better just to do the 10 then head to the yard?I don't know if the dispatcher would agree to sending a driver to come get the truck.My guess is he would want the driver to take his brake.Are you the driver ,dispatcher or what?

 

An hour for the next driver to get called up and readied, 2 hours out to the driver out of hours, 2 hours back to home terminal. That's 5 hours [plus additional wage and equipment costs] to save 8 or 10 hours. Just not sure that's viable in most situations.

 

Yes, you can do it with another driver.

 

This is what many are dealing with, but you have to question the accuracy and honesty of your paper logs if you've been operating this way for years, and now that eLogs are in play you can't do what you've been doing.

Yes, you can do this. Or you can add additional employee costs and run "teams". Or you can add additional trailers and hope sometimes your drivers can get back in time to break then get back out in time to make the next delivery. Of course none of these options are sensible or without additional significant costs but it's the cost of doing business with the current HOS rules

This is why I've stated many times the current HOS rules mean most carriers have to have a larger truck, trailer, and driver pool just to insure they can continue meeting customer needs. Yes, this will also means more assets will sit idle.

Take it up with your senator and congressman that more flexible HOS rules are required

 

Yes he can. The fresh driver will need to log the time driving the car as on duty, then sign into the truck and do the normal pre and drive to the yard. The out of hour driver can then drive back in the car, again on duty. Once he gets back to the yard he can then start his 10.
Or as STexan said, hire more drivers

 

Or hire me for power-only. I'll hook up to your trailer for $10/mile (hook/drop @ min charge of $300 for 3 hrs, 6hrs max) while your driver switches to PC on the bobtail. I'm on paper-logs...tsk! tsk!