Logging Pre/Post Trip Insp.

We deal with used equipment, not new. Our guys have to bring tools because a lot of times the brakes are locked up, battery needs replaced, etc. and we really don't want to pay a shop to get those little things going if we can have the driver handle it. We basically purchased used vehicles, send them to triage and resell them all in running order and with a purdy new paint job. They always require an inspection because we never know what we are going to get.

 

If you performed the inspection, that is to be logged On Duty, whether there is a defect or not. What you are talking about is DVIR, if there is no defect, there is no requirement to document that fact. But all time inspecting is 'work' and shall be documented as On Duty.

 

All that time inspecting doesn't have to be lumped together. Looking over the truck while you're walking back to open the doors, placing a wheel chock, walking back from getting your paperwork - all that can be considered inspection time, and is already logged as on-duty.

 

i agree