BOL Company Still Say I Do Not Need One
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Back when I drove for Swift I would occasionally have loads with no paper BoL. This particular company did everything digitally with Swift. So I would write up my own BoL (using the appropriate info) to have on the truck just in case DoT ever felt the need to stop me. Cover yourself at all times.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
You can pickup blank BOL's at any truckstop (at least the big one's anyway) to have for those times when you have need to hand write one out for situations such as you have described. Besides, everything you buy to conduct business is a tax write-off.
Ernie
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
You always want to have a bill of lading with you just to be safe. It's perfectly fine to make one up for yourself if need be. They may be entirely correct that by law you don't need one with you. It depends on a number of factors. But for you personally there's no reason to risk it. You can buy one of those cheap packages of blank bills at truck stops and fill them out yourself. Just put a description of what's in the trailer, where you picked it up, where you're taking it, and approximately what it weighs. Just make up something reasonable for the weight because obviously you're guessing. But that way if you get pulled over you have a set of bills with you and it's one less thing to be concerned with.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
I have a question. I am working for a company that wants to go pick up a box trailer ( with empty containers and pallets and a few containers that have their own tools in it). The say I do not need a BOL and if I think I do to write it out myself. Is this common. This company only hauls it's own items to different job locations. A guy last week got a ticket for not having a BOL in a water truck our companies fire truck. Yet the company says BOL is not needed we are not selling or shipping . We are not a trucking company, but they have 10,000 straight trucks.....
About the Water truck, Tanker, you have to Prove you are not carrying Hazmat. You need paperwork stating Non Regulated, and on the return trip empty, paperwork Stating Residue Last Contained Non Regulated , or a Certified Clean out ticket. Proving non Hazmat is on the Driver
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
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I have a question. I am working for a company that wants to go pick up a box trailer ( with empty containers and pallets and a few containers that have their own tools in it). The say I do not need a BOL and if I think I do to write it out myself. Is this common. This company only hauls it's own items to different job locations. A guy last week got a ticket for not having a BOL in a water truck our companies fire truck. Yet the company says BOL is not needed we are not selling or shipping . We are not a trucking company, but they have 10,000 straight trucks.....