Questions...paper logs.....

I ran two logs most of my career but wouldn't do it today though because not worth the risk of heavy fines and liability if something goes wrong.
Keep one log that looks legal to show law enforcement officers and one to use when not at the scales or pulled over by a trooper.
Shaving time off stops by just showing 15 minutes instead of 2 hours adds up to lots of hours at the end of the day or week. Stuck in traffic for hours; don't worry, just average your driving time @ 55 mph at the end of the day and that wipes out all that sitting in traffic.
Pull in to truck stop for that 10 hour break and adjust the logs and "wow" only have to sit there for 3 hours vs. 10 hours.
Dozens of ways to make it work. Even carry blank "bills of lading" and keep one filled out to match the false logs concerning pickup and delivery times then throw the fake one away after making a delivery.
Those days are over and that's a good thing!

 

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Your 70. When you find yourself 2 hours from home and 0 on your 70 you'll get it.

Creative Logging 101. Don't show a 30 minute break 10 minutes before hitting an open coop.

 

Being a newbie. And only trained on computer. And will probably never run paper. He'll never understand. His opening statement blows out of proportion. Its not that bad and not that hard to do. And having a laptop. Makes the job much easier then the old days of constandtly running out of crayons. Quite frankly, i dont see how you all survive with a babysitter on your dash. In the end. We're all going to be cluttering the highways because we ran out of hours for whatever circumstances that just can't be trip planned for. It's already happening.

 

Man, you must be slow. I do it every day. I have pulled 3-4 different trailers in one day and yes you can switch trailers in 15 minutes. It does not take as long as you think if you have a system.

Snap under the trailer hook up the air lines, release the trailer brakes and do your inspection. Dropping the trailer is even faster.

 

He was saying not to have a pattern day in and day out showing 15 min on a drop and hook, etc. Mix it up a little. Even if it really only takes 15 minutes the dot aint gonna believe it day after day.

 

What they do is move the start time from say 8 am to 10 am, that is what it gains them on the 14 and 70. Let's say they drop a trailer and hook to another and back into the dock and it takes 2.25 hours to load. Well they log 15 minutes for a drop and hook and then move their start time back 2 hours to gain that time back on the clock.

Just like it when showing up to drop a piece of equipment with the RGN. Show 15 minutes to drop the load (goes really fast when there are 4 guys waiting on that excavator and they remove the chains for you). Then you have time for your 30 in there too.

But then that would be illegal.