LOG BOOKS

I hate to say it but GO TO SCHOOL. Many schools have log book classes, and you may be able to enroll in just that class, Or you may have to take the whole thing.

 

Sorry Mr G but there is absolutely no reason for this guy to waist his time and money on a truck driving school. They teach enough to get your license and that's it.

OP, here is what I would suggest. Find a local DOT officer, driver, or someone that knows and understand the HOS and logging very well and maybe you could "employ" them for s hort time to teach you.

Another suggestion would be to visit JJ Keller and find the training material you need to teach yourself. It's not that hard if you can read and understand english.

https://www.jjkellertraining.com/?action_code=49715

 

Thanks for that info outerspacehillbilly.
I was thinking about a school near me that offers just the Log Classes, since it sounds like that is what he needed.

 

The DOT man will "take you to school" right before you are put out of service for 10 or 34 hours.

But seriously, FMCSA has a pdf guide on the topic that explains the topic in plain English if you don't want to just read section 395. Oddly, this page was the first link provided by a Google search on "hours of service"

If you purchase one of the software programs available, they will do the counting for you.

 

I wasn't saying go to a scale house in your truck and say" Hey Mr. Dot can you teach me how to log?" That would be totally moronic.

I was saying find a local DOT man when you are off duty and see if he would be willing to teach you on his time off. Believe it or not most of them are more than willing to help truckers understand rules and regs if you just have the balls to ask them and truly want to learn.

I know several of the local DOT that run the scale here and MOST of them are very nice people. They actually will go through a full level 1 inspection and show you exactly what they do and what they look for etc.... in the inspection barn. If your professional seeking help they are pretty open to helping, if your a ####### then expect to get treated accordingly.


I have actually went to the local scale house in my personal vehicle and went in and asked if they had time to answer some questions for me and they were more than willing and helpful.

 

Good info right here.

 

Of course. That was a play on words as indicated by the "but seriously" start to the next sentence that links to the fmcsa page dedicated to the topic. They really do want to help you do things right. Just not after the fact at the scale house with a line of trucks coming in.

The point was: figure it out before you roll into a random safety (revenue) check in western PA and get to "buy" a lesson. Not that anyone I know has any experience with something like that.

 

Are you running your own authority? or

Are you a truck owner who is leased to a company? or

Did you do a lease/purchase with a trucking company?

I ask this because the amount of training and support you need to survive is different in each situation.