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Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
After a 34 hour reset, I always throw zeros in the recap for the last 8 days to avoid confusion. As the recap is not required by the FMCSA, you can throw anything you want in there.
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I hate to argue with the departed but, this is not a good idea. Whether necessary or not, ANYTHING you put on your log could be used against you if it is "false."
Depending on the type of log you use, once you show TWO days with ZERO hours worked, or ONE day and a log sheet showing the remaining hours needed before you started work, you will have shown ALL that is necessary to claim 70 hours "available" for the next day.
IOW.... don't falsify your log. Just show it as it happened, and (as some have suggested) it would be smart to put something in the remarks section about the restart. But, it is not necessary. No DOT cop can put you OOS if you can show him properly filled out logsheets showing 34 consecutive hours off duty.
You don't even HAVE to have a logsheet showing zero hours. If you started your restart at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, you would need a logsheet for that day showing 3 hours of on duty time. 34 hours later would be 1 p.m. on Wednesday. So, you would have a logsheet with duty hours on Wednesday. NO logsheets with zero hours.... but still a 34 hour "restart."
You CANNOT falsify the last 8 days (as the Rev suggested) by putting zeros on your recap! You have logsheets, fuel receipts, tolls, etc showing that you worked those days! Even tho the recap is NOT required by the FMCSA, IF you fill it out.... you cannot FALSIFY it.