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Originally Posted by kc0iv
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Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
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good call Rev... but if i remember it right ONLY an o/o can used it. ie your truck not company truck, i don't know if a lease driver can.
Nope - anyone can use it if their company has released them from duty. And you cannot be pulling a trailer.
Nothing in the rules that says you can't pull a TRAILER. Only says it can't be loaded.
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Question 26: If a driver is permitted to use a CMV for personal reasons, how must the driving time be recorded?
Guidance: When a driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work, time spent traveling from a driver's home to his/her terminal (normal work reporting location), or from a driver's terminal to his/her home, may be considered off-duty time. Similarly, time spent traveling short distances from a driver's en route lodgings (such as en route terminals or motels) to restaurants in the vicinity of such lodgings may be considered off-duty time. The type of conveyance used from the terminal to the driver's home, from the driver's home to the terminal, or to restaurants in the vicinity of en route lodgings would not alter the situation unless the vehicle is laden. A driver may not operate a laden CMV as a personal conveyance. The driver who uses a motor carrier's CMV for transportation home, and is subsequently called by the employing carrier and is then dispatched from home, would be on-duty from the time the driver leaves home.
A driver placed out of service for exceeding the requirements of the hours of service regulations may not drive a CMV to any location to obtain rest.
While it does say that a laden CMV cannot be used for personal conveyance, neither can a dispatched one. If DOT stops you, you are going to have to be able to prove that you are not under dispatch, because if you aren't, you are not relieved of all work and responsibility of performing work. How are you going to do that when you are dragging a trailer around?