Log Books Part 3 (Tutorial #14)

[cskillet2003]

If you're at a shipper or receiver and are basically at your 11 or 14 hour limit what do you do? Let them unload and hope they're fast or say sorry and find a place to shut down for 10 hours? It's kind of hard knowing which is worse... pissing off the customer or not breaking the rules. (wanna-be trucker here)

[seansuth]

@cskillet2003 Well normally you make previsions to not show up close to the end of your hrs, that you figure out in preplanning your trip. however things like traffic congestion ect can affect that. You do your best to have it done before, if not, about the only thing you can do is wait. rarely will a coustomer have place/let you rest on their property, so you'll have to go to the first safe place to park.

[jakerm8099]

How hard is it to learn how to do logbooks

[theevilmeister]

14:10... LOL

[0608regal]

thanks for the vid..got a question for ya.How rough do you think trucking companys are on convicted felons if its like 5 years old?

[seansuth]

@0608regal Honestly, I don't know... hopfully someone can answer for you

[cskillet2003]

@0608regal Makes sense to me. Thanks for the quick reply!

[rickyrsd]

thanks for all the info, just started trucking school today. It all started with them damn Log books all day lecture. I still have issues understanding it. This video answers a lot of my questions. Thanks ! San Diego, California . . .

[ramblinman6300]

Not confusing.Igot it,lol

[yankeess12]

hey sean man thats looks complicated. u think it would be easier to get a computer program to keep track of log book activites. or is mandatory to do it on paper.

[tiffanyt600]

how do you log h.o.s. when going thru time zones

[andrew5184]

@tiffanyt600  Great question. You always log based on the time at your home terminal.

[bigmacattack05]

thanks sean, you explain things fine. except what is the 14 hour window

[SuperMilken]

fantastic video learned a lot and yes you are a good teacher

[jtaran06]

What's a log book? Just hammer down and pull the qualcomm fuse

[Geoffr524]

Youtube is throwing out my posts, but I really like your videos. Really good information you have. Learned alot. THANKS

[tiffanyt600]

if i took 1 hour for a lunch break , does that hour cut from the 14 hour work period ?thank you for replying back

[andrew5184]

@tiffanyt600 Yes. The only thing that resets the 14 hour clock is your 10 hour break.

[tiffanyt600]

is off duty and sleeper berth considered to be the same

[seansuth]

No. Off duty can be anywhere, doing anything but work. Sleeper has to be in the bunk getting rest

[thedeerhunter270]

What a pain in the ass your system is. Over here in Europe we use digital tachographs - like a credit card which records all my driving duties. Much easier than messing about with paper.

[oarcrazy2802]

haha. It is what it is.

[andrew5184]

Thanks for putting this together, Sean. It's a great crash course. On second thought, probably shouldn't use the word crash, but you get the point.

[MAXANDAD]

Thanks Buffett is on me!!!

[smoke896]

Can you show us how to "adjust" the books when we screw up on hours. Is there a way to stay legal in the books when you mess up your schedule.

[Shadwell06]

very good information Sean, well done on this section, certainly cleared up some of the myths about trucking.

and very well constructed, as in giving us a good idea on how to work it, you explained how to do the time change, how do you mark with the minus hour say you are driving at 1:30 am - 6:00? do you mark the hour as off duty. or do the gap in the line with an explanation?

[handclamp]

I am not a truck driver, but I must say that was interesting.

[Matthew3777]

Love the Iowa 80!

[Whitelinefilms]

Great work on this brother. I need to listen to this with some headphones as the building i'm in is loud as sh!t Looked spot on.

[TruckerDrew]

Great information Sean, you just helped me understand one more thing that you truckers do in the trucking industry. (One question though), When your driving in the States, and your log is correct like you did. If you reach 9 o'clock for the 11 hr. stop line, Do you have to pull off the road at that point and shut off the truck to be legal? I see trucks pull off the road or are off the road and I wonder if it's because of their log book hrs. (That is one thing I want to clear up in my mind)

[RedsMarlboro]

No, But you can't log anymore hours beyond this point, In-less in Canada. You can drive 13 in Canada. You can however drive to the nearest truck stop, walmart, gas station, ect. Most people would say this is in the off-duty part of the log book., but really it's your time.

[Dealjobber]

Really good vid. Just out of trucking school. Spot-on from what I was taught, plus you mentioned what to do during a day with daylight saving time which the school did not!

[monster93455]

good vids ty coming from werner and then going t paper  ur a big help ty

[WhiteLinesBlueSkies]

Good Job...now get back on line 3. WLBS

[paininspain]

As moving to canada in the new year and only used to tachograph's, these vids have been very very usefull. Thanks sean and great vids

[schmumpkin]

I am not a truck driver (as you know), but I "got" all of your information, and I did feel this to be clear and concise. You may have felt you confuse things, and it could be confusing to new drivers, but all jobs can be for the first week or so (I know mine was where I work) with all the variables, etc.

Great video, sir!

[robb6599]

wow alot of work LOL

[btjohnson83]

13:21 "if only a log book could really look like this" It CAN :-) I didnt know that about the z line and skipping the hr in the line when the time changed. I just always logged it like nothing changed and gained an hour or lost an hr. OK, ill stfu with all my self incriminating statements. 5/5

[carkid1719]

great video keep them comin

[Hammerdown701]

Hey sean you should open your own school. I'll be your first student. Thanks for all your vids.

[TheTarrMan]

cool

[AirborneRooster]

another great vid bro

[mustangguy6501]

thanks sean ur videos really helped me

[esmithmaria]

i never knew log books were so complex

[jptrucker29]

another good vid sean i did`nt know that off duty counted off the 14 hours it`s been a while since i drove,thanks

[akoutlawtrucker]

in Alaska we can drive for 15 hours with 5 hours worktime .

[Drue192]

No Sean you didn't confuse me. You helped me out alot! My dad, a trucker for 35+ years couldn't explain it better then you did!

[somewhathigh]

very well put Sean. they're changing our log books again and its getting annoying. im pretty sure theres alot of drivers out there using your tutorials themselves lol

[seansuth]

They are AGAIN? Man, didn't know I was outta the loop so long lol

[somewhathigh]

Yep the company just got a new batch of books that have some new sections on em that go into greater deatil on the inspection part and the vehicle maintence log and recap

[seansuth]

oy. They can't leave well enough alone

[hiddengen]

that was great ! i cant wait for the next one. also you point out at the end that this is a best case scenario for the log book.. in the next video can u give some examples of problems that you end up with in practice, thanks! great vid

[systemfan18]

nice video thanks Sean

[hiddengen]

yippee