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Can you disable KeepTruckin location for off duty?

Discussion in 'ELD Forum | Questions, Answers and Reviews' started by TruckRunner, Sep 13, 2018.

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  1. Sep 13, 2018 #1
    TruckRunner

    TruckRunner Heavy Load Member

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    I plan to get my own truck and don't want the boss to know where I go during off times like to a friends house. Can the location be disabled for privacy when I am bobtailing?
     
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  3. Sep 13, 2018 #2
    Makeajump

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    You’ll have to unplug it from the ecm port.....
     
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  4. Sep 14, 2018 #3
    Bank_Lbr

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    The location (During Off-Duty Events), is a 10-Mile Radius around your truck. Measured by proximity to the closest municipality, with a population of 5k or more. How much more privacy are you looking for?
     
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  5. Sep 14, 2018 #4
    bigguns

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    If it is your truck, the boss has no say in what you do or where you go while off duty relatively speaking.
     
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  7. Sep 14, 2018 #5
    Bank_Lbr

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    Is this "friend" the boss's wife or daughter or something??? Why so nervous?
     
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  8. Sep 14, 2018 #6
    ZVar

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    If you own the truck the only boss around is when you look in the mirror every morning.

    Now you might sign a contract with a company and be bound by that. It would be up to the contract you willingly signed.
     
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  9. Sep 14, 2018 #7
    TruckRunner

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    Right I will sign a contract for the first time and not sure how anal the boss will be so I rather play it safe than to have him questioning why I bobtailed to a neighborhood. I rather him see that I am at a truckstop. As I get older I realize people are mostly hypocrites and attack you for things they would do in the same situation. As a company driver my company expects me to sit at a shipper for a week rather than bobtail to a shopping mall area with a lot of restaurants and wait there. I look out for myself first and make sure to always deliver the load but sometimes I want to hang out with friends.
     
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  10. Sep 14, 2018 #8
    ZVar

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    Again. The only boss is you. You will not have a boss if you own your own truck. At most you will have a long term relationship in a business to business agreement.

    If you keep with the mindset of working for a company, like an employee you will fail. Get in your mind you are a business providing a service.
     
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  11. Sep 14, 2018 #9
    Expeditor

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    Legally you can't unhook the tracking /ELD device from the truck and then move it. That is the reason for the ELD to know when the truck moves and locations of move, including miles.
    You can park in a truck stop and take a uber or have a friend pick you up. The carrier will always know where that truck is if it's on ELD and working property.
     
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  12. Sep 14, 2018 #10
    driverdriver

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    Just re read first post, lol.
     
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