Ag exempt explained

When I run under exemption hauling propane or anhydrous ammonia, we just made a notation daily and ran. Had red marks on my eld. Went through an inspection in Yankton, SD and never had a problem. But just because that’s how we did it, doesn’t mean it’s right.

 

To use ag exempt you will need to be heading or leaving the farm and can only be used about 170 miles from start point the book says 150 air miles that is supposed to work out just a touch over 170 actual miles

 

If you are able to start the day in ag exempt I believe the 14hr clock does not kick on until you are out of the zone. But I do recommend you take a minimum of 10 hrs off on each shift.

 

150 airmile radius of the farm. You can use Google maps to draw a radius circle. Actual road miles are irrelevant as long as you are within the 150mile radius. I have been inspected and the officer pulled up the locations on his laptop to check the 150 mile radius so I don't try to push that limit.

With my company, the only loads we can use it on are unpasteurized (raw) milk with going to pick up from a farm or after loaded at the farm. We log off duty personal conveyance and notate it as Agricultural Exemption.

I basically use it when it is to my benefit. I have no desire to drive 14 or 15 hrs a day. If I need the exemption to make it to pickup or need the extra drive time to get parking I will use it.

 

@Judge ?

 

My company,which hauls dairy, never uses the exemption for that. The only part they use is for the local hourly guys. The exemption that says they don't have to pay o.t. . They can get alot of hours but at straight time.

 

I use elog for ag. I put in pc and annotate in notes, “ agricultural 150 mile radius hours of service exempt.”

I was advised by fmcsa to log this way if I wish. I must explain in notes, otherwise it will be treated as pc! This keeps my elog keeping tabs on my ifta usage.

 

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/hours-service/elds/eld-hours-service-hos-and-agriculture-exemptions
150 air mile from source of commodity.
If you stay within that radius, you won’t start hours, PC annotate Operating under at exempt.

 

When I ran exempt for LPG we all just ran in violation. At the end of the week my clock was at like -61 hours or something. If we ever got stopped we just showed our exemption paperwork and were sent on our way