Let them track your truck?

As far as the main topic is concerned, there is no way of escaping tracking, unless you don't need to deal with brokers. Some of them have become very aggressive demanding it under financial threat. Especially, Coyote and XPO. I think, it is pretty much a standard these day to let them track you. Macropoint is a very common app but also these major brokers have their own apps that can track you; TQL, Coyote, CH Robinson, XPO, JB Hunt, UBER, Convoy have done for some time now.

They are all pushing for project44 and I am afraid this will be hard to avoid. This may not seem that bad from a strict technological sense. On the face of it, is it not easier for everybody to share your data with them on your whereabouts and HOS available? For instance, you go through a bad weather, bad road conditions and at the same time a TQL guy will see it "live" and won't accuse you of BS them, when you arrive late. There is still something in me that is resenting it though and I would not sign up for this resolution unless absolutely have to. I mean, this leads to face aiming cameras in owner operator's trucks,not to mention speed limiters and what not else.

 

I remember we talked about KT before. KT in aobrd mode was good device. After Dec 17 it changed. Now KT has same logs as Garmin. I mean it shows engine hours, start, stop locations and time.... After some discussions about eld data sharing I decided to give a try to garmin eld…

 

Well, It does not take much imagination to realize how good a benefit it is to be in a sole possession of all the ELD data. Just need to be in a habit of regular backing it up and uploading to private cloud storage.

 

I see that Progressive Insurance (commercial side) is offering discounts if you allow them to tap into your ELD.

This IS the future.

 

Just get a pre paid phone and keep it in the truck.
Write it off as a business expense.

 

I just use my tablet for all the tracking apps, I leave it in the truck all the time plugged into a charger with location on, don't like having that stuff running on my phone cause it kills the battery pretty quick and they don't need to know I'm at the booby bar on Saturday night ( neither does my old lady)

 

back years ago, before cell phones, and all we had (if we could find them) was pay phones, i was "tracked" by a broker, my company used a time or 2.

he got mad that i did not make my hourly call....well excuuuse me, you want me to drive or call..??

so they call my boss, and gave him hell for me not calling.

about (i'd say) 3 hours went by and i pulled into a rest area to make my call...i called my boss first.

he told me how mad the broker was.....

he asked me where i was, i told him "2 hours back"......he laughed, and i rolled on, never to ever call that broker again.

i made the appointment by like 1 full day earlier.....

we did more business with that broker. i never called him with hourly updates.

 

Does Garmin charge monthly subscription fees?

 

no. Garmin does not have server/website. the data is stored in your tablet. you will need internet if you want to email your logs to inspector or to your company.

 

some insurance companies wants to see ifta reports..