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Yeah I understand that ,But since my truck is less then rated for less then 10,000 pounds then when I am not pulling a trailer . I don't have to run a Logbook when I am unladen ??

 

Question 14: How must a Commercial Motor Vehicle CMV driver driving a non-Commercial Motor Vehicle CMV at the direction of a motor carrier record this time?

Guidance: If Commercial Motor Vehicle CMV drivers operate motor vehicles with Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)s of 10,000 pounds or less at the direction of a motor carrier, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requires those drivers to maintain records of duty status and record such time operating as on-duty (not driving).

 

Commercial motor vehicle means any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle—
(1) Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of 4,536 kg (10,001 pounds) or more, whichever is greater; or

(2) Is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for compensation; or

(3) Is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to transport passengers for compensation; or

(4) Is used in transporting material found by the Secretary of Transportation to be hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and transported in a quantity requiring placarding under regulations prescribed by the Secretary under 49 CFR, subtitle B, chapter I, subchapter C.

 

So does that mean that I am excempt from using a logbook when I am not pulling a Trailer ?? That is what I am confused about

 

A Commercial Motor Vehicle CMV driver driving a non-Commercial Motor Vehicle CMV? A Commercial Motor Vehicle Commercial Motor Vehicle??
Who edits these things? And what the hell is a non-Commercial Motor Vehicle Commercial Motor Vehicle? It either is or it isn't.

 

Read post 456 again.

I answered it once already.

You have to log it.

 

He's wondering why. Because you have to justify moving from one town to another. DOT has to be able to look at that logbook and not have questions. If you didn't log the return trip, who's to say you didn't haul a trailer back. If you are required to log, then do it 24/7.

 

I really wonder, because most of the rv hauling companies HAVE company policies that REQUIRE the logging back even if the truck is not required to.

 

(DUI VS POSTIVE DRUG TEST) WHY CAN YOU GET A JOB AFTER A DUI but not a postive drug test

 

And in that lies Why I asked the question/s that I have asked . I wanted to know with out a uncertainy if it was DOT Regulations or company policy to require the logbook . If it was company policy and NOT DOT regulations I would argure the point with the company I am currently pulling for ,So I could save logbook hours for making more runs to deliver trailers for both of us . I wonder what other 3/4 ton or 1 ton pickups would do if they also needed to log all of there driving hours even if they weren't being used to pull any kind of a trailer at the time ????