Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

Nah, it's a local company here in town. I got in on the local side to see what they do. Household moving stuff. It's ok as a day job but trying to do OTR loading piecework would drive me up the wall. I still think it's a good deal but I don't like the business. They do some reefer stuff but they're just getting into it. If they decided to lease me a truck and a flatbed, I'd take it and run. As it is, they seem to have a lot of pissed off drivers in the fleet, most of which seems to be parked in the lot.

I never have liked Freightliners and I've heard about their repair shops. I'd rather find an older Kenworth or something and just take care of it.

So I'll hang out for a while before moving on, end of the summer at the most. My roomate and I were tossing around the idea of starting a small high end stereo company. Make Bose look like the cheap junk that it is. I think that'll make a nice side business if we can get it going.

 

so guys are yall sketching in your comic books while running local or not?....had a diesel bear tell me today i better be logging next time he sees me....i thought there was a air mile rule or something

 

Within 150 miles of your home base, there is. There might be a different log that you just write your daily hours down in. I've had to use one like that before but my state got rid of the requirement a few years ago.

Course if you're a farmer or direct employee of a farmer, you don't even have to have a cdl, forget logs. Best read the exact rules for trying to run that way, though.

 

thanks amigo....i looked it up and he is wrong....go figure

 

I was told if you're doing both local and otr, then everything needs to be logged. If you're only doing local, and you're within 150 miles of your home base, no logs.

 

When was it changed to 150 miles? Years ago we went by 100 miles of the home base. When I hauled local I didn't need to have a log but I had a book with inspection forms in it and I still had to fill out my inspection everyday I worked.

 

I know it's 150 with ag products, might be different for other types of freight.

 

100 mile radius plus you have to begin and end your day in the same location for us here in Kansas. Don't know if it differs by state, though.

 

In Arkansas farm drivers w/out a CDL must stay within 150 miles of home base.