Ok, lets talk about the "Sleeper birth" law you quoted. If your front seats recline to at least a 60 degree angle or more, they are considered a sleeping area and therefore you entire cab is a "Sleeper". Removing your passenger seat is not needed if you do this every time you have an inspection. Remember, DOT inspections are done stationary and the officier cannot require the front seat be in the upright position unless doing the trailer brake check. Also, there is no law against air mattresses as they are sold as a "Mattress", just keep the receipt showing the word "mattress" in case you run into an officer that doesn't know what an air mattress is. The law doesn't have any requirement the sleeper area can not be converted into driver area after SB time. Many semi trucks, especially old ones, have curtains around the front windows and this also allows for a "Sleeper birth" area to be created. But, don't stand and argue with a trooper or DOT, because it always ends bad for you.

I brake the law as soon as I leave the driveway.

I've been inspected in all the hotshot hating states. While they are staring at my bed and ac they ask if I sleep in truck. I tell them I go off duty for 10hr and leave it at that. Passed everytime

You shouldn't have never told them you sleep in your truck. Iv been inspected many times. They ask do you sleep in your truck. I say no comment lol. They say I'm gonna ask you this again do you sleep in your truck. I say no comment once again. It normally aggravates them a little but you can do what you want on off duty it's non of there business and there's nothing they can do. Unless you specifically tell them that you sleep in your truck on off duty then your in violation.

I live in California.. my Mercedes got towed from the front of my house due to my plates been expired a month ago and it was street sweep day on my side of the street. About 450 to get it out .. Yet Holmes vans and rvs a few blocks away with no plates ,reg,ins, sit for months.. same side of street same laws… My Great Dane got out of my yard a few months ago.. was picked up by animal control cost me about 300 ish in fees to get him out.. yet random dogs run loose tru the streets and they never get picked up.. New Year’s Eve me and a couple neighbors got fined for lighting fireworks .. yet Holmes start street fires , camp fires, and even set cars on fire and no one bats an eye. It’s all about money… HOTEL industry wants you to spend that money on their property’s so they push for new laws regulations. Petro mafia.. IFTA.. you wanna carry fuel across state lines in a fuel cell… pay that tax Truck manufacturers mafia ..put length and weight restrictions on hotshots. Restaurant and food establishments mafia (enters the chat) Soon you won’t be able to eat in your truck because it’s not approved by the FDA or you must have a 3 piece sink with running hot water…. America is not FREE we are slaves to the CORPORATIONS

The simple answer to sleeper issue..Get a single axle tractor w/sleeper, Safer and more comfortable. FL 60.. FL 70 Freightliner w/Allison automatic..Far less money vs a pickup truck.

@TylerTheFieldServiceTech Did you go over the actual window tint allowable for your truck's license state, and what you where? Did you look up the state vehicle code to confirm the numbers. The thing that sticks out to me is that Window Tint can be measured in Transmittance which is the percentage of light passing through, or it can be measured in light filtered, which measures the light absorbed or reflected. You can get absorption, from transmittance, by subtracting it from 100. ie 100(total)-35 transmitted=65 absorbed. or vice versa, 100 = absorbed + transmitted. The video is rough, but that is a Laser Labs Enforcer II, which measures transmittance. The kit comes with reference samples that can be measured to verify the reading is calibrated. If they don't use them, the readings arent verifiable. Most States Allow a window tint exemption. The law applies from the state your vehicle is licensed in. For Colorado, the 2024 allowable tint on the front passenger vehicle windows is over 27% transmittance, and less than 35% reflective. That means you would be legal now, with your old tint. but, that isn't the only rule for Commercial Vehicles: According to FMCSA Quote:" May windshields and side windows be tinted? Section § 393.60: Glazing in specified openings. Guidance Q&A Question 1: May windshields and side windows be tinted? Guidance: Yes, as long as the light transmission is not restricted to less than 70 percent of normal (refer to the American Standards Association IE 70% VLST tint. "End Quote. § 393.60: (d) Coloring or tinting of windshields and windows. Coloring or tinting of windshields and the windows to the immediate right and left of the driver is allowed, provided the parallel luminous transmittance through the colored or tinted glazing is not less than 70 percent of the light at normal incidence in those portions of the windshield or windows which are marked as having a parallel luminous transmittance of not less than 70 percent. The transmittance restriction does not apply to other windows on the commercial motor vehicle.

Ya I'd challenge the sleeper thing in court. Nowhere does it require sleeper berth at all. Your not even required to sleep. You can go to the movies, then bowling and if it's 10 hrs or more your good. But that's all pointless talk in my opinion when we live in a society that has allowed this to even be a question. We are slaves that demand more enslavement.

you couldn’t get a prescription for the darker tint?

Ain’t it great to live in a “free” country where you can use your property as you please? Oh, wait. 🙄🤦🏼‍♂️🤣😜

Did you ask for the regulation on that? I get wanting a sleeperbirth with split duty but I've had claims while while off duty without issues. Guess it's like you said grey area everyone explains different. They make custom door panels to allow sleeperbirth bed and harness.

So much bogus information. The dot cannot tell you where to sleep... As long as you mark off duty. It's none of their business where you sleep.... As for the insurance not coving the load. thats the biggest lie, wtf do these dot officers know about insurance and what they cover... Sounds like Texas needs to train officers better, Im not surprised. Most dot officers I deal with don't know the rules either. It's crazy how little some of them know.

Great content bro! How can I get into pulling enclosed trailers like you were doing in the end of this video?

Can you explain how how the measurements are used in your vehicle? Like when you say height what are you measuring from like are you saying from the floor to the ceiling from the left door to the right door and that type of thing? Also as for the actual bed is there a correct way to mount the bed in the back once you remove the rear seats? Does the bed have to be lifted off the floor to a specific height? I know there needs to be some type of safty netting in front of the bed to stop things from shifting. I'm just trying to get exact information thank you.

why don't you put off duty daily rest??

I pay for a membership with a team of lawyers that guarantees to keep my record clean and safty score low

How come it always look like you are driving from right side of the truck.

How can you pull doubles without a CDL.

300 bucks to pull off tint. R u nuts. Razor blade. Just leave it off. And just tint the back ones. I don’t think there is a limit on how dark you go

You start with ZERO score