BigRoad. Anybody ready to quit?

That's what I was referring to in my earlier comment. I've had that same Sensor Failure:uncalibrated odometer reading a couple of times. However, it only last for like 1 to 5 minutes on the log itself.

When I've gone back and looked at the accuracy of the odometer reading at the beginning of the day and the end of the day on the log itself, it's accurate.

Therefore, I just don't even worry about it that much at this point.

 

When I bought my truck new at the end of 2015 it had duel tires on the drive. I swapped them out to super singles. A buddy of mine that worked in maintenance for a mega told me that rev/mil settings in the ecm would need to be changed. I never knew that LOL. So, I had the dealership adjust the settings for me. It's pretty darn accurate.

Another thing I looked at one time is the GPS mileage accuracy reading on my Garmin. It said that the accuracy is within 10%. Some of this new technology stuff is great, but it's obviously not an exact science.

 

Also, last the company I drove (before getting my own authority) for used the Rand McNally TND 760 (I think) with elog option. You talk about buggy, man. The screen would freeze at the most inopportune times, the logs would go haywire, etc. There were several times while using the GPS it would tell me to get off at the next exit and go back the other direction. Because the GPS reading jumped and showed that I was in a completely different State, etc. LOL

 

Your unit is still using AOBRD rules, a relatively simple set of requirements, and you can continue to do so until Dec 2019. Our Keller units were doing ok as an AOBRD but when they switched our 180 truck fleet over to ELD rules all hell broke loose. If you are having trouble as an AOBRD or if you have to add units now, which would have to be an ELD, I fear you will have many more problems.

 

My main issue with Big Commode has been with the bluetooth connection. It pretty much insists that I keep my device (Galaxy Note 4) plugged in all the time, which sucks because batteries for this darn phone run about $40 a pop.

Lost bluetooth connection earlier today (again) while on a 30 minute break, it never switched back to driving, drove 5 hours on the off duty line and had to log in and make corrections that aren't allowed to be done in the app. If the phone dies while driving it auto defaults to on duty not driving. Restart phone for any reason, same deal. Basically any interruption in the Bluetooth and there's a problem. I have found myself paying way more attention to this so called innovation than I ever did a paper log, and way more time making corrections as well. But overall it does a pretty fair job of what it's supposed to do.

If there's any bright side to BigRoad and the ELD mandate in general, it's that after 25 years I'm finally giving up OTR. I've been out here far longer than I should have anyway, and it's just not worth it anymore. I've applied for a nice local dairy run and if that goes through, January will be my last month of OTR. If not, the mrs. and I are heading out for one last six month trip to shore up our finances a bit before calling it quits. I think I'll raise goats and build custom furniture on the side. Whatever I do, it won't involve an electronic on board baby sitter.