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Hours of Service
POLL: Which major hours change will most benefit your operation?
he FMCSA earmarked four areas of change in its hours of service modifications final rule — the 30-minute break, split-sleeper options, and the short haul and adverse driving conditions exceptions. With three months to better digest the rule, which of the changes do you stand to benefit from in your operation?
August 10, 2020
Channel 19
Rolling the 14: How to pull off the split-sleeper under the hours of service
Logbook examples illustrate the way the FMCSA's hours of service rule is expected to work come Sept. 29, 2020. Also: Executing a 3-hour duty pause with the split cycle.
July 9, 2020
Channel 19
More split-sleeper wishful thinking: Specialized carriers association backs sleeper splits up to 5 and 5
A look at the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association’s commentary on FMCSA’s hours of service proposal. It closely mirrors what I’ve heard from so many truckers who remember the split-sleeper-berth rules of days gone by. Namely, that’s something along these lines: “Let us split as we see fit.”
October 31, 2019
Business
Minnesota aims at moving targets
Some rehabilitation of Minnesota’s reputation — in the wake of the state’s notorious “fatigue checklist,” judged a violation of truckers’ Fourth Amendment rights in 2011 — is on offer via truckers’ anecdotes and data on its enforcement program, with a shift toward mobile traffic enforcement and, perhaps, a willingness of officers to credit professionalism where it’s due.
November 8, 2018
Channel 19
Rolling your 14: How to do an 8/2 or 2/8 sleeper-berth split
Here's a hypothetical series of logs from T. Dills Trucking leading into the current day that might help illustrate the process. Check it out on Overdrive.
July 26, 2018
Channel 19
Details on out-of-service conditions related to ELDs, come December 18
CVSA’s new ELD-related out-of-service conditions are actually footnotes regarding current OOS violations having to do with hours of service.
May 18, 2017
Overdrive Radio
When a straight 14 might not be the ideal, or safest, option: Four loads over two days in Ohio with Scott Reed
Hear part of Overdrive Senior Editor Todd Dills’ many conversations with Buckland, Ohio-based owner-operator Scott Reed over two days on the road in mid-April 2017. It tells the story of what Reed sees as a certainly less-than-ideal hours rule when it comes to his shorter-haul van operation.
April 28, 2017
Hours of Service
KeepTruckin redesigns logbook app
Added functionality in KeepTruckin’s update include the storage of multiple vehicles and odometer readings in your log form, improved hours entry and editing and more.
July 28, 2015
Hours of Service
POLL: On average, how long do you drive per day?
Given the late attention to those in the supply chain who would waste drivers’ time unnecessarily, this poll probes just how much Overdrive readers really use of their daily maximum 11 hours drive time.
July 28, 2015
Hours of Service
POLL: What do you use for your logs — paper or e-logbook?
With the ELD mandate slated to reach Final Rule status in the coming months, what’s your current approach to logs — paper, logbook app or other software, or 395.15-compliant e-log? Weigh in here.
July 6, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Tale of two drivers at Partners in Business:
Todd Amen presented the latest in revenue/income averages and trends from ATBS’ owner-operator clients, which continue to follow what’s been happening over a decade now. Better income on fewer miles.
August 23, 2014
Partners in Business
PIB tip: Save your log books
Your log books are your best record of your per diem (daily) expenses, primarily meals, so be sure to keep them in a safe place along with your receipts and tax returns. You may need your logs to prove your expenses, should you be audited.
April 16, 2014
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