Am I missing something here?

Different states have intrastate laws that override federal law as long as you don't cross state lines.. and most southern states have farm or oil field laws that make the driver into a slave..

 

and let's not forget. that it's a local job. you're home every night.

70/8 doesn't apply.

you're on the 60/7 rule.

i once applied for a job. hauling sod with a forklift on the back. paid $15 hourly. worked 60 hours. but becuase it was agriculture. no overtime pay.

don't know if that's true or not. i never got hired. but if that's the case.

i'm betting that rule also applies to your grain hauling advertisement.

 

If it's strictly intrastate, states make their own rules as stated above. For example, in FL you can drive 12 hours INTRAstate instead of the fed 11 hours. Just don't go to GA!

 

I hauled sod back in the late 80's, under the same rules you mention. Being classified as agriculture, the farmer didn't have to pay overtime. He also ran farm plates on his tractor trailers, and told us he could legally only haul products from, or to, his farm, but was not affected by weight limits, or oversize rules, if it fit on the trailer, he could legally haul it.

 

10 bucks an hour what a joke

 

nice economy we have to work for such lower wages now.

 

I have pulled loads of bulls and run 14 hrs and the DOT didnt even look at my truck, just said you need to get these dlivered and go to bed.. They just say OH! Go ahead. Same way when I hauled mail out of Harrisburg to NO-SAN and had 5-7 drops in b/n like Lk Chas and Waco. No one looked at my truck if I had US Mail on, they just stopped the truck behind me.

 

I know people with no schooling or special licenses that make that.

 

Probably have a way around the HOS figured. I can about bet the will work you like a slave for $10 an hour and you wont more than likely see any overtime. Dont walk RUN!