Any log book theoreticians here?

@marmonman is probably talking about the mechanic. I would do the same as he said in his post.

More important than the time (which can be "fudged") are the miles for IFTA. ALL those need to be accounted for.

 

You got the idea . To bad not everyone gets it .

 

Don't sweat the audit. They're not looking to jam you up. If they'd like to see you logging that stuff they'll say.

 

I've had 4 DOT inspections of my electronic logs. They all blazed thru it at lightning speed and moved on to the next inspection items. I can tell you that if they really looked they might have seen a couple things. Like on-duty time being too short to be kosher. But I passed those inspections. Just saying.

 

You didn't drive the truck to the shop, you dropped it off at the end of your shift, and got a ride home.

Harder to do on ELD.......

 

You're right, most don't & that's ok unless an auditor gets nosey or if you're involved in an accident & they want to see maintenance reports. A good attorney will then want your logs to match it all up.

I would show it. I log driving if I take my truck in & I show a little time on line 4 when I do my own maintenance on my truck. I might not quite show all the actual time I spent but enough to make it look good.

 

my answer to that question would be they sent a mechanic over to pickup the truck.

however i would log it unless its going to screw your week up. if your trucks in the shop for a day though it probably wont matter if you log 15 mins. if you drop the truck of at 8 am and you plan to head out at 2 pm with a fresh 14 then i would say they sent someone over to pickup the truck....lol

the other option to be to show that you parked it at the repair facility when you came in off the road rather than showing that you parked it at your yard.

 

Most of my repairs, pms are done in my driveway.
When I do take it to the mechanic, I log all the drive time. It never messes with my 34 cause I'm usually home for a day or two after my truck is worked on. Just the way I schedule myself.