Do you work on your log book while doing your 10 hour break?

Even tough I drive locally, and still use a log book, I always do my logs before my time is up..I usually go in about a 1 to 1 hr 30min before I'm scheduled to leave to do things such as. Catch up on my log especially if I did not do it when I was done for the day. Do my pretrip, and if I need fuel do that too.. I have also had to add air, water, oil in my truck and do it all before my time is up.. Then when I do leave I go from line 1 to line 4 for 15 minutes, then up to 3 and the wheels are rolling.. If I did every thing by the book, even for local driving I will us up all my hrs faster, then needed. I do for the most part work up to 14 hrs a day, just not OTR.

 

First off, you're assuming that everyone cheats on their log. We don't. Some of us happen to be very honest and log it truthfully.

I try to log as I do. Sometimes I forget to draw a line back to driving at the end of a live unload etc: so I'll make a note of the time and then log it at my next stop.

According to my instructors, what I've gathered on here, and a DOT officer you can log anything from one change of duty to that current days logging when stopped.

I make sure I don't go more than one change of duty.

As for going to the sleeper. Okay.......how hard is it to draw a line before you put your Dr. Denton footie pajamas on and go to bed? Not much

 

I can see it now, The one who NEVER messes up the log or fudges.
"Hmmmm I got to go pee,
so I'll get out,
oh.... wait. I need to log from line 2 to line 1 while I am out of my truck.
Comes back 20 min later.
Hmmmm should I take just 15 min out of my sleeper or 30. Less than 7.5. Yep. 15 min.
Now I'll log back in to my sleeper. Oops I can't do that because while I am writing in my log I am on duty. So I need to flag down to line 4.
Man I wish I could hold it for 10 hours! I never get to drive"

 

I drive, but I also log it's not that difficult. And yes I do log when I get out of the sleeper to potty.


Oh wait....................I forgot..............real truckers are the ones who forge logs, break the laws, and gripe when they get a ticket. my bad

 

When I was OTR, very rarely was I in the sleeper for the whole 10hrs. Yes I showed but most of the time it was for no more the 8.

 

But to write in your log, You are now working. and if you are working, you need to restart your 10 hours. after all. writing in the log is effort for work. thus it is work.

 

I keep starting to reply and I have to keep deleting so I don't get an infraction.

 

I just hold it for 10 hours so I don't have to go on duty to write in my log. LOL