you carry over your hours onto the first page of the new month. you do your log as normal. you keep the old log book for 8 days, then either save it at home, for future reference as to how many miles you drove, and as proof of employment. i think as of right now, i have the past 3 years of log books in a shoe box. i will toss them away when i either retire officially, or am deemed disabled, due to my injury.Does anyone know what the rules are on starting a new log book each month?
hey bud, i asked you honest questions and made an honest statement.No Sh*t sherlock. Need to prove to my new employer that all their other drivers have been doing it wrong all this time. Couldn't find anything quickly in the Federal regulations, so thought the trucking board members could answer the question. Didn't think I'd get some grief about it.
The reason you couldn't find any rule about starting a new book each month is because there isn't one. The requirements only state you need to be current to duty change and keep past seven days. It makes no difference if you start a new book on the 13th of the month, or the 8th. You could lump your consecutive days off onto one page, then continue on till you run the book out then start a new one. The dates on the recap page are only there for your convenance.
If you really want to screw with the small brained, pin-headed boss go by a stack of loose leaf logs and ask how you start a new "book" each month.