OFF Duty Driving

No law against off-duty driving unless you are traveling in the direction of dispatch or under a load. But this is moot if the company owning the truck wants to restrict it.
Nevertheless, I work for a company that doesn't allow any off duty driving - absurd. I do it anyway when I need to and once in a while have to say: "Oh, sorrrry, won't ever do that again!"

What are they gonna do, fire me?

 

There is nothing written in the book about how far or how long.

 

It's your company's decision. My company allows us to drive 20 miles per day on PC.

 

Not aware of one

Go around the world , just cant be attached to a trailer and do PC

Must be BOB Tail

 

I think you can haul an my trailer

 

Remember, it counts against your days 14 but not the 70. If you are already at the 14 for the day and bobtail to the house, you are now in violation.

 

The rule says "unladen," not "bobtail," meaning unloaded or more preferably, empty. Some carriers prefer to go conservative on that and require you to be bobtail, but that's up to them and you're required to follow their guidelines since it's their authority you're running under. Otherwise there's nothing in the regulation that requires you to only run personal conveyance without pulling a trailer. A flatfoot might decide to ticket you for that, but that's what we have courts for, isn't it? The courts decide what the law means, not the cops.

Personal conveyance means just that. Using your truck (whether connected to a trailer or not) for your own personal reasons, not for something business-related. As long as you can show you're within the realm of operating a commercial vehicle with or without a trailer for personal reasons, you're good to go.

 

If you're off-duty, you're off-duty. I've known carriers to allow a driver to move their household goods with a company truck and trailer.

 

Not correct, sorry. Off duty driving counts against nothing. You are in limbo until such time that it will kick in as on duty driving. Our company allows so much off duty driving. each company will dictate that amount of this mode. It's an unwritten law for the moment. A gray area, so to speak.