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My question is if I sleep 10hrs Sunday night and we take off Monday morning do I have to show the 11hrs he drives in the bunk too so a continous 21hrs in the bunk??
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If your co-driver is on line 3 (driving), you must show in the sleeper or on line 4 if you're in the passenger seat. You can show off-duty anytime the truck is parked, so long as the other driver isn't on line 3 at the same time. So, if I understand your question, you would be in the sleeper while he's driving, but once he arrives at the customer and goes off line 3, you can use any combination of lines 1 and 2 during that time.
Yes, you can be off-duty to eat, or any other time you stop the truck.
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If during the day I am awake and help tarp a load I realize that should be on duty but it screws up your 10hrs off duty. Will the DOT believe you are in the bunk that many hours if you are called in for a inspection?
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The truck is stopped, if you want to break up the sleeper time, simply go off-duty during that period when your partner is showing on duty for tarping. We often show 10-12 straight hours in the sleeper and sometimes we really are in the sleeper for that entire time. We've never been questioned about it. But we usually try to break it up. If one person stops to fuel, the other might show off-duty during that time.