Week 48 – The Question of HOS

Week Ending 7/14/07

Loads Delivered: 2

Total Miles: 2017
* Loaded: 2017
* Empty: 0

Gross Pay: $826.97
* Mileage Pay: $826.97
* Accessorial:

Hours Logged: 52.25
* Driving: 41.5
* On-Duty: 10.75

$/Hour $15.83

Off-Duty - Not Logged: 7.5
* @ Customer:
* In Laurinburg:
* Waiting Assignment: 7.5

All Hours: 59.75

Actual $/Hour: $13.84

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Load #1

Shipper: Ottawa, IL Friday, July 06, 2007
Consignee: Laurinburg, NC Monday, July 09, 2007
Commodity: glass

Waited in Ottawa 3 hours for a work assignment. When finally received (15:24) they couldn't find paperwork, and was told to come back at 7pm, and check with jockey. Waited until 6pm, when I saw jockey bring in another trailer. I asked him if he knew when the load would be ready, and was told it had been ready since 4pm. I still couldn't find paperwork, so had to go back to Shipper, where they finally found it. Lost 6 hours waiting in Ottawa.

I received this load on Friday with an open window for delivery to Laurinburg, but there was also an ETA for 7:00 AM Monday morning. The only way I could make that ETA would be to go straight to Laurinburg from Ottawa, and take Reset on Monday. But, if the ETA was changed to 2:00, I would be able to go through home, take Reset Sunday, and not waste a weekday on the Reset. When I called to talk with Tina about changing the ETA, Shirley answered her phone.

When Tina called back she accused me of burning up too many On-Duty hours, and questioned how I could have a 13 hour day, with only 6.5 hours and 361 miles driving. I explained there were 2 loads (one unload and one load), had to break down trailer with impacted bolts on the frame, had to purchase 4x4 lumber as instructed in macro, secure in a rainstorm, and deal with headboard that was missing two bolts. She was still unsure if I should be including that in on-duty time, and said she would have to talk with OSR, so to plan to bring my logs to LRBG Monday to go over.

She finally realized that I was talking about 2:00 Monday, (Shirley had passed on the message as 2:00 Tuesday). When she realized it was Monday, she approved the change of ETA to 2:00. But before she reached that realization, she told me that I could DRIVE up to 70 hours in an 8 day period. She did not believe me that ALL On-Duty hours were counted in the 70, and said she would have to check with an OSR.

By Monday, she had back peddled. No OSR was present for the meeting, and she said that she just wasn't used to seeing 13 hour days. That tells me that she didn’t really look at the daily HOS update, as I averaged 12 hours/day on a regular basis. And, if you think about it: If a Driver has the opportunity to drive the full 11 hours, there should also be an additional hour for the truck - load checks, fuel, etc. So, anyone driving the full 11 hour day should be showing at least 12 hours on-duty.

Took Reset at home with 60.25 hours logged.

Arrive Home: Saturday, July 07, 2007, 5:30 PM
Leave Home: Monday, July 09, 2007, 5:30 AM
Hours Home: 36.00
Days Home: 1.50

Trailer had wrong landing gear handle. Did not fit into support, and rubbed against frame (watch out knuckles).



Securement box hinge not attached



Rusted rim


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Load #2

Shipper: Laurinburg, NC Monday, July 09, 2007
Consignee: Owatonna, MN Thursday, July 12, 2007
Commodity: glass

Trailer rusted on side and headboard. Tarp had holes. In Ottawa, left note in electric line plug-in about both. The following photos were sent to Brett on 7/15/07

Headboard rusted through:





Rusted Headboard - Also depicts cracked weld:




Stress Cracks: