Line 5: On duty, waiting?

Never more than a hour and a half a day.
Move your butt into the sleeper and save your hours no need to run out
your 70 when you don't need to

 

Ummmm, never. I used to log hours loading a vac tanker, was pulled over for an inspection. DOT officer told me to put it off duty when I was loading, I was burning up my hours. Now I am sure not all DOT officers see it his way but, no problems yet!

 

I log my entire day on line 4...

 

I've been on line 1 since last August.

 

one half hour for loading or tarping etc fifteen minutes for fuel other than that all down time is spent off duty or sleeper birth..

 

State of Maine requires you to log waiting time as on duty. I was called to the carpet on that one. Thankfully it was a company that informed me and not DOT.

 

Most DOT know it takes longer than 15 minutes to load and unload. They also understand that most places we go to don't allow us on the docks. When EOBR's become mandatory for everyone that'll change.

 

Just on the last load I had, I waited over 6 hours between load and unload...over 4 hours to load when it was supposed to be a drop & hook, and another 2 hours at the Wal-Mart DC in Cullman, AL...

I've been waiting where I'm currently at for 34 hours.....does that count? LOL