Can you cheat an eLog?

How in the heck are you going to know if your planned spot is full in advance?

If I could forcast the future like that, I would start playing the lottery.

 

The way I stated is the only way to legally do it. You also have to make the effort and at least look for a parking spot during that time. If you log those two extra hours and travel 120 miles in a 60 mph truck, the logs dept will become suspicious.

 

*Oops, double post*

 

Actually just "trailer". They don't differentiate loaded or empty.

 

Really? What company do you drive for as that is more of a company SOP. My company allows off duty driving with a empty trailer, provided you drive away from the shipper.

 

I haven't found a definition for "unladen" in any of the FMCSA regulations, so that is something that is going to be subject to the interpretation of enforcement and/or company policy.

 

Yup. My company allows it with 3 guidelines:

1) Don't log off duty driving while loaded. If needed, use the expectation outlined in 395.1 (B).

2) Don't use off duty to advance towards a shipper.

3) Off duty time is limited to 45 minutes. If you go over the 45 minutes, the EOBR will place you on line 3.