I drive local hauling pulling a tanker. My longest run is about 120 miles from my home terminal and I have to keep a log.


Above is the reason why I have to keep a log.

Ditto, copy that driver.

 

The one in Vaughn, NM is hardly ever open because nobody wants to spend any time in Vaughn. That city is a shithole. I once got stuck there in my pickup during a winter road shutdown and a hotel owner wanted me to pay full price for a room with no working heater.

 

Huh? I used to have to blindside into this weird angled dock in an alley in York, PA where the edge of my 45' trailer was about 1/4" away from the back of some lady's house, and if I shied too far away from the house, I'd miss the little depression, and my trailer wouldn't fit under the roof. It was a real bitch.

I loved the time the little fourwheeler with the big decal that said "PORN STAR" came right up to my front bumper and started blowing her horn for me to move.

"Where the hell am I supposed to move to, you stupid @#%@#%? The only way I can go is through your stupid @#%@## you stupid @#%#@%ing #%@#%#@."

(I used to talk nasty when I ran up north. The atmosphere up there rubbed off on me. All that rudeness exuding from every pore in the roadway. I'm glad I stay in the south now.)

 

greg3564 wrote:
I don't buy this guy's . Even as a bulk driver for Coke he would have to pull into weigh stations. Anyone who has had a CDL for ANY period of time knows you have to pull into the weigh station and have to have a log book. Common sense here. This guy's a troll.

Get your facts straight, if you drive local you are not required to have a log book when you pull into a weigh station.

Drove local in Southern California for many years and was pulled into scales, never asked for a logbook.

 

None of the drivers for the Pepsi outfit I worked for carried a logbook because we never operated outside of the 250 air mile radius of our warehouse, though the truck that went to Reserve, NM which is northwest of Silver City, NM on US180 probably came close.

I was even DOT'ed and the officers didn't ask to see any logbooks because they knew I was a "local".

 

Just curious, where did you come up with the 250 number?

 

The problem is this guy was two threads going here.

1. He got caught OTR with no log, because "his boss told him" to drive anyway. Again, the poster knew he needed a log, otherwise, why would he have asked for one?

2. Weigh stations. Total no brainer. I knew you stopped at all weigh stations when I was a kid in the family wagon. Big yellow signs that say "All Trucks Must Enter." It really isn't rocket science. And to be a truck driver and still not get it, you must be as sharp as a bowling ball.

 

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The farthest towns we served were within 250 miles of our terminal. AFAIK, none of our drivers carried logbooks. Maybe the out of town bulk drivers did, I dunno. I didn't and was never asked for one. :?

 

I don't understand why your speaking about me like I'm not around, lmfao!!! But anyways, I'm not an OTR driver!!!!!!! I'm a "short-haul", or anything I can get done in my 14hrs. driver! And yes, I asked for the log because it said the company would supply me with so on and so forth in my "new hire" paperwork. Had I of know that it was a SERIOUS D.O.T. violation, NEVER would I have left the plant. Goes to show you where "trust & respect" for people (namely my new boss) gets you in todays world!!!




Actually I've got a college degree with a 3.67 G.P.A. :wink: The reason I choose my prefession is becasue I love driving, the money is great for what I do, and my kids love braggin about daddy's "Big Truck", lol! See, I've always seen weigh stations, but never once thought about there position. I've always seen scales at the truckstops too, but never thought once about it. I honestly assumed that the scales were there for drivers to be sure they weren't overweight. So that in the case of a D.O.T. stop, they could provide proof of their shipment/weight???

Fact is, even though I took a bashing from my "coworkers", lol, I still learned a lot in this thread! I guess thats what matters.....