Hotshots Requesting Accurate Info From DOT Officers Who May be Here...

That decal is a altered chassis sticker, my truck was 11,200 to start with.
Now before I started doing this I had a shop and am still a diesel mechanic, I have rebuilt wrecks and all passed inspection. I also have worked for, rollins,TRA Old dominion, Greyhound,Hertz Penske and etc. for over 25 years.
So as a qualified "expert" I done a payload analysis and determined that this type/truck would be better at a 10,000 lb GVW and a 33,000 gvcw rating. This would enable safer operation and longer service life greatly increasing safety and productivity. I can't help that it just happens to eliminate my need for a sleeping place. But when ever I point to it I;m never asked about receipts and never been asked if I was unhooked from trailer either.
# 1 rule NEVER sleep at rest areas or state property, always private property.
This will change soon, but I expect some twist to this before then.
I will continue the way I am as it has worked well for me and I rather take the 10 off at once and start over. I seen a dot guy once couldn't count hours and then forgot about time zones.

 

Im failing to understand the "sleeping real good" part, are you kidding? you sleep real good in back seat of a pickup? I cant sleep worth a dam in the back seat..

 

And as someone who ran my own daycab coast to coast across Canada for a few years doing just that... sleeping across the seats with no problem.

That's the way the law was written up here years ago. I did have to set the scalemaster at the New Brunswick port of entry straight on the laws though lol... took them 45 minutes and a few phone calls to figure out... they were wrong and I was right. I carried that CVSA inspection report with me from then on because they had marked clearly on it...driver sleeping in truck, no bunk...not placed out of service on it.

 

I sleep accross the front and I love it . I feel as well rested as any motel I been. I'm 5'10-11 and fit just right in the space there. I didn't like the back either. I sleep better in truck than at home. My wife can't go to sleep till 2-4 am and I am bombarded with reality tv,bravo and the oprah network. Now thats what i'd ban reality tv, bravo and oprah network.

 

If you disconnect the trailer from the truck this may have some effect on your insurance, I know it does for guys that hauls RVS. So just find out prior to disconnecting.

 

Not where I am.

 

When i started at Hoosier thats what they told me. I am not certain if it was true but thought it should be mentioned.

 

well you drop you legs and not pull out or heres another theroy. If you don't
have say your breakaway hooked up you'd be put OSS for not being properly connected? Not properly conected is legally the same as not hooked up if you see what I'm saying. But i've never been asked once they know that you know your're not a CMV they want ask. Why bother someone who has taken the time to read the green book. theres lots out there that don't know what it is. My findings is not that many want ask, It seems every area has it's on rules they like to enforce. ohio likes the sleeping one. I've made mental notes on the states I go to and am prepared for them. The biggest thing is have your papers you need close and logbook current. I've seen several morons pull on the scales with no logbook. I saw a guy in In. last july with no log book and I asked why did you even come accross the scales?

 

Im 6'10" and 375 pounds......i cant sleep in the truck. I would be all cramped up if i tried to snooze in the back of my quadcab. I also have an 06 megacab, its huge in back, but its still too small for me to stretch out for a nap.....

I have hauled some cargo trailers and taken some pillows and blankets to catch a nap in them before. I have done that more than once. The company doesnt care that i do this either. I asked them and they said , no problem.

I have a few companies that i stay busy with, they pay for my hotels , well at least $50 for one. The ones that dont pay hotels usually dont ship too far away and pay really well, so it doesnt matter that much !!