EOBR to Paper logs

You will be wasting only paper, not time. Make sure you have extra pack of log book.
I' m running on paper (last week started Bigroad app).
you can do logbook to freightliner and than to Louisville, and when you get your trailer start new log like you started from home or etc. where is less hours.
and never keep receipts and bad logbook in your truck.

 

Log it as you do it and log it legal. No need to worry if someone runs into you through no fault of your own.

 

When you come out of your house to start ur day start logging, no need to have stress, it kills more truckers every day. Run right bro. Its healthy.

 

I log a pretrip at 15 minutes and a post trip gets flagged for every work day. Maybe not necessary or even recognized by DOT but I do it anyway.

 

Don't forget the first sheet is for the proceeding 7 days. Just run you a solid line across Off Duty, 24 hours off to the side there in total hours, then down in remarks put... Off Duty, Burlington, KY, 5/12/14-5/18/14.

That will CYA on the previous 7 day rule. Make sure you record your BOL# or type commodity in the appropriate box and company name and address. Since you are headed to a shop go ahead and start your on duty leaving the house. In the future you can start and stop your on duty at the terminal and the ride to and from home will be personal conveyance unless you take the trailer home and leave straight from there.

Flags only require city and state but the company might want a description. I'm sure they'll cover that in orientation. They might give you a more personal company logbook which might have a recap and DVIR on it. I guess you'll find out when you get there. But until you get there use your own blank logbook.

Here's the required log regulations to refresh you.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/395.8

 

My rule of thumb when imn on paper logs is. You dont need to log unless your driving by a weight station.

 

Some people say run legal others say fudge the book. The sad thing is we will all probably be on elogs in the near future. I run loose leaf and can honestly say i run untill i get tired thats the only way i can really fall asleep. Some days its 16 hours of driving and others is 10 or 11. I know my body if im tired i pull over. You can fudge logs for instence if im somewhere loading i wont start logging until i am leaving. I use gps to run how many hours it should take me to get from point a to b. and i dont log fuel stops because if its under 15 mins you dont have to show. Make sure u log a rest break before 8 hours of driving is up and rember if ur tired pull over n sleep. Like i said i run hard but usually 6 to 7 hours of sleep i can do it all again. I just cant sleep longer then that so you can make alittle extra for those 3 hours ur running vs sleepin.

 

There you go!! Why waste paper?!