Security Guard VS HoS

If at shipper/receiver and run over 14 and can't stay, we are told to call safety to get a tow out.

What?????? Wow, that's an unbelievably expensive solution! I can't imagine a company paying to have the truck towed for that reason. Wow.

If at shipper/receiver and run over 14 and can't stay, we are told to call safety to get a tow out.

What?????? Wow, that's an unbelievably expensive solution! I can't imagine a company paying to have the truck towed for that reason. Wow.

I totally agree. I was in dfw newly solo. Ran out of hrs and couldn't sit at shipper for 10 so I left to find safe haven. Big mistake. Resulting conference call involved logs,safety, and dm. I've talked to 1 other driver that has invoked the tow thing and received no backlash for doing it, but u gotta figure there goes any profit for the next 3 loads. Best to be a company driver in that scenario!

I'd like to rehash this subject if i may... I'm still having a tough time with the hours of service rules. I think i understand the drive nine hours idea, I'll be trying that. More times than not I've wound up over the past two weeks with 5 or. Six hours to get to my consignee , but an hour or so short on my clock. I've driven myself to the point where i am on the side of the road with 5 minutes or less on my drive clock and its only 7 or 8 am. Lemme tell ya, after two times on the 322 or 22 in southern PA, not a stop in sight, staying on the side of the road for 15-16 hours, i do not want to fall into that position again... Can someone help me understand that a little better? My trainer didn't really cover it very well unfortunately. I find it a little confusing still....

I'd like to rehash this subject if i may... I'm still having a tough time with the hours of service rules. I think i understand the drive nine hours idea, I'll be trying that. More times than not I've wound up over the past two weeks with 5 or. Six hours to get to my consignee , but an hour or so short on my clock. I've driven myself to the point where i am on the side of the road with 5 minutes or less on my drive clock and its only 7 or 8 am. Lemme tell ya, after two times on the 322 or 22 in southern PA, not a stop in sight, staying on the side of the road for 15-16 hours, i do not want to fall into that position again... Can someone help me understand that a little better? My trainer didn't really cover it very well unfortunately. I find it a little confusing still....

Honestly it depends on the situation. Learning how to manage your clock there are no right or wrong answers here. There are place you go to that you can guarentee will take FOREVER to unload you ie Shelbyville, IN Kroger just spent 8 1/2 hrs there. So either you are driving in off duty or doing an 8/2 like I did. If you need specific trip planning I can help you with that. Just shoot me a pm.

1 thing I do for my HOS , log what you do...

1 thing I do for my HOS , log what you do...

Yep Log what you do and do what you log. Follow that and you hardly ever go wrong.

Could you have another driver with HoS left on his clock drive your truck to a safe place rather than be towed? Seems like a more cost efficient option?

Phil

This happen to me when I worked for central and my DM said that there is a one hour deal type thing like DOT really won't mess with you if its under a hour pass your 11 that's what my DM said not sure and also heard a trucker say it to

Is it possible to go off duty while waiting at a shipper to conserve the hours?

I didn't read all the replies. That being said I ran a yard at an amazon for 2 years ending this past July. If a man was out of hours with electronic logs I told him he could stay in my bobtail lot. If he had paper logs I sent him 1.5 miles up the road to the truck stop.