One Time Driver-Driver Logs

All work for a carrier and any compensated work for anyone else must be logged. Also, a driver must have today's log plus prior seven days. Even if said days are all off-duty, that must be shown on the logs.

Regulations cites to follow.

 

(2) Motor carriers, when using a driver for the first time or intermittently, shall obtain from the driver a signed statement giving the total time on duty during the immediately preceding 7 days and the time at which the driver was last relieved from duty prior to beginning work for the motor carriers.

(k) Retention of driver's record of duty status and supporting documents. (1) A motor carrier shall retain records of duty status and supporting documents required under this part for each of its drivers for a period of not less than 6 months from the date of receipt.

(2) The driver shall retain a copy of each record of duty status for the previous 7 consecutive days which shall be in his/her possession and available for inspection while on duty.

eCFR — Code of Federal Regulations

 

§395.8 Driver's record of duty status.

(j)(2) Motor carriers, when using a driver for the first time or intermittently, shall obtain from the driver a signed statement giving the total time on duty during the immediately preceding 7 days and the time at which the driver was last relieved from duty prior to beginning work for the motor carriers.

(k)(2) The driver shall retain a copy of each record of duty status for the previous 7 consecutive days which shall be in his/her possession and available for inspection while on duty.

eCFR — Code of Federal Regulations

 

@deathB4decaf, say your salesman works Monday to Wednesday in the office (after being off for the weekend), travels Thursday and starts driving Friday. He would log the following (assuming he travels more than 100 air miles [115 statute miles] radius from normal work location to get the truck):

• Friday (prior week): one sheet
• Saturday & Sunday: one sheet, assuming he was off-duty for all of each day
• Monday - Wednesday: one sheet each day (he could log all days one sheet if he followed the EXACT schedule each day, but not likely)
• Thursday: one sheet, see "TRAVEL" below
• Friday: as it happens

TRAVEL

§395.1 Scope of rules in this part.

(j) Travel time—(1) When a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle driver at the direction of the motor carrier is traveling, but not driving or assuming any other responsibility to the carrier, such time must be counted as on-duty time unless the driver is afforded at least 10 consecutive hours off duty when arriving at destination, in which case he/she must be considered off duty for the entire period.

eCFR — Code of Federal Regulations​

 

Related Question,
I am flying across country to pick up a Truck I bought for My use... what, if any p/w logs, ect. do I need except what is given to me by the dealer?
thanks!!

 

Why not?

You pay him to keep you legal.