E logs How has it worked out

had them a little over a year. pretty easy to use, makes things easier.

there are differences in managing your time. when you run out of 11 hours you are out of hours - period. you can still keep driving, but in violation obviously. where you have to be careful is if you are being unloaded and customer does not let you park there and you are running out of 14. you can get stuck in that situation, but it can be avoided too.

good thing is that you don't have to log in 15 minute minimum increments, you can log in 1 minute increments, those can add up. also, is hooked up to the engine computer, so it will notify the shop ahead of time if there is an engine diagnostic code that needs attention while out on the road, possibly avoid a breakdown.

Overall I like them.

 

If the shipper allows parking you can do 8 sleeper. But you have to know in advance you will be sitting. Since it is rare that I sit at a shipper or receiver waiting for load more than a couple hours. I always just log off duty.
Cannot change it to sleeper later. Has to be 8 solid in the bunk.

We have allot of drop and hook freight. Especially at shippers. We do some retail delivery, depending on the region. To various stores. Most of these are fairly quick. Kmart being the exception to the rule.
I do maybe 1 grocery load a month. Those are the big sitting places. The shipper will be drop and hook on almost all of those. The receiver will take time.

No way to cheat hours with the e-log we use. If you move 1 mile, you are on drive line.
Most delivery's and pickups have a window. Due to being drop and hook. One of the hard things to learn is how to max out usable hours by planning to use the windows to your advantage. 2-3 loads in advanced as much as possible.