Big Road Trucker log book

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by moujick, May 1, 2014.

  1. turnanburn

    turnanburn Medium Load Member

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    "I hope they get this straight and eliminate this insane idea of an EOBR being attached to the truck in order for it to function. "

    They probably won't get it straight. They might not even come close; after all it is the government we're talking about. I know it's coming, but I bet you see something similar to Cali and CARB backing off their regs at the last minute (for a while). I mean they haven't even got the CDLIS thing to work so you don't need a med card on you, and its been about three years. All trucks with electronic logs is going to be complicated enough that it should be good for a drawn out cluster-you-know-what.

    Also, I spend most of my time where cell phones are useless. How does that work with all these electronic doodads?
     
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  3. skateboardman

    skateboardman Road Train Member

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    scoottie , where the link to this new guidance?? big road and eclipse are not logging devices, the are simply apps to do a log on a tablet or computer. I think some of you are confusing an a logging device with these log apps.
     
  4. TheLittleGuy

    TheLittleGuy Medium Load Member

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    I heard about the new guidance as well. I think it was in an article in overdrive magazine 8 week or two back.and I was hearing that it definitely applies to Google's Keep truckin app
     
  5. BigBadBill

    BigBadBill Bullishly Optimistic

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    The new guidance is only a couple weeks old that now allows you to keep them digital if you sign them digital. I would print a copy and keep it with you to "politely" inform any officer that is still on the old process.

    On key that I am seeing that drivers are getting hit on is not having the DOT card printed out.
     
  6. scottied67

    scottied67 Road Train Member

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    I cheated, I copy pasted that stuff from the Trucking Industry Regulations forum right here on this site lol.
     
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  7. TheLittleGuy

    TheLittleGuy Medium Load Member

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    So I'm guessing no one has heard of a device that plugs into your truck that would allow Big Road to be used as an ELD?
     
  8. Cetane+

    Cetane+ Road Train Member

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    Just send them an email they will respond real fast.
    sales@bigroad.com


    support@bigroad.com



     
  9. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    This seems to be the cat's ###. Can anyone recommend a good windows based tablet? Verizon has been ripping me a new one for years. I may just get whatever they've got. But hey I always got a signal!!!
     
  10. Cetane+

    Cetane+ Road Train Member

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    You can bring your verizon tablet to strait talk for $45 per month. And why do you need a windows OS tablet?
     
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