Local log help.

I'm not going to tell you that what I do is 100% correct,.. but its what I do and DOT has never questioned me about it, So I assume it must be ok.

I'm OTR, but at times when my daily HOS crosses midnite and into the next morning, I dont break up my mileage for each day. I carry the mileage for the 11 hours of driving time and show it at the end of my run. Say I start 7pm and run till 5:30 - 6am. I average anywhere from 650 - 730 miles. So say I show my PTI on the 8th and sleeper berth /rest on the 9th,.. the mileage for that trip goes on the 9th. The mileage on the 8th would have been for the previous trip.

I know this is not always ideal and various situations can throw a monkey wrench into things. But right or wrong,.. thats how I do it.

Also,.. what I have done in the past when I needed to keep track of my daily mileage,.. I had multiple trip meters. I would start one after I did my PTI, then at midnite I would start another and subtract the mileage from the second to show the mileage for the previous day. Or, you can just pull over and write down your odometer reading at midnite and go from there if you want to break it up that way.

Hurst

 

I always ended my logs at midnight with mileage and then started the 0001 log with the ending mileage of the prior day.

 

I would just include the morning endings miles in comments to show what you did. When in doubt use comment to make it make sense.

 

Get some night log books, easiest fix. Or you can track your milege if you have a gps or want to reset your milege on your dashboard, you can set an alarm on your cell to remind you and see the mileage you have driven thus far.

 

I seems to me that you are trying to use a logbook for two different drivers. Each driver should have his own log book.

 

OK.

OK - 12 hour day.

What problem?

Nope wrong.

YOU need to put down the mileage that you use the truck for. YOU can put in the comments section the starting and ending mileage for the two shifts but your total mileage has to be for that 24 hour period.

 

If you start at 7pm on the 15th then your log should show you off duty until 7pm. At midnight, or at the next point you take a break after midnight you should start a new log for the 16th. On the 16th your day ends at 7am. The other driver needs to fill out a completely different log.