Long post, hang in there:
I'm a relatively new authority but did 25 years with a trucking company before. That was mostly short/regional stuff and I was home every night. I never had to think much about the ELD though we did use them. In fact, before going OTR in my own truck I had hardly heard of the term 'personal conveyance'.
I've got some questions I'd like to throw out to other Owner Op's.
Most of the rules I see talk about moving the truck, laden or not, 'at the direction of the carrier'. That's how I see that we are different. We are the carrier. We can make our own judgements and take risks as we see fit.
If you are risking missing an appointment at the end of a 10 or 34 what would you do? This has more to do with a 34 than a 10. I think if you are risking this with a 10 you need to realign your priorities and schedule better. I was in a circumstance recently where I had a 6 hour drive at the end of a 34 to make a Monday appt. and I needed to get in about 2 of it at the end of my 34 to make the appointment. What would you do? Risk PC'ing late Sunday about 2 hours up the road or not?
I ask this to O/O's rather than anyone affiliated with a company for a few reasons. We risk and manage our own safety scores, which in turn affects our insurance rates, etc.
If you run your own truck WHO is checking this? Assuming you don't wreck, get pulled over or checked for 7 days. Do they ever look back further than 7 days?
Oh, I'm in a 2015 tractor so I DO run an ELD and make every attempt to stay legal. I guess my question is am I alone or some of you guys have to risk it occasionally to make sure your customers are happy.
Owner operators and Personal Conveyance
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by 86scotty, Aug 26, 2018.
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