Calling All Hot Shots

It was the Montana scale. It is a joint operation.

I left the house on Sunday to go to Elkhart. Upon arrival, a snowstorm was blanketing the majority of the country. I turned down the load to Texas and went to the motel. On Tuesday, I checked out and they still had no real loads avoiding the snow. I went to Goshen and saw some friends and played cards.

I then checked into the motel in Elkhart. The next morning they talked me into a rush to Calgary, where there was no snow.

She did not buy the fact that I was not pulling a load. She was in the process of putting me out of service for false logs. She stated I had to prove that I was off duty and not working.

Canada does not even look at our industry for the most part.


Maine loves to pull a truck over as it leaves a toll booth. Documentation is required to match the toll to the log book. I believe it falls under 395.8

 

The only thing 395.8 states and it's in the guidance area. It said documents should be kept at "principal place of business for 6 months" nowhere about with you .
I understand your point also. Me I'd pop out my recorder and start taking notes while I waited on the supervisor to arrive.
Maybe it'd be my lucky day and I could see early retirement on the horizon. The next police I sue I want to take their job, money, house, cars and sell their family into indentured servitude. I guess I had my fill of them the first two years.

 

Then explain how the Maine police can demand a toll receipt just after a toll plaza.

My time on that trip was more important than waiting. I had an eight hour window to deliver and 4-5 to get there.

I had many dealings with the Minnesota scale and they demanded motel receipts or placed pickup drivers out of service.

 

They can ask for anything they want. Unless there's a report of toll evader I wouldn't produce one. I was placed out of service in ohio years ago with that same
crap. I beat them in the end and if I'd had the courtroom time I have now I would've more than likely gotten officer arrested. I did get his employee file and before I drug him through court he had good reviews afterwards he was rated as an under performing employee. They know it's easier to go along with their bullying tactics, but I never go the easy way and if more would do likewise we'd see them retreat from their illegal tactics. Truck drivers have lost their spine.

 

There was a thread on here where the guy got caught after going through the Maine scales and did not provide the receipt. There was a ticket involved, but not sure what for and there was a dot person explaining it. Was a long time ago. Will see if I can find it.

Here is the link.
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ing-industry-regulations/37289-maine-dot.html

 

I read the link doesn't state the outcome? The way it is the police can tell you any lie they want to. It's up to you to call their bluff and take action otherwise they will continue to run over us. Whenever I'm pulled around I immediately go into defensive mindset and take action accordingly.
Here's how some exchanges have went.
Officer: you have receipts ?
Me: You mean I'm supposed to have them? audits are done at location ( laughter by both and everything went ok)
Officer: You're not sleeping in your truck are you?
Me: It's irrelevant you need to read the rules better.
Officer: I was checking to see if you knew that
Me: I do
Officer: you're not logging sleeper berth?
Me: Never
Officer: well go on.
As soon as you realize safety isn't really involved and look at like your going in to battle you fare better.
One thought come to mind about the Maine thread was time zones taken into account?

 

No idea.

I have no problem with your ideas, since I do them myself. But, like I said. It was Friday and it had to be delivered and I could not return to the US with the trailer.

 

Understand your side likewise and may have done the same. Only been to Montana once it seemed all uphill and never went back. Washington state was squirrely when I went through as was Oregon Never back to them either.

 

Montana has a "tilt" switch that's activated when out of state truckers cross the border... it IS uphill both ways... but only for you

Seriously, though... In the time you've been on the road, you've only been to OR, WA, ID, and MT once?

 

Didn't loose nothing there over 500,000 and been there once. Running a hotshot truck there wouldn't be profitable me. I find I make more staying inside a certain radius. Running a hotshot you have to fight the dot, larger trucks and brokers all for a piece of the pie. I have visited 44 of the 48 at least once though.
I've tried the staying out a month at the time and didn't make any more. Three four days mostly and my money per mile is better.Drove all the way from Seattle to Wy empty and that was enough and LA back to Al. not again. I stick with what works for me.