ELDorMe

I CAN appreciate that, but to a degree it is just becoming the cost of doing business, I ALSO agree with your statement about the creeping cost of some of these things, Your right, it DOES add to the bottom line, that is why you HAVE to find a way to offset it.

I know it is different for a small fleet vs an O/O, but going to ELD's SAVED me having to add another person on the office side payroll just to sift through logbooks, fuel receipts, tolls etc.

So there is 30,000 a year right off the top that I'm NOT spending, it all depends on how you look at it!

 

Do you do all of your own paperwork, IFTA etc. What is your time worth at the end of every month not to have to go back and add up all of your miles for every state, (I'm not telling you, I am asking)???

 

I will tell you this if it makes any difference, just like everything else new in the 4 years we have had them they have become easier to use, more reliable, more compact, more units are being geared toward O/O's and the single truck, AND, I see the costs are starting to come down.

 

I understand what you are saying, AND this is just my opinion, you guys have picked the wrong fight, just from a liability standpoint ELD's are not going away, sure, you can skirt the law with a 99 truck, but for how long.

NOW, if you want MY signature on something that "could/should" be changed, then mount a fight to change the HOS, THEN you have my full attention.

You have to pick and choose your battles in life, the problem with fighting the ELD mandate is that you simply don't have the numbers, NOT EVERYBODY HATES THEM!!!!

HOS service on the other hand, I think EVERYBODY would agree they need some work,,,, Choose the battle you can win, NOT the one that will exhaust all of your resources!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is where OOIDA has it wrong.

Again,,,,,,, Just "my" opinion............