How does ELD work with a mixed used CMV?

1. So when you drive a CMV, say from Cali to NY. No load booked, just driving for say a truck show. You still need to log those miles for IFTA?

2. Probably a question for the DMV, but can you dual register a vehicle?

3. I will be getting a pre-pass. Already approved. I will have BOL's for whatever I am hauling but not for my own property as stated on the FMCSA website. But this also has me wondering. How do you convey its your property and your not hauling it for money? Will I have to show the title of my mud truck in my name to every scale house that wants it?

4. That seems like a grey area since there is no definition of PC like in Canada. Based on current FMCSA ruling, I could technically PC from Cali to NY.

 

Backwards, because 99% of trucks are used to deliver freight for profit, period. Not some older gentleman in his glory years fulfilling a bucketlist. Same can be said that I'm using it for commercial use. I can drive it from Cali to NY and back 20 times without ever hauling anything. That is all PC use.

 

In terms of ELD's. Is PC the only option available when driving a CMV while off-duty or is there other types of off-duty driving?

 

I do want to run the ELD all the time. Just don't want my clock to be hit if I do a load. Then travel 8 hours after delivery with no load booked to go see Mt. Rushmore and then a few hours after my tour, find a load that is 2 hours away with a 13 hour eta to destination. The time spent between delivery of the 1st load and before booking my 2nd load shouldn't affect my working hours.

 

Before anything, that guys CDL was suspended so he shouldn't have been driving regardless.

Also, the times I gave in my "example" are just eta driving times to places for my theories, not actual event times. Things like sleeping, eating, bathroom etc will all naturally occur between each major event. I'm not looking to drive without adequate sleep to make deadlines. Just don't want to spend a 34 hour reset at a truckstop in KS because I spent the whole week looking at landmarks with 0 loads booked and all my driving was personal use.

 

LOL! I would like a decent safety rating and not have my DOT number suspended!

I will just use PC and keep records that the load was booked after my leisure tour if that is what actually happens at that point in time. If I have a load booked but a point of interest is on the way then I will still use on-duty time because I am driving for the load.