Two drivers in One truck?

Have them do a log and time sheet...you seem to be skating the rules..If a passenger in a company truck is running then they are on duty not driving.Look at the laws real careful and don't assume..Even though your driver are accountable it will be you the company paying the heavy fines for non-compliance.

Will the CDL passenger be driving at all...if so the yes log

Does the 350/450 exceed of meet the Commercial laws with regards to weight for operations which i believe is 26,001

I suggest you look at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ for your answers

 

The link that tobiasrook provided is your best source of official information for regulations that involve driver Hours-of-Service.. It might take a lot of research, as the language is very bureaucratic legalese, but the answers are there.. Asking for that info here, you can expect to get as many opinions (often uniformed) as there are drivers.. Good luck to you..

 

If you are in the passenger seat in a sleeper truck you are considered on-duty. (You could be navigating)

You run team and get an inspection first thing the inspector does is walk around and ask the passenger for their log book. Usually an easy ticket if they are cdl holders.

Hop back in the sleeper and you have no problems.

Day cabs could be different but would guess no.

 

Either
1) He's training with you.. aka will be driving so he must log "ON DUTY/NOT DRIVING" if he is in the passenger seat or "sleeper berth" if he's.. well sleeping.
2) He's riding with you or training ("observing") but WONT drive .. he will need a written authorization stating his name, the drivers name who's going to be going out with, truck route (point a, point b, point c).

 

As I said earlier, follow tobiasrooks' advice and examine the fmcsa regs.. the responses you're getting here relate more towards OTR team trucks or drivers in training. Your company may have different rules than for-hire contract carriers. Also, you said in an earlier post that your trucks don't always leave your state, and the rules for intra-state use are different than interstate commerce

 

The weight for a commercial motor vehicle under the fmcsa is 10,001 lbs gross vehicle weight rating.

 

Years ago when I was the DOT guy for a construction company, we used F350 trucks and had 2 guys to the truck.

Their job was to go to the site and work. The enroute, all were paid, but only one drove. A cdl driver who is working at the job they are employed at, in this case, even riding in the truck is considered on duty not driving. They are limited to the 14 hour window as the driver. They are on duty not driving for the entire trip.


Since you are operating under interstate rules, not anyone can operate such trucks. They are classed as Commerical Motor Vehicles and the drivers of such need to have a medical card in addition to the license. This is even if not a cdl.