Hourly pay? what to look for?

depends on how far you are from base as far as hours go. 100 or 150 air miles and the 70 hours goes out the window. I went out with my stepdad moving a tractor (bobtail) from one part of the farm to another, and then going to cheyenne to pick up a trailer. We were pulled over halfway there and the cop was going to write him up for not having a current logbook and an (unauthorized passenger?) (i believe..) we were only 70 miles away from the farm so he let us off the hook, rather unhappily. there might be federal regulations on this, im sure someone with actual experience knows more.

far as hourly pay, make sure you know what youre getting paid for, i looked at a couple local places that paid hourly, and if the truck aint moving, neither is your time clock. Theyre hack gigs for people that want to be home every single night, but still, why sit for 3-4 hours with no pay, ive got better things to do with my time.

 

Overtime is always nice........I think oilfield operations have different rules for logging... somewhere in part 395 I think. Most companies that pay by the hour pay weather your sitting or not, sometimes a different rate structure though depending on the activity being performed. Farm operations also have difference sets of rules that I know nothing about, maybe thats why your stepdad (Lostboy) did not get a ticket for an unauthorized passanger. But most "local" jobs are 100 mile air radius or 12 hour days before you have to do log, and you are still bound by the 60 or 70 hour rule whichever your company goes by

 

Here is what I found concerning this, they sure got a lot of mumbo jumbo in there to read, half of which I dont understand.

§395.1 Scope of rules in this part.

(a) General. (1) The rules in this part apply to all motor carriers and drivers, except as provided in paragraphs (b) through (o) of this section.

(e) Short-haul operations.
(e)(1) 100 air-mile radius driver. A driver is exempt from the requirements of §395.8 if:
(e)(1)(i) The driver operates within a 100 air-mile radius of the normal work reporting location;
(e)(1)(ii) The driver, except a driver-salesperson, returns to the work reporting location and is released from work within 12 consecutive hours;

I think further down on their site they go into the 150 mile rule which is for non CDL drivers...I think