Just when I thought...

I've started working for a local company driving a boom truck. We sometimes work local (with-in 40-50 miles), but sometimes work out of town for a few nights as far as 200 miles away, but always intrastate. I am realy confused as to the logging requirements. I have read the fmcsa regs, and looked at the MI DOT site, but am still confused. I think if I stay with-in 90 air miles I'm not required to fill out a log, but not sure if I have to if we go further than that. I could sure use some help from any of you local drivers. Thanks again.

 

That 150 mile had something to do with non-CDL exception... I honestly didn't understand it. Just kept reading it... over and over and over and over...

 

Oh, and it's 100 air miles, not 90. my bad.

But if I understand the regs correctly (stretch), they're saying I can simply rely on my time cards back at the office with-in 100 miles. But can still only drive no more than 11 hours, and work no more than 14 (how would they know if I don't need/have a log?). But any further out than 100 miles, I have to keep a log. But just for those days... pages for days off... restarts etc? I really think I maybe making too much of this, but let me tell you why.

My trainer (stretch) constantly chided me when I filled out a log, but couldn't tell me exactly what the requirement was when I asked. I eventually gave in, and started blowing off the log book until one day we were on the other side of the state and had to cross a temporary scale. My trainer went white as a ghost and said, "We're screwed!"

So now I'm asking others what they do.

 

Thanks, I've talked with a couple others on this and they concur. Your replies seem to be right on the mark. Thank you so much. Two days ago it was 87 degrees, now I'm trying to find my heavy jacket! Hope you all enjoy the remains of the fall. Me...? I'm in a mild depression with the Badgers and Packers both loosing over the weekend, but hope springs eternal.

Make some dough, and have fun doin' it!