Logging Loading/Unloading Time

depends on how it benifits you if you get paid by the hour all day then it dosent matter how long it takes
if you are like an sni or werner driver then when you get there its off duty and you lie saying you dont onload they

 

If you are unloading in that trailer, there is no limit to your hours provided you got 8 off in the berth prior to driving again.

We just logged 15 minutes which was usually true in our later years drop and hook. Regardless of the time lost in the facility. Waiting for a dock turns into sleeper time which builds in against the pending overnight drive. It's a nice little tidbit.

Just don't burn through all your hours in one day or more. You will find that actual logging especially when lumping 12 hours or whatever will totally destroy your ability to run miles as you need to.

I have advocated that drivers be converted to salary from mileage pay that way there is no more stress about the work itself. You will run through your 70 during the week whenever it runs through and be paid well for it.

 

are YOU doing the loading or unloading or are you sitting in the truck... ?

 

i log 15 mins then the rest of the time goes on off duty. sometimes ill log off duty and then flag load or unload, if all the driver involvement is pulling in the truck waiting while they load the truck and then your next driver involvement is just picking up the paperwork sometimes 5-6 mins is all your actually on duty for.

if you are actually involved in the loading process then you should technically be on duty.

 

I get paid for any time waiting to load or unload so I log every minute and then some. I dont physically do any work, just charge for my time

 

I log 15 then go off duty unless I'm doing the loading or unloading. If I have to scale out at a customer I'll log another 15 and flag it.

 

How much time does it take? That's what you log.
One of the benefits of e-logs is to the minute reporting. I log 4-6 minutes to take the paperwork in and dock (actual time) go off duty and wait for the light to turn green. One it's green I log back on-duty, go get my paperwork, and close the truck up. That all take 10-15 minutes...

 

elogs are iffy. Especially if you have a slower truck and average high miles every week doing otr driving ; all that on-duty time adds up too quickly and nobody wants to do a reset on the road .

I do :
8-10 min pre trip
8-10 min post trip
6-8 min fuel or add a couple minutes to the pti if its done at the same time

Shipper /receiver time I have always logged sleeper birth . Been doing this since 2012 on elogs and I've never had a problem with audits / road side inspections or company safety but I know some companies have minimums at the shipper/receiver.

 

You log a couple minutes to check in and get a door. Then if they don't need you for anything you go back to your truck and log sleep time.

You can't log off duty while waiting to load or unload or backed up to the dock. All time waiting to load or unload is on duty time. You can go into the sleeper that's legal I just would log off duty very much. Technically if your off duty you free to do what ever you want and you not free to leave if you backed up to dock for loading or unloading.

Log 30 minutes or so for loading or unloading then you can go into sleeper if they don't need you for anything.