For Those Who Went From Paper Logs to Electronic

Years ago, when I did have a reefer and pulled the occassional produce load, the rate did not take into account if it was a team truck, or solo. The same as today. Produce loads were either flat-rated or package rated. The factors taken into account, to develope those rates, then as well as today, were distance the load had to travel and the number of trucks available to haul those loads, as evidenced here: http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/wa_fv190.txt Notice, there is no differential as to solo or team in the rates, only distance and truck availability.
As solo drivers cannot legally, meet the schedule due to higher enforcement of the HOS regs, for the longer distance loads, less trucks will be available, forcing higher rates for those loads.

 

Truck driving schools did not exist when I got my Class A Chauffeurs license.

 

All hail "autocar".

 

well we run team and haul produce and have for a very long time....hubby 29 yrs in aug and me 22 in jan.....this thread has made me ticked off (know it alls) laugh...and shake my head in disbelief....no time right now...but will be back...

 

yes it will but u still have the solo o/o's that will only run solo.

 

they were just coming around when i was 18, then i got "grandfathered" in to get my cdl

 

And they will have to adapt and change with the times. It is that simple.

 

well it that happens, rates will definitely have to increase for the o/o to pay the co-driver, if not, they won't be in business very long; but i don't see that happening for o/o's with just a handful (1-10) trucks

 

I like the e-logs much better than paper. They're faster, you don't have to log your location and draw a silly little line; it's done automatically via GPS. You just simply tell it if you're fueling, drop / hook and OD etc or Off D, or in sleeper. Draws the graph for you according to your input. The chances of making a mistake with paper logs is fairly good, carrying hours from the previous day or days over onto another clean log and not leaving anything out can happen. E-logs are interactive and tell you how many hours you have left to run. No more turning on the dome light and looking at the log book while you're driving to see if you can cram another .5 hr or .25 hr into the day. It's much faster than writing everything down, in my opinion. Simply type in BOL #, trip #, tractor # and trailer #, go on duty drive. Seen both sides here and I like the e-logs much better than paper.

 

not to change the subject; but i remember hauling produce from california to new orleans getting anywhere from $3300-$4500 during the late spring to early fall; then back down to the little over $2500 range during winter; after a few yrs of it i quit pulling a reefer then started pulling hoppers, vans, flats, livestock, etc