Oilfield daycab question

Thenn go to the interpretation page and read questions 6-11.

 

I haven't read them thoroughly, but it appears that if your cousin's husband is in the cab of a cement pumper, frac pumper, blender, etc. (the "specially constructed" CMVs referred to in 395.1(d)(2)), then his waiting time does not count as on-duty (nor, obviously, sleeper berth if none exists). The exemption does not appear to cover cement or sand bulk haulers or the like.

I would have to read the rule referred to in the Interpretation, but trying to qualify bulk haulers under that exemption would be a stretch. I can say that with some authority having cemented, acidized, frac'd, etc., hundreds of oilwell, so I am more than a little familiar with all of the related equipment. However, two caveats, most of my work was in Canada, and it was all done at a time when we were not required to use any form of logbooks.

 

As with all things "Trucking" Rules and Laws are "subjective"
The daycab venture is what it is out in the patch.
Oilfield is oilfield,doesnt matter if it cement,water or sand
You must have a 5 line log in order to push the 14 rule under the Oilfield exemption.
The reality of trucking is not as sanitary as they have brain washed rookies to believe.

You cry foul and your on your way out,its simple as that.
Gut this out like anything else thats uncomfortable and it will be but a memory
further down the road.Your being paid to sleep so make the best of it.

1) 6' 2x12" will span the seats for suitable rest in a
one stack with a window in the back.

 

I agree with the comment above. The driver sleeping in the daycab is not going to do much besides get fired. Find another job first and then consider if you want to kick a hornets nest.

Nobody is suggesting you might not have a real grievance here or whether it's safe.

If the consensus is that it's legal, it still sounds like a bad situation, worthy of finding another job.

 

Quiting is the most likely,not many can handle the demands
of oilfield work.
Its not all that hard,its just that folks are pathetically lazy
and refuse to earn their keep.

 

The issue isn't whether this qualifies as short-, or long-haul, but what is legal insofar as the OILFIELD OPERATIONS exception.

Under the regular rules (aside from exceptions like OILFIELD OPERATIONS), a driver cannot log off-duty time in the cab of a truck.