Log Book Needed?

Sounds reasonable to me.

 

If he ventures more than 100 mile radius from the barn , or crosses a state line , I would rather HAVE one and not need it than NEED one when Barney asks for it (especially in Md) and not have one to show him.

I don't "think" the farm plate has anything to do with it. It only limits the products that you haul. The 26,000 is the stickler , coupled with the 100 mile radius/interstate travel.

I'd just have one. Someon e telling me I don't need one doesn't help when I've got a ticket in my pocket. They'll just say... " well , John never kept one."

Call the local HP barracks and ask.

 

The FMCSA 100 air-mile logbook exemption has NOTHING TO DO WITH STATE LINES, NOTHING.

 

If you're operating a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, and you do not fall into any of the exceptions which would allow you to not keep a RODS, then you'd be required to have one and keep it current to the last change of duty status.

 

I thought farm trucks or ag trucks have a 150 radius but I see MD dmv doesn't appear to clear on that.

http://www.aglaw.umd.edu/blog/farm-vehicle-drivers-understanding-the-dos-and-donts

Searched I'd rather not download PDFs on my phone

 

I've been told by a state trooper (commercial enforcement division) that we don't need to keep a logbook when driving a non-CDL truck (under 26,000 LBS) and staying within a 150-mile radius of our starting location... BUT we must also be out & back within a 12-hour period. IF/WHEN any of the above-mentioned items is exceeded, we must then do a log sheet AND take a 30-min break. However, as suggested by others, you might want to confirm this with your local state police CMV unit.

FMI...
Part 395
HOURS OF SERVICE OF DRIVERS
§ 395.1: Scope of rules in this part.
(2) Operators of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license. Except as provided in this paragraph, a driver is exempt from the requirements of § 395.3(a)(2) and § 395.8 and ineligible to use the provisions of § 395.1(e)(1), (g), and (o) if:
(i) The driver operates a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is not required under part 383 of this subchapter;
(ii) The driver operates within a 150 air-mile radius of the location where the driver reports to and is released from work, i.e., the normal work reporting location;
(iii) The driver returns to the normal work reporting location at the end of each duty tour;
(iv) The driver does not drive:
(A) After the 14th hour after coming on duty on 5 days of any period of 7 consecutive days; and
(B) After the 16th hour after coming on duty on 2 days of any period of 7 consecutive days;
(v) The motor carrier that employs the driver maintains and retains for a period of 6 months accurate and true time records showing:
(A) The time the driver reports for duty each day;
(B) The total number of hours the driver is on duty each day;
(C) The time the driver is released from duty each day;
(D) The total time for the preceding 7 days in accordance with § 395.8(j)(2) for drivers used for the first time or intermittently.
Source: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/395.1

 

anyone driving a commercial truck must use a log book if he travels more than 100 air miles from his home terminal,,and if the driver only does it one day a week he must have a log book showing all the hours he worked for the previous 7 days,,
If driver smoked their log books and claimed they got high log books would be illegal, now with more and more electronic log systems drivers need to claim that they get high from the electrical radiation emitted from the device

 

Perhaps the OP"s friend ought to get proof from the employer and DMV in that state.