Actually you did over complicate it ... 8 years at Swift all I ever did was show 5 minutes on duty ... sometimes. The rest of time I show off duty.
At my current company I don't even show that. The only on duty I show is yard move. And then only if I'm going to move long enough to trigger the drive line.
To the op ... yes go off duty. And as long as you're off duty at least 2 hours the 14 hour clock will pause. But, depending on your company policy and your ELD's methodology, the pausing may or may not happen.
Maximizing my time, logging off duty while loading/unloading?
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All this talk about extending the 14 hour clock so that you can, what... work even longer hours without getting some much needed quality rest?
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I don't think anyone can debate that the absolute WORSE HOS status an OTR driver can be under is on duty (not driving), basically the truck is stopped, you have stopped making money, and your available hours are being sucked out. I know what is in part 395, and especially in part 395 regulatory guidance. Unless there is a special situation forcing your hand to stay in this status, do your best to get either off duty, or sleeper. I remember something that happened to me back many years ago. I went through a week from hell. I was inspected by DOT twice. In one place I had to get out of my tractor and actually stand inside the door while I was loaded. Between those inspections and those crazy loads, I went through my 70-hour clock like a hot knife through butter. I remember telling my fleet manager I had about 30 minutes left and was going to park at the flying fish hook. I did not have time to go to Mars candy and pick up a loaded trailer. Somewhere I still have that logbook. Of those 70 hours, about 20 of them were on duty (not driving) no matter what I did that week I could not get off that status. As an OTR driver, that status is VERY TOXIC, do your dang best to limit it to the absolute minimum!
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15 min. On Duty Not Driving to open doors, bump dock, drop, chock, slide, whatever’s needed, then Off Duty, to save Driving hours. This has been the acceptable procedure for years. Considered relieved of Duty while others are Loading or Unloading You. I once had a DOT call the receiver and ask what I did while getting unloaded. Dummy was trying to give me a ticket for being off duty while in a dock. They couldn’t. They weren’t the sharpest.
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you only need tp be on duty when you sign your BOL.
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