Out of school, WWYD?

JoeB,
Be careful about going Class B thinking you'll switch to Class A later on down the road. You have a MUCH better chance getting hired as a driver right out of school. If you wait for awhile, most companies will say you have no "recent" driving experience and not hire you. I even knew a guy who applied at a company after taking time off and they told him he would have to re-attend driving school. He had about 5 yrs. exp. and took 6 mos. off.
As for the log book stuff, I log legal, and yes you can take any combination of time for sleeper/off duty so long as it's at least 10 hrs. consecutive. I usually take a 10 hr. break, but will take longer if need be.
Hope this helps

 

People who don't know what the hell they are talking about shopuld not give answers to questions. You cannot take any combination for your 10 hr break. You have to have at least 8 hrs in the sleeper and the other 2 or more hours can also be in the sleeper or off duty. Or you can take a full break off duty that's at least 10 hrs if applicable.

 

You just re-stated what I said.

 

JoeB,
Not sure about the farm driving, so I can't help you there. As far as appts. go, it really depends on whether the company runs hot loads or not. The companies I have worked for give plenty of time to make your appts. even with bad weather and traffic figured in. Some receivers will allow no wiggle room in the appt., it just depends on where you're delivering to. As far as avoiding a hot load, if you get a dispatch that is tight, let your dipatcher know before taking the load that it will be tight for you to make it, you may not be able to make it, and make sure if it's late it's not on you.

 

no, he didn't. according to you, you can have any combination of sleeper/off duty time as long as it adds up to 10 hours. this is incorrect. if you use the sleeper birth as part of your time off, you have to have at least 8 consecutive hours on this line. why do solo drivers even use the sleeper birth line? it is meant for team drivers so they can split up their off duty time. I always just used the off duty line. never had an issue with company or DOT taking 10 hours off duty.

 

This is what is listed in the HOS regs. I've never had any problems logging this way. I do not drive team and know nothing about split sleeper times.


(g) Sleeper berths. (1) Property-carrying commercial motor vehicle.' (i) In General. A driver who operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle equipped with a sleeper berth, as defined in §§395.2 and 393.76 of this subchapter,
(g)(1)(i)(A) Must, before driving, accumulate
(1) At least 10 consecutive hours off duty;
(2) At least 10 consecutive hours of sleeper-berth time;
(3) A combination of consecutive sleeper-berth and off-duty time amounting to at least 10 hours; or
(4) The equivalent of at least 10 consecutive hours off duty if the driver does not comply with paragraph (g)(1)(i)(A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section

 

Like I said those that don't know what they are talking about should not give advice. You shopuld also read the entire thing I have taken the liberty of highlighting it for you since you looked right at it and still didn't figuire it out. If you have been logging just random combinations as you say and have never had any problems you have just been lucky to not get your log book checked because any DOT or state trooper would shut your ### down in a heartbeat for logging as you say you have.

Also from the fmcsa.dot.gov website homepage fro rules and regulations
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos/index.htm

Now lets compare to what I told you originally

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