For Those Who Went From Paper Logs to Electronic

I've been driving for 19 yrs.I've been driving for the past 2 yrs at Tyson Foods.I'm far from a steering wheel holder.Most people that whine about E Logs don't know all the facts&have never used them.Our system has a personal conveyance duty status.If you run out of hours at a shipper or a reciever,you have 20 miles to find a safe haven.If your in the sleeper berth,you'll have to do a split break.If you have a good dispatcer,you can still get miles.I can run 3,000 miles a week with no problems.If I have a time issue with a delivery or a pick up due to hours,my dispatcher handles that as long I give him time to handle the situation.I'm far from perfect myself because I've "hustled" plenty of log books back in the day.ELogs aren't perfect but if you keep the left door closed,you can make money with a good company that has good freight&good dispatchers.

 

Just because the eobr "allows it" does not mean it is legal. Nothing in the FMCSA about 20 miles to find a place after out of hours.

 

i like how you said keep the left door closed

sure glad i dn't have that problem,

you all keep saying how happy you are all to be able to do 3000 miles a week. those are good weeks.

that's 425 miles per day.

MAN THAT'S A LOT OF SITTING. and your hauling butt with the left door closed?????

 

I was doing 3000 a week and home weekends.

How do you figure that's 425 a day?

 

oh, now you say home on the weekends.

 

I always was saying home on weekends. They'd run us like dogs during the week and send us home for a 34 on the weekend.

it sucked.

 

You said you were going to be on your hog all weekend as you had a date in NY. Yet here you are posting.

 

Texting while riding....

 

that's HAWG, not hog.

her name is HAWG. get it right.

R U JEALOUS.

an no need for text while riding. phones now have voice to text.

 

I do the same now. Leave Sunday morning and back Friday morning. Usually get thru the house once during the week for my 10. I ran 3100 last week.