jd6820
Well-known member
Hi all,
Just after a bit of advice and views on how those of you running trucks manage the working time directives and driving time when doing other work not in the wagon. I'm currently training for my practical test on C + E with the view to eventually putting a truck on the road. We sell quite a lot of hay and straw along with moving machines our own and customers from site to site and repairs. Currently done by other hauliers, pickup and trailer or tractor when we are on hay/straw locally. Costing quite a bit and very inconvenient to say the least especially as I get little notice and repair jobs can take longer than expected which messes up the hauliers, so putting our own truck on the road is the plan. Can do all six week inspections myself and any work for MOT's have a mate who's also a wagon mechanic and another who'll transport manage as they've enough capacity for another operation. The bit that's becoming evident in my CPC training is how the heck I'm suppose to log the many hours not spent driving the wagon i.e. workshop time/farming? The demos for using the digi card all show putting in any work hours before setting off. For me that could be a weeks worth of hours! Either that or write on analogue tacho disks. Can I ask how those of you who are in construction as a day job then using a wagon to move plant about or helping a mate out manage to log your time on the digi card without vast amounts of time spent before you can turn a wheel. The expense doesn't bother me as I value convenience and flexibility much higher and absolutely hate using the tractors for roadwork (strictly farm related) when I could use a truck instead carting twice as much in less time. Tractors are for fields not roads, can't understand those using them for haulage as the fuel economy is terrible and the tyre wear a fortune.
Any advice or tips would be much appreciated.
Just after a bit of advice and views on how those of you running trucks manage the working time directives and driving time when doing other work not in the wagon. I'm currently training for my practical test on C + E with the view to eventually putting a truck on the road. We sell quite a lot of hay and straw along with moving machines our own and customers from site to site and repairs. Currently done by other hauliers, pickup and trailer or tractor when we are on hay/straw locally. Costing quite a bit and very inconvenient to say the least especially as I get little notice and repair jobs can take longer than expected which messes up the hauliers, so putting our own truck on the road is the plan. Can do all six week inspections myself and any work for MOT's have a mate who's also a wagon mechanic and another who'll transport manage as they've enough capacity for another operation. The bit that's becoming evident in my CPC training is how the heck I'm suppose to log the many hours not spent driving the wagon i.e. workshop time/farming? The demos for using the digi card all show putting in any work hours before setting off. For me that could be a weeks worth of hours! Either that or write on analogue tacho disks. Can I ask how those of you who are in construction as a day job then using a wagon to move plant about or helping a mate out manage to log your time on the digi card without vast amounts of time spent before you can turn a wheel. The expense doesn't bother me as I value convenience and flexibility much higher and absolutely hate using the tractors for roadwork (strictly farm related) when I could use a truck instead carting twice as much in less time. Tractors are for fields not roads, can't understand those using them for haulage as the fuel economy is terrible and the tyre wear a fortune.
Any advice or tips would be much appreciated.
