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13 and a half hours today. No break. Guess I'll be on the crap list. Oh friggin well. One more day.
Sunday. Forced operational necessity.
- Thread starter DRAisawesome
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13 and a half hours today. No break. Guess I'll be on the crap list. Oh friggin well. One more day.
DRAisawesome
Well-Known Member
I'd say FT express employees avg 45 hrs a week year round. No PT stays long enough. Lots of hours all around.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Take your break, you've earned it. If it don't all get done then it's the managers fault for sending you out way over capacity.
We had an old timer suspended yesterday for HOS violation. Ain't worth it.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
A perfect example of trying to do the right thing and then being thrown directly beneath the bus. If you are DOT, send multiple messages to Dispatch if you are even remotely close to hitting 14. If you won't make it back, send another message indicating this, park the vehicle, and then await retrieval by someone else, preferably a manager.
Protect yourself, because they won't.
It will be fine
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I think that would still be a violation. You have to be off the clock by 14 hrs. That means back to the station by at least 13:40 so you can do a proper post trip inspection and clock out. Depending on how far you are from the station call it quits at 13 hrs to leave ample time for traffic and what not.
STFXG
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Nah you just can't drive once you've been on the clock for 14. Unless you are heading back to station and are delayed due to weather. Then you can extend up to 16. You just can't drive again until after the 10 hr restart.
It will be fine
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Good to know. I can't imagine having a guy out that long in one day though.
overflowed
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I've been stuck in a blizzard on road for 19 hours once.
SmithBarney
Well-Known Member
All hours count towards that 14, so just parking it at 13:59 isn't an option you have to be in and OFF the clock.
Goldilocks
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More than half of our station have been given a letter that states we are non dot drivers. Tell me why we still could not work over 14 hours? I was almost at 14 and told to head back and clock out. Made it by 10 min. Crap, I was enjoying making over $50 an hour.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
They gave you guys letters? We only heard by word of mouth. I'm sure FedEx doesn't like paying double time. Customers be damned.
Goldilocks
Well-Known Member
Yes, paper given to all drivers to sign. I made a paper plane out of mine.
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Virescit Vulnere Virtus
What was the purpose of signing? I wonder if we non-DOT people ever get stopped by the police, what will happen when the cops ask us for our DOT card because we have a FedEx DOT number on the side of our trucks?
STFXG
Well-Known Member
The DOT number doesn't matter. If the truck is under 10k pounds you don't need a DOT card.
Goldilocks
Well-Known Member
Funny, we had a non dot driver that needed to pull out but a 700 was in his way. He made the manager move it because of course, we are non dot and cannot move anything larger than a sprinter. lol
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We shall see.
