Switching from Electronic Logs to Paper Logs

It is a company truck...2012 model.
Paccar engine getting 5.8 mpg.....NO pulling slug!...
Nice truck otherwise but I may be switching to a Freightliner because this truck runs so poor and the shop can't get it right.
I drove a Cascadia with the 15 liter Detroit that runs circles around the Pete.

I also got another job offer I am considering.....2014 Volvo trucks....Not sure what i'm taking yet.

Sorry......back on topic guys...

 

love your attitude.,

 

The only bad thing with electronic is running out your 14 and only 30 miles or so from home...
Had that happen last week on a Friday......Dang it!

 

that's what the off duty driving button is for lol

 

that off duty thing needs something else to go with it. or your screwed.

 

I run a 3 ring log book, and only a 3 ring log book. Sign your name to a log only if it is legal; I care less what happens on the road. Only the minimum required by law is marked on the log; nothing more, nothing less. It is evidence in a court of law, signed by you. The 3 ring book lets you redo your log at the end of the day again, neatly.

I have cheated hell out of a 3 ring log; but know this, your going to prison if someone gets killed on the highway and your logs don't match the fact of where you were in reality to your log book. Like I said, it is evidence. And they will go all the way back in your log book to see if your cell phone records, shipper and receiver log in times, fuel and debit card transaction all match your log. And your employer will throw you under the bus just as hard as his lawyers can, because he is just as culpable for allowing you to cheat "your" log book.

Keep it simple and log always on the time zone of your domicile; Pre Trip and Post Trip, Load and Unload, Break and LC (load check), and Swap only. Fuel, lunch, scale and eat are more information then you need to give; just keep in mind it is evidence and you do not need to put one extra mark on the log then is required by law... not by the company. You tell them to go to - well, you know... If you are simple and neat, and always consistent no DOT type will look twice at your log book.

You will be just fine,
CarolinaChuck

 

The dos equis man (xx) has the best advice...lol this has helped me for the past 20yrs.

 

Were you mty or loaded. Check with safety with the driving while unladen as a personal conveyance and see if you have a way to do that. This is how a lot of people make it home when going home, I believe it maybe a 50 mile distance is all.