Logging switching trailers in yard

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  1. wildbill123

    wildbill123 Heavy Load Member

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    I'm on a dedicated run that takes about nine hrs to complete, when I get back to my terminal they ask me to switch some trailers around in the yard.

    Do I log the time spent switching trailers on line 3 or line 4 ?
     
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  3. Jumbo

    Jumbo Road Train Member

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    If you dont leave the terminal then my guess is line 4.
     
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  4. Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

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    Technically, Line 3 Driving because you are at the controls of a CMV.

    If you are using the yard goat, Line 4 On Duty because the yard goat could never be mistaken for a CMV.
     
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  5. kelgar50

    kelgar50 Medium Load Member

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    On duty not driving because you are in the yard or privately owned property not on the public roadways. When I worked the oilfields according to dot standards and fmcsa unless we were traveling on public roads or highways we were allowed to log all driving as on duty.
     
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  6. SmoothShifter

    SmoothShifter Defender of the Driveline

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    Correct. You can spot trailers all day long. You could even exceed your 14 hours and stay on line 4 as long as you do not go off private property, ie: crossing the street from one yard to another.
     
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  7. otherhalftw

    otherhalftw R.I.P.

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    Or....you can be smart and log Line 1.....meet at the table... and have them pass the cash under the table!:biggrin_25525:
     
  8. dibstr

    dibstr Road Train Member

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    The regs do not differentiate between driving on private property or public roads as to whether you are considered to be driving.

    http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu...fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=395.2&guidence=Y

    Question 9: A driver drives on streets and highways during the week and jockeys Commercial Motor Vehicles in the yard (private property) on weekends. How is the yard time to be recorded?


    Guidance: On-duty (driving).
     
  9. CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

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    It depends how long you are doing it. If it was 2-3 trailers, they would get what I first dropped and the last one I hooked and 15-30 minutes on line 4. Unless the DOT man is hiding in the woodline with binoculars or you have an EOBR.
     
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  10. wildbill123

    wildbill123 Heavy Load Member

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    Thanks for the link, it answers my question completely.
     
  11. lostNfound

    lostNfound Road Train Member

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    Oilfield exception applied in your case, but does not in the case of the OP.
     
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