Thats right, after checking in at a shipper or re
OTR is best suited for the 'loner type' Imo. Now when I first started out My wife rode with me the first 4 years and that was alot of fun and adventure. But when she eventually got off the truck it wasn't the same anymore and I was always in a hurry to get back home again.
SCOTUS rules in truckers favor, must pay for loading and unloading time
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by drivingmissdaisy, Jul 24, 2020.
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Nowhere in the SCOTUS ruling does it say that all of this time must be logged as on duty time. In fact the ruling states that basically, if you can't leave and go home, you're working for the company. Just like no company can hold a secretary at the office without pay, now we are the same as her (without the pretty legs of course.) Whether or not you wish to log it as on duty time is based on how you interpret HOS, which was not affected at all by this ruling.
Also, getting loaded and unloaded is a natural part of being a truck driver that hauls frieght, thus we should be paid for it. No, you can't go home if you live in Florida and are stuck at a truck stop in Michigan, but being stopped you can walk away from the truck in theory. At shippers and receivers you are still stuck with that vehicle.Last edited: Jul 25, 2020
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I log the actual time I spend dealing with the shipper or receiver, backing into dock, etc. the rest of the time is logged as sleeper berth, because when I am not actively in the office dealing with receiver/shipper, or on the dock, I am in the sleeper sleeping or pursuing other interests. I get paid by the quarter hour for all time in excess of 2 hours at customer, regardless of the log. I am paid $25.00 per hour, which doesn’t hold a candle to mileage pay, but I figure I’m going to get the mileage anyway. No way am I going to burn my 70 n duty doing nothing. The big boys from FMCSA were on Dave Nemo one time and said to do just as I’ve described. The ELD wastes enough time as it is, no way am I going to waste even more over nit picking on the law. HOS rules are a nuisance, and I’m not going to log anymore than I have too.
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It’s easy in a box, for the most part you sit and wait. Try flatbed if you want to see what unpair work is
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But would I log everything om duty? Of course not and the DOT knows it. Heck they could pull up to the line at a truck wash and hand out a bunch of HOS tickets. Or at the truck shops.D.Tibbitt, born&raisedintheusa, aaronpeterbilt3787 and 2 others Thank this. -
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I wonder if many know there is an opportunity cost to this, if you are an owner and want to cry about these things, then there is less money to be made, not more when you are leased to these megas. It will filter down to the small and medium companies who don't want to deal with litigation.
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