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hey dukeof ferial just go thru a weigh station and just ask for inspection, he will get the answer quik

 

I'm not the expert, but, they may not be OOS violations BUT if I'm not mistaken leaks of any kind is worth being written up for ... so ask yourself; do you want to pay a ticket?

 

Ever hear of a DVIR ? Write all these things up . Before the truck is used again they will have to be signed off as fixed or not interfering with the safe operation of the vehicle . Then you have to sign accepting the repairs.

 

I get paid by the hour and at times I will take out a local load and return to my home terminal and wait up to 4 hours for another load. during this time I can hang out in the drivers lounge, watch tv, snooze, play cards all while still being paid. My question is can I log this time as off duty?

 

if you log off duty , then you dont get paid , all on duty time is paid, myself i would buy a cheap computer,laptop , look for some sort of money making type thing and do something like that while waiting too get loaded, that way your making money twice

 

Not necessarily true . I have been paid for overnight detention and took my 10 hour break while being paid . We have a shipper that doesn't load on weekends so I often get extra pay for loading Friday then taking my restart before leaving out Sunday .

 

Quick question, while I'm sitting in the lounge at a truck shop, do I need to log that as On-Duty Not Driving or am I able to log it as off-duty?

 

That's off duty. You're away from the truck and the mechanics have responsibility for it.

 

As a newbe; I took two part time jobs.
Job #1 is Tuesday & Wednesday running long hours but staying within CA state borders.

Job #2 is Monday & Thursday-Saturday working for a different employer. This job is HOB exempted not requiring logs.

Question: Do I need to maintain logs for all days even when HOB exempted because of my first job? I have been told that I should keep logs even on days off???

 

You are required to count all compensated hours as on duty hours even if it's flipping burgers .

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/brochure-part-395.pdf
You know when you are required to log you have to show the number of hours worked in the past 7 days to show you won't exceed 70 hours in 8 days when driving.