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jason6969 · Aug 29, 2010

why if u run bobtail are u pov not held to hos what is pov thanx

davenjeip · Aug 29, 2010

HOS still apply to bobtail.

Allow Me. · Aug 29, 2010

POV is personal owned vehicle. Circumstances apply when "bobtailing".

Injun · Aug 29, 2010

If you are making the payments on a truck, you are allowed to use it for personal transport and therefore log it off duty. However, if you are moving your own bobtail on company business for any reason, it is done on the Driving line. Company drivers moving a bobtail anywhere have to log it as driving.

The title to this thread really doesn't match up to the question. Just an observation.

thelastamericanhippy · Aug 29, 2010

Our company allows us to log it off duty.

lostNfound · Aug 29, 2010

Injun said: ↑

If you are making the payments on a truck, you are allowed to use it for personal transport and therefore log it off duty. However, if you are moving your own bobtail on company business for any reason, it is done on the Driving line. Company drivers moving a bobtail anywhere have to log it as driving.
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Ownership of the truck does not matter.

Question 26: If a driver is permitted to use a CMV for personal reasons, how must the driving time be recorded?

Guidance: When a driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work, time spent traveling from a driver's home to his/her terminal (normal work reporting location), or from a driver's terminal to his/her home, may be considered off-duty time. Similarly, time spent traveling short distances from a driver's en route lodgings (such as en route terminals or motels) to restaurants in the vicinity of such lodgings may be considered off-duty time. The type of conveyance used from the terminal to the driver's home, from the driver's home to the terminal, or to restaurants in the vicinity of en route lodgings would not alter the situation unless the vehicle is laden. A driver may not operate a laden CMV as a personal conveyance. The driver who uses a motor carrier's CMV for transportation home, and is subsequently called by the employing carrier and is then dispatched from home, would be on-duty from the time the driver leaves home.

A driver placed out of service for exceeding the requirements of the hours of service regulations may not drive a CMV to any location to obtain rest.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu.../fmcsrruletext.aspx?chunkkey=09016334800232af
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jason6969 · Aug 30, 2010

swift allows us to log off duty to eat i guess going home is off duty too thanks for all comments they were very helpful

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