Is it on duty waiting for dispatch

Off duty .....

You left the truck at 2 pm went home or wherever and make a 1 minute phone call at 5pm . To find out where to go tomorrow .....

All off duty

 

I personally will sit off duty as much as possible. We had a wait time once that turned into a reset. The lack of information from a dispatcher can be bad, in my opinion. So being off duty seems a better solution for me. It's about time management, and having available time when there is opportunity.

 

I work 12's as well. Every 3rd week I'm on call after hours. I log off duty since I'm at home, sitting on my couch playing Xbox lol.

 

www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/395.2?guidance
Off duty, here is the guidance straight from the FMCSA website.
Question 6: If a driver is required by a motor carrier to carry a pager/beeper to receive notification to contact the motor carrier for a duty assignment, how should this time be recorded?

Guidance: The time is to be recorded as off-duty.

Question 20: How must a driver record time spent on-call awaiting dispatch?

Guidance:

The time that a driver is free from obligations to the employer and is able to use that time to secure appropriate rest may be recorded as off-duty time. The fact that a driver must also be available to receive a call in the event the driver is needed at work, even under the threat of discipline for non-availability, does not by itself impair the ability of the driver to use this time for rest.

If the employer generally requires its drivers to be available for call after a mandatory rest period which complies with the regulatory requirement, the time spent standing by for a work-related call, following the required off-duty period, may be properly recorded as off-duty time.

 

That's typical for a safety department.

 

It's like oops sorry someone spiked my apple juice can't get in the truck

 

How about snowplow drivers or power line workers? Those guys are on call.

 

Off duty. On-duty time relates to all operations around and including the truck that isn't driving. If you aren't anywhere near the truck, then I wouldn't consider it on-duty time.

And you say log out, elogs then? How would you log your time in the truck from home?