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anytime your at shipper rec , your on duty is counted , as on duty time, according too that little green book

 

No it's not. I'll refer you to this thread http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...hile-being-loaded-unloaded-3.html#post2590062

Ill refer you to post 22 and 27 where scalemaster explains the regulation. I think he'd know given he works as a scale house officer.

Everret you can't say you haven't read this cuz your "thanks" are all over that thread.

 

In the January issue of Trucker newspaper (found in all truckstops), an FMCSA official posted an article about the logbook and their expectations on drivers logbooks... Here is a summary:

On Duty: 5-10 minutes for Pre-Trip, 10-15 minutes for Fueling & dealing with shippers or receivers, (and they did not specify if you were on the dock) and the full time you are in a scalehouse or going through an inspection or DOT stop.

Off Duty: Up to 2 hours before or after your 8 hr (continuous) sleeper berth, or 1 hr before and one hr after. There is some flexibility.

Sleeper Berth: At least 8 hours of CONTINUOUS TIME

Off Duty Driving: must meet all criteria, not on a dispatch, bobtail or empty, not moving for company business.

 

So if I crash for a couple of hours, get up and get something to eat, and then go back to bed... on a 10, I'm screwed according to this idiot that probably has never even sat in an 18-wheeler. BS. And exactly who sleeps CONTINUOUSLY for 8 hours? Double BS.

 

what i did was log 15 once there, ask how long, okay see in 7 hours too load and go too sleeper if i was tired, or if not tired just go for a walk , or something, and just left up there in the sleeper line, course those were my outlaw days and don't think i could do that with e log's , well i'm going back over there and read some more on regulation's,so much has change over the year's and yes i read everything on here

 

Keep in mind that there is nothing in the regs that forces you to log line 4 time if you are sound asleep in the sleeper while backed into a dock. It's only when you are actively involve in loading, unloading, supervision of, or dealing with paperwork that you need to show on-duty, not driving.

 

OK, Thanks folks, I read up on it, but got concerned when in the Q&A section of the online regs, it stated you were on duty while loading and unloading. I searched here but did not find the thread that UT mentioned. I basically am doing it right. Pull into shipper and drop bills, back into dock is all onduty. While loading/uloading I log it as off-duty unless Im in the SB. Then when I pick up the bills, and send msgs, I go back to onduty.
Thanks again for the clarification.

 

Hi, okay that what i did , just went too the sleeper, most of the trainer's i had never really said how too do it, so that's the way i did it , and now for a different argument type deal , we are not getting paid , whether your unloading your trailer or in the sleeper, unless the wheel's are rolling, so there for awhile i thought we was and only way is if you go hourly, but after so many hours , you do get that detention pay , so that help's

 

You can do that, just leave your log in sleeper berth

 

My log is permanently attached... leaving it in the sleeper would hurt a lot!