Truckers Report Jobs

Find Trucking Jobs

Company Driver Company Driver Dry Van Dry Van Flatbed Flatbed Refrigerated Refrigerated Specialized Specialized Owner Operator Owner Operator
More Trucking Job Searches ⌄ Fewer Trucking Job Searches
⌃

Whats The Best Way To Log When Running Team

Discussion in 'Canadian Truckers Forum' started by chauhanprv, Mar 18, 2011.

  1. Mar 18, 2011 #1
    chauhanprv

    chauhanprv Light Load Member

    112
    12
    Sep 19, 2009
    Brampton ON
    0
    I need some help with logs. I have never ran in Team and recently started running with Co-Driver. Question is that what is the easy and best way to log. I canot figure it out that once I go to sleeper lets say around 11.00 am and after 10 hrs I come back on duty how would I show the ending and starting KMs sometimes when I calculate I get over 1600 to 1900 KMs what am I doing wrong. Please help me so I can be legal and also as a Canadian can teams run 120/14 day cycle in USA or its just for Canada. I could have asked my safety manager but he is on Vacation.

    Thanks In Advance
     
    chauhanprv, Mar 18, 2011
    chauhanprv, Mar 18, 2011
    #1
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Mar 18, 2011 #2
    postmandav

    postmandav Medium Load Member

    313
    90
    May 18, 2008
    south portland, maine
    0
    I am not sure if this will answer your question, but in the US you would log the miles for each driver. When you begin your day write down the mileage on the odometer. At the end write down the mileage on the odometer. Subtract the beginning from the ending and that will be the total miles for the time you drove. You codriver would do the same.

    Also, the computer program Drivers daily logs would make things so much easier for you. I am sure that one of you has either a laptop or a smartphone. you could then input the info into the appropriate device. The program would then be able to compute the math for you for all available hours.
     
    Last edited: Mar 18, 2011
    postmandav, Mar 18, 2011
    postmandav, Mar 18, 2011
    #2
    chauhanprv Thanks this.
  4. Mar 18, 2011 #3
    Denadii Cho

    Denadii Cho Light Load Member

    284
    86
    Dec 9, 2010
    Calgary Alberta
    0
    Yup That's it
     
    Denadii Cho, Mar 18, 2011
    Denadii Cho, Mar 18, 2011
    #3
    chauhanprv Thanks this.
  5. Mar 19, 2011 #4
    Texas-Nana

    Texas-Nana Princess Drives-a-Lot

    8,805
    9,197
    Apr 23, 2008
    Nana's empty nest
    0
    I don't know how it's done in Canada but I team in the states. We log as postmandav said. If it would help any, I'd be happy to answer any other questions you have about logging for team, but keep in mind.....I only know how we do it in the U.S. LOL
     
    Texas-Nana, Mar 19, 2011
    Texas-Nana, Mar 19, 2011
    #4
    chauhanprv Thanks this.
  7. Mar 19, 2011 #5
    trucker_101

    trucker_101 Heavy Load Member

    941
    639
    Apr 23, 2010
    Alberta
    0
    What I do even though I run single. Is at every stop I mark the odometer reading on the same line where you write location of your stop, then it's easy to figure at the end of your shift. Even though I run single, I do this for "other" logging reasons.
     
    trucker_101, Mar 19, 2011
    trucker_101, Mar 19, 2011
    #5
    chauhanprv Thanks this.
  8. Aug 16, 2011 #6
    Dima

    Dima Bobtail Member

    15
    2
    Aug 16, 2011
    Toronto, ON
    0
    I heard some guys drive five hours each and do two logbooks.
     
    Dima, Aug 16, 2011
    Dima, Aug 16, 2011
    #6
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.