Question about logbooks

I always log anywhere from 30 mins.-1 hour of on duty not driving, when loading or unloading, even if it takes more hours than that.
If your at a spot for more than an hour, just log off duty for the remaining hours until you start driving again. This can screw up your driving time the next day, just gotta use your imagination and be a little creative. You'll figure it out as you go along.

 

You're best off not to log time at a dock as off duty (Line 1).

Line 2 is what I use and I pull a reefer also.

Line 1 is for home time, motels, or short breaks (.5-1 hr for meals, showers, etc.)

I used to log wait time at a dock as Line 1 until a CA DOT told me not to.

He said if your waiting to load, you're either on duty or in the bunk.

As to the 8 hours, you are correct about it stopping your 14 as long as it's 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth!!

Off duty time cannot be split like sleeper berth time can.

One last thing, I never log more than 15 minutes for loading or unloading.

I might be there for 12 hours, but it never takes me more than 15 minutes to check in/out and open/close my doors.

This is all the time that is required by the FMCSA.

Some companies may require you to show more than that.

If they do, I suggest you follow their rules.

 

I've been inspected a lot and have never had any DOT officer say anything about logging 15 minutes to load or unload. The only thing that's ever been called to my attention by a LEO was the off duty thing I mentioned.

Log it as sleeper berth.

 

I always logged it as 15 mins on duty/not driving and then line 2 for the remainder. Unless the ship/recv specified that I could not be in the truck.

 

Driver asking for guidance.......................




Log it as you do it, use that little green book for reference.

Still have questions, ask your company, they know how they want it logged...............

 

Umm huh. So when Walmart decides its time to require the drivers to be out of their cabs and in their "drivers lounge" - we're not supposed to log that on line 1? Yeah. Right. Tell Kalifornikommiekountry to stick it.

 

As soon as you go on duty for the day, your 14 hours starts. When you arrive at shipper and if you go to line 1, your 14 hour clock is still running. If you drove 1 hour to shipper,go to line 1 for 3 hours waiting to load, you would have 10 hours driving time left and 10 hours on your 14 left.