Heavy Haul Miscellaneous Thoughts, Ideas and Questions
Discussion in 'Heavy Haul Trucking Forum' started by Oscar the KW, Feb 8, 2015.
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Heavy Hammer Thanks this.
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Oscar the KW Thanks this.
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Does it have a deck on the neck or just a standard narrow neck?
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johndeere4020 Thanks this.
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IMHO, now that the SC&RA got us the 30 minute break exemption, the next two priorities should be (in this order)
1) Exemption of the 10 consecutive hours off duty when OS/OW permit dictates mandatory movement time restrictions.
Ex-1: WA state, loves to make me move across I-90 during the day to North Bend, then night move through Seattle area from 12am to 4am, then daylight beyond that...cops drop me @ NB about 3-4 and come back to get me at midnight every time, legal because its state patrol escort, BUT FMCSA log book rules are Federal, try explaining why you did that in WA to a DOT officer in MT, he doesn't know or care about WA's rules, you violated Fed rules...ticket! You'll win in court, but you have to take the time off and go BS!
Ex-2: Having to park and wait during mandated curfews, city or state wide (NY).
In these cases allow us to split our Off Duty/Sleeper Berth time using the old mandate of, no segment less than 2hrs
2) The ability to carry (1) non ground bearing trailer component while loaded. I understand that they don't want overweight units traveling with axles not deployed (max weight distribution) but to carry a stinger, spreader bar, flip neck, or a section is absolutely no different than having a trombone trailer not stretched out. It is a trailer component not in use.TripleSix Thanks this. -
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Our bread and butter is 5/6 axle stuff, so that's the reason I decided to downsize. I have plans to go back to a 4 axle and do want to some day get under a bigger trailer. But at this point I'm in no hurry to do so. -
I actually looked into MW a few years back when these people tried to hold my hand. I thought about going to Brewton and staying in the south, but something tells me to stay put. I don't want to start at the bottom during slow times.
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