Teaming Logging

My wife and I are new to trucking and teaming. Do we each need to log a Pre trip and Post trip when we swap drivers, as in, I get done driving and do a post trip, and she does a pre trip or vice versa? It seems redundant if she is checking everything in the pre I would be checking in the post, which is why I'm asking. What about sending in the Post trip macro on the qualcom, does that need to be done every time we mark we did a post trip?

Thanks

 

Short answer is yes and no on the pre/post trips. You are pre-trip inspecting the truck so as long as you do not change loads, that is it is the same trip, you do not have to re-inspect the truck when you switch over. However, it takes at least 15 min to switch drivers so why not log one then anyways as this will cover you if a scale house or dot cop gets funky on you.

 

I believe it has to be logged each time by both of you, even if you are related; if something happened on your shift the looks would go to you, not the other person. Some companies require a safety check I guess it is called in the evening also.

Just make sure you don't run yourself out of time before you stop for the post-trip though.

Good luck.

 

Just do it everytime u switch driver only takes 15 min,to be safe.

 

i believe only a Pre-trip inspection is required by the DOT. However your company you drive for might require a pre and post trip on your logs. Check with your log dept.

 

You have it backwards...Post trip and completion of DVIR, the "pre-trip" is a verification of the previous driver's DVIR. Pre-trip is flagged (no time on line 4) post trip is 15 minimum line 4.

Yes each driver needs to complete the pre/post trip paperwork before/after their driving shift. There is no such thing as "team logs"...each driver is responsible for their own log, as far as "teaming", your two separate logs need to work together...in other words, you can't both be driving (line 3) at the same time, but you could both be sleeper (line 2) at the same time. Just apply a little common sense.

 

Pre-trips can be flagged.. Post Trips must be logged on duty

 

amazing how different everyone thinks these rules are
i can barely figure out me let alone my wife glad she is only a backseat driver
"Why'd you go down this street I told ya................" sigh

it would seem to me your company safty dept would tell you how they want things logged

 

If I would have accepted my old co driver's post trip reports and not pretripping myself...well I probably wouldn't have a CDL anymore due to too many tickets.