I was in a similar position yesterday. Spent extra long at a shipper, 14 hour clock ran to zero but I needed to find a place to park. Drove 3 miles to a truck parking lot, Qualcomm gave me a log violation. A message to the logs department cleared it all up.
You won't be in trouble at Prime. I've gotten a few log violations myself with them. You may get assessed a "point." 20 points and your FM is forced to chat with you. Points fall off after 6 months. Just shoot a message to logs and explain what happened.
Went over my 14 hr clock by 50 mins.
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Jfairley00, Oct 24, 2017.
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The most common scenario is this:
Because Shaffer allows off duty driving, it is not rare for me to arrive with a drop load with only a few minutes left on my 14. By the time I go to receiving, drop my loaded trailer, and PTI my new empty, I'm burning on duty time in excess of my 14. Then I go to off-duty driving and find somewhere to park.x1Heavy Thanks this. -
Good people.
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I don't believe nobody has stated the real problem here....If you're stuck at a shipper or receiver that long...you're obviously hooked to the wrong trailer.
Go get an open deck and never deal with that garbage again!
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You can have a 5000 foot trailer a mile high filled with spices in the little 2 inch high boxes.
Might take you approximately 18 months to unload that volume working with periods of naps. But you are not restricted in any way from working say 24 to 30 hours in the trailer unloading sometimes.
You just cannot drive without at least a 10 hour break.slim shady Thanks this. -
When you find the correct type of trucking you can literally eliminate the lost money, time and heartache rotting at a reefer dock.
I know my life time earnings relatively approximate to the nearest say 20K but had I not screwed around so much on the dock in the reefer unpaid and even worse, paying lumpers.... and tolls and and and... I may have added 50% to the entire life time earnings Just by refusing to rot at the reefer dock all night and day.
At some point the Industry MUST declare mileage based pay feast and famine obselete. And go to a salary position with tenure.Mattflat362 Thanks this. -
Next time find a safe harbor sooner.
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