log book help

dont let a printer dissuade you from an online program
just put it on a paper log after using the online version
that will show you violations of 11/14/70

 

When you start at this company try to get phone number from some current drivers. Call them and ask questions. Paper logs are pretty easy. You get to fill out the paper logs after driving waiting etc. so it will take you a couple of weeks to get that in your head. If your company has a safety department I would ask them to review your first weeks logs and give advice. It really is not rocket science. The only thing that one can make difficult is the recap.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Truck_driver_log_book_(example).JPG Here's a drivers daily log.There are many online samples.That should help you.To me paper is much easier then the elogs.

 

Use the Big Road app for your phone. If you dont have a printer just fill out your log book every night as the app shows. Then you wont get any log book violations.

 

Like someone else mentioned use a ruler for all your lines and flags and pay attention to NEATNESS and SPELLING! Those are both potential pitfalls. They are simple to fill out, you can probably go on youtube for a refresher. You can learn just about everything else you need to know in life on there. Pick yourself up one of those little rulers or make one that have the notch cut out to make it easier for calculating your recap.

 

Ruler??????????I never heard of such a thing,lol.I use a pastic card the size of a credit card,works great and fits nicely in your logbook.

 

If you have a android smart phone, I heartily endorse Keeptrucking as well. Easy to set up and use and has a fax feature if the DOT wants to see the past 7 on paper. The Odessa DOT (MO) and I spent 45 minutes going over it's features and they were very impressed. biggrin_2555: ) We even discussed since it was on my phone was I giving them non verbal okay to search my phone (No, I was not.), I then pointed out the fax feature and had my logs faxed to them in mere minutes. They liked it! And as snowwy said above, it can be used as a GPS tracker and with a tweak here and there it should be allowed as an OBER.

 

This is exactly what I did when I started driving (no experience at all). I played with Bigroad app about 2 month and then installed printer and switched completely to bigroad.
It just much easier to click button on the phone, i usually forget to take paper log and change duty status.
just make sure you disable automatic status change.

 

Paper logs are easy:

When you climb into the driver's seat and are getting ready to drive, draw your line at the current time (use home terminal's time zone) to line 3.

When you stop driving to check in at a shipper/receiver, fuel stop, post-trip, break down, or and other "on-duty not-driving" task, draw your line down to line 4 at the current time.

When you climb into the sleeper, draw your line at the current time to line 2.

When you stop for lunch, a shower, do some shopping, or any other "off duty" task, draw your line at the current time up to line 1.

Keep it neat & legible.

Keep it current to your last change of duty status.

Write your BOL#'s in the "remarks" section and fill in all of the other blanks (truck#, trailer #, name, company name & address, date, signature, miles driven for the day).