Running 99% legal

Do not forget to show fueling on line #4, and that the time is correct!
Do not show all the time standing on the dock, just that you backed in 15 min.
And the rest that you have said should help you and keep you with in Legal means!
As always KEEP IT SAFE!!!

 

Dave doing as you have suggested is about as good as it's gonna get. You won't gain alot of extra drive time daily but you won't run out of hours each week near as easily so if the loads are available you will in essence gain those "extra" hours logged in the sleeper instead of on-duty not driving. Split sleeper log as much as you can to maximize this. This won't be a perfect solution however it may allow you to run 1-2 more loads a week if the loads are available which will be better than it has been for you. Good Luck man hope you can survive long enough to find that unicorn. Keep us posted.

 

I'll say I do run about 95% legal. And the 5% is pretty much a 15 minute discrepency here and there. But that is because I run my book to it's 11 or 14 and I gots to get to the truck stop.

Here are the rules I have:
1. Run that book to its maximum every day. (I am out 5 days, so I have the 34 hr restart as a tool). I average 13.25-14 every day.
2. I log it as I do it. Everything. Line 4 included. Yeah, there are those days were I have 3.25-3.5 on 4. But those are far and few between.
3. I don't stop unless I have to.
4. I try to fuel at the start of my day, combining pretrip and fuel on line 4.
5. and my favorite: I start driving 8 minutes past the quarterhour. (0:08, 0:23, 0:38, 0:52) and I drive until the 7 past. I have legally driven 25 miles with 0.25 on the drive line. If you think about it, a legal 11 hour drive time is really 11:25. With an average of stopping the truck 4 or 5 times a day, you can get an extra hour. But you have to be careful with that trick, if you do it too many times in one day, you can accidentally bump up your average speed.
6. If possible, know where your next load picks up before you are empty. That way you don't have to wait for dispatch to find you something or for them to send it to you.
7. A seldom used rule there is, if you have a mechanical breakdown, you are allowed to extend past 14 hours by up two hours, provided that you were able to legally make the run prior the breakdown. But you have to make sure you have the mechanic sign the inspection page.

 

What time? There ain't no time stamped on my fuel tickets... So I log it when ever I choose! But I also pay for my own fuel & don't have a snot nosed kid trying to look over my shoulder & mico-manage everything I do!

 

there is no time stamped on any fuel ticket I've ever had. but if you have a wreck and they (DOT) conduct their investigation, you better believe they'll find out what time you fueled.

 

All of that works fine with loose leaf aka three ring binder type of Log Book....
What are you going to do when EOBR's are REQUIRED for every swinging D*ck driving on the road with a rig?

 

Do you use a cell phone?

GPS tracking on your phone.....

Do you use a GPS to guide you to your Pick-ups and drops?.....

All a Bear has to do is check your GPS for hours and speed........

Welcome to Oceania...and all of us are named "Winston Smith"......

 

GPS?

Not this driver...I can find it better than some plastic P.O.S.!

On certain models of cell phones you can disable the tracking. Mine is disabled. They warn you that 911 won't know your location if you call them as a detrrent to disabling the tracking...I consider that a BIG PLUS!

I pay cash for fuel...

I pretty much always run legal but I don't think it's any of their business where I am at any given moment.