Is this legal?

Loading/Unloading time is On Duty, so yes you can load or unload. However, it does not count toward your 10 hour break.
As a driver, it is your responsibility to be familiar with the regs. Here is a link to them, http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/FmcsrGuideDetails.aspx?menukey=395 I suggest you read them.

 

you can't back up to dock. and sleep????? while they load you?????

what if they take 10 hours to load you. there's your break right there. and you can't sleep.

but if you want. i guess you could park it. so you can get your sleep. then back to dock and sit there for another 10 hours while they load you. if your lucky. you can still get 4 hours driving during that 24 hour stretch. that SHOULD give you about $60 made for the day.

i don't know what your operation is. but your a trucker. you don't get a sleep cycle.

 

It's legal when you log it on duty not driving and either split your break or restart your ten.

 

Sometimes when drivers don't find the need to practice certain things they are not aware of the procedures.

 

If you could back up to the dock and jump in the sleeper, all time that you are actually IN the sleeper can be logged as sleeper berth, line 2.

However, all time spent moving the truck, closing doors, signing bills, etc would be lines 3 or 4.

 

and i agree with bhw 100 percent , one trucker driver may driven flatbed for 45 years ,and knows it like the back of his hand, then switches over too dry van, a whole different thing's need
s too be learn there, but far as this question goes, this about the same , no matter what behind you, whether your getting unloaded or loaded tho. it's all the same on the log book.

 

Some are not aware of the procedures here!

xeno, I have a hickory switch if you want one.