Container trucking and HOS

Yes. Don't quote me on this but I think oilfield drivers are the only ones exempt because of long loading times.

 

Not really. Since there are rail yards in most major cities and trains, there is no reason to..

 

Everybody is required to keep som form of an HOS record whether its a logbook or a time sheet. Most oilfield drivers keep a logbook and are subject to the San HOS limits as Everyone else with a fe exceptions. Local Drivers that stay within a 100 airmail radius don't need w logbook unless they get out of that radius or work over 12 hours.

 

What Haulhand said. I don't think it matters weather your interstate or intrastate you still have to follow the HOS. I would venture to say that almost all of your container haulers are classified as interstate weather they get their can from a port or rail yard. Being classified as intrastate does not just include "you" crossing state lines, it also matters if your freight will/has crossed state lines or has originated or is destined out of country. So you can be a can hauler in the middle of Nebraska, never go farther than a mile from the rail head and still be "interstate".

 

I used to have ten terminals; a percentage of each were line haul w/ RODS while all the local guys were under the 100 air mile exemption.
To account for their HOS; since we were using a scanning service, the air mile guys showed thier time on line 4 w/ the words 'Time Record' written above.
When the DOT audited, the lady only wanted to see the line haul guys.
75% of ours were air mile guys and they were ignored.

My trucks do not leave the 100 air mile circle often now.

 

Same HOS, and depending on location... container work is Interstate... have a friend back home hauling bananas out of the Poet of Wilmington, Delaware... if you have ever been through there you know you wills be in a different State before you hit top gear. He runs from Virginia up through the Northeast I believe.

HOS is the same although some companies can elect to use the 60hr 7 day plan