IFTA tracking

Just to clarify. Elogs are good to use for IFTA audits so long as it follows the rules in place. You can easily Google the rules. I use Motive and it passes.

 

Dwight, what did you end up going with?

 

Wow a 5 year contract is a long time to be locked in..

I have been exploring building out a mobile app that handles mileage, fuel tracking and IFTA report generation. I’ve seen quite a few drivers asking for something like this online, so I’m digging into it more seriously.

Would you be open to sharing more about what you’re hoping a tool like this would do? Or even what you didn't like about Motive.

 

Are you exempt thru the short haul exemption? If so, how many times do you cross state lines?
We run under the short haul exception, and most of our moves are within the state. We only fill out trip logs when we cross state lines. I’ve been audited and was told what we were doing was fine.

 

Audio record the information and write it down when you park.

 

This kind of makes me wonder how Penske did it with that Cascadia lease tractor I drove for a couple years in NJ hauling containers. Crossing into NY, CT, PA, and DE was common and I never wrote anything down except a paper log book. (Not even sure how we were getting away with that...this was 2017-19)

I know fuel card programs like TCS will prepare a quarterly IFTA report for you, but as far as the mileage tracking, by hand off the hub is probably the most accurate.