Log Books

How much does a qualcomm cost for one truck or is that just silly?

 

If you are leased to a carrier, you may own the truck, but the carrier has control of the truck, by FMCSA regs. How much of that control they are willing to exercise, or release should be spelled out in the contract. If the carrier decides to have EOBRs in their whole fleet, that is their perogative and your choice as the owner is to either comply, or move on to another gig.

 

When you lease your truck to a carrier you should be signing a document stating that you are giving control of that truck to the carrier. Paper logs, elogs or ectaschetch - carrier controls that and you control if you want to stay with the carrier and follow their rules.

I have been one that has been public in saying that I thought the EOBR provisions would never pass the supreme court. Now, if that does or doesn't happen I am feeling doesn't matter. The FMCSA is dead set on making this happen and they have Congress on board. Even without a mandate they will continue push regulations that make it almost impossible for a carrier to not have them.

Great example is fatigued driving (or whatever they are calling it now). Most violations are clerical errors. But EOBRs eliminate these errors. So all it takes is for them to step-up inspections of carriers with paper logs and you will see the # of violations in that category go up but carriers with EOBRS will look golden because they will have zero violations.

Economically it is going to become something that a carrier has to do.

 

That is a dead on assessment. We are seeing it at Landstar. Inway is over the threshold on HOS and it is mainly driven by clerical errors (Form and Manner) or not current violations (forgot to draw a line when going to driving).

 

Texas is who you need to watch I have never had any problems at the scales but I have been stopped over 6 times this year alone road side than you have city DOT officers now Houston port Arthur and Beaumont are bad Beaumont every 3 weeks pull over a100 trucks right infront of ford park on I-10 and the first thing they ask for is your logbook
Port Arthur stopped me a few weeks ago they had 3 bicker cops rounding up trucks they said they were told to stop ever truck comming thru

 

Thats just silly

 

Haha alright then.

 

Rand McNally TND gps has all scales listed, on your route or near you/ your destination.

 

I don't want to lie on my log books,but my boss insist that I do. My time sheets won't match my log book,,so if he gets audited will I get in trouble or will he?