{"id":17735,"date":"2025-01-06T23:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T23:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/local-fuel-hauling-hos-truckersreport-com-trucking-forum\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T23:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T23:26:13","slug":"local-fuel-hauling-hos-truckersreport-com-trucking-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/local-fuel-hauling-hos-truckersreport-com-trucking-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Local fuel hauling HOS | TruckersReport.com Trucking Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"bbCodeBlock bbCodeQuote\" data-author=\"Acs95yj\">\n<aside>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteContainer\">\n<p>Little background I&#8217;ve been driving since 2017 first 3 otr and rest local. Locally or otr I&#8217;ve never had any hours of service problems until I recently got a job hauling fuel. Any local company I&#8217;ve worked for followed a 14hr day no exceptions they&#8217;d even call you and make sure you had legal drive time to complete route if not they&#8217;d reschedule stops. I&#8217;m hearing tails of people working well over 16hrs on a regular basis. When I talked to my new company about HOS they said they were exempt from all hours of service regs and since our area was affected by a flood nothing matters. I have no problem working just want to stay legal.<\/p>\n<p>Click to expand&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is 2 defined rules per FMCSC the first is the most common #1 short haul exemption. #2 The 16 hour exemption as a company driver is up to the company to grant that exception to you: you want to get approval first to work 16 hours as the company is still required by law to keep track of your logs. You can stay on duty for 14 hours straight doesn\u2019t matter the company still has to record keep. <\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Short-Haul Exemption:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Operational Radius: Operate within a 150 air-mile radius <\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Duty Period: Do not exceed a maximum duty period of 14 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Return to Work Location: Report to and return from the normal work reporting location within 14 consecutive hours.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">16-Hour Short-Haul Exemption:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there is a 16-hour short-haul exemption available under specific conditions:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Frequency: This exemption can be used once every seven consecutive days, provided the driver has returned to the normal work reporting location for the previous five duty tours.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Extended Duty Period: Allows drivers to extend their on-duty period to 16 hours once within a seven-day period.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022    Driving Limit: Does not extend the 11-hour driving limit; it only extends the on-duty period.<\/p>\n<p>This exemption is designed to accommodate occasional extended workdays due to unforeseen circumstances.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('dataProcessingOptions', []);\n\tfbq('init', '1812746315680142'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n\t\t\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruckersreport.com\/truckingindustryforum\/threads\/local-fuel-hauling-hos.2518624\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little background I&#8217;ve been driving since 2017 first 3 otr and rest local. 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