Logging off duty while loading/unloading

613060

{"text":"Just sitting here waiting to load for 6 hours now. What do you tell DOT when they ask why you were off for 6 hours?  ","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

610123

{"replyTo":"","text":"Always. If I'm doing something work specific I go on duty. I don't care what the rule is, I'm not letting some snobby shippers or receivers eat up my 70.","replyToPid":0}

229859

{"replyTo":"","text":"Sleeper Berth\nCan not Go Off Duty \nYou Are Still In The Truck","replyToPid":0}

616790

{"replyTo":"","text":"yes you can go off duty,","replyToPid":0}

617926

{"replyTo":"","text":"They’re not likely to ask you why you were off (none of their business really). If they do for some reason, just tell them you took a couple hours off.","replyToPid":0}

631628

{"replyTo":"","text":"it's my understanding that you can only go off duty if you are no longer responsible for the equipment, ie. you're at home. if you are in the truck at a shipper or receiver, especially if you are docked, you are responsible and essentially on call so sleeper berth it is.","replyToPid":0}

638120

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229859 发表于 2019-03-02 21:10:33 Sleeper Berth\nCan not Go Off Duty \nYou Are Still In The Truck

","text":"Wrong. ","replyToPid":4132}

350825

{"replyTo":"","text":"The deal is, unless you are in sleeper for 8 hours straight it does not matter if you are on or off duty. Your 14 already started and is going down. You could get a 30 min rest out if it or if you know how to do a 8/2 split then off duty 2 hours can help but the only way to stop your clock is 8 hours in sleeper. Don’t listen to the super truckers saying the are saving their 70 by going off duty a few hours......now if you are at a shipper /rec. and they say, go do what you want then you can be off duty. Sometimes I walk somewhere and get lunch, but if you are watching a red/green light then is on duty. You have to be free to do what you want if you are going off duty","replyToPid":0}

563961

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229859 发表于 2019-03-02 21:10:33 Sleeper Berth\nCan not Go Off Duty \nYou Are Still In The Truck

","text":"it6dumb ass people like you that cause so many problems in this industry. if YOU are not loading/unloading you can definitely and legally log off.","replyToPid":4132}

669771

{"replyTo":"","text":"Doing 8 in the sleeper doesn’t stop your  clock. It just extends it. Doing a 2 after an 8 stops your clock but you lose 2 hours of on duty time plus any hours you drove from the end of the 8 to the start of the 2. \nAlso. Off duty/sb may not stop a 14 hour clock but it absolutely saves your 70. \n","replyToPid":0}

290064

{"replyTo":"","text":"Just put yourself in sleeper berth. If they ask tell them you were laying down. It’s none of their business though and I doubt they’ll even ask. I’ve never been asked by DOT why I was in a particular duty status they are just looking for hour violations and aren’t going to grill you on why you were in this status for this amount of time on this day.","replyToPid":0}

659648

{"replyTo":"","text":"Yes really you are still on duty and it’s going to take drive time away from you anyway so leave it on duty or if you are going to sleep put sleeper birth . Remember to use your yard moves as that only involves on duty and does not take from your drive time..","replyToPid":0}

659648

{"replyTo":"","text":"Dot is just going to count when you went on duty and when you stopped your day and check for a 30 minute break he or she could really careless what you were doing or logging...","replyToPid":0}