are bobtails subject to DOT rules?

Not illegal. You are an interstate driver, they don't have to pay overtime.

 

Yes, you need to run as fast as you can from your current employer.

So far as I know, very few companies pay OT to interstate driver.
Some LTL companies do, and some Union companies do. I think that SAIA, does.
Mine (union) employer does, but its part of the contract.
The interstate employer I work for (non-union) does not pay OT, to anyone except office staff.

 

A cmv is something out to make profit. So rules do apply more then 100 miles

 

a cube van like described many times do have a rating of less than 10k lbs

 

Not a 24 foot box.

 

quotes from the op
"This paticular run I was driving the small straight truck, has a chevy van front end with the box on the back."

"I don't drive nothing bigger than a 24 ft box truck right now."

what i said

"a cube van like described many times do have a rating of less than 10k lbs"

 

A one ton chevy pickup bed has a gvwr of 11,500. It does not even have an empty box on it.

 

You are operating in a grey area. First of all you are an employee and your employer should be witholding SS and taxes and paying 1/2 of the SS. You will be paying both halves of the SS in this arrangement. So figure about 25% of your pay to pay taxes. estimate only, now would you work for 25% less pay than you are getting paid? Next, what happens if you get hurt at work? No workman's comp, a bad situation. Now for the logbook issues. Do you ever transport hazmat? even quanitities that don't require a placcard? still need response book and logs. Argue if you desire, but will your argument hold up to the IRS and the Judge? I only hope that you get a better situation.