EDL Requirements for 2009 Truck - New Driver

Re the cost to comply, there are many ELD solution providers you could check with, including HOS247, Smart ELDs, TT ELD, Blue Star ELD, and many more.

As for whether it's required, per https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/hours-service/elds/general-information-about-eld-rule it seems so:

Q3. Who must comply with the electronic logging device (ELD) rule?

A3. The ELD applies to most motor carriers and drivers who are currently required to maintain records of duty status (RODS) per Part 395, 49 CFR 395.8(a). The rule applies to commercial buses as well as trucks, and to Canada- and Mexico-domiciled drivers.

The ELD rule allows limited exceptions to the ELD mandate, including:

• Drivers who operate under the short-haul exceptions may continue using timecards; they are not required to keep RODS and will not be required to use ELDs.
• Drivers who use paper RODS for not more than 8 days out of every 30-day period.
• Drivers who conduct drive-away-tow-away operations, in which the vehicle being driven is the commodity being delivered.
• Drivers of vehicles manufactured before 2000.

 

The seller is wrong... that truck is required to use a eld and yes it is setup for one..

The truck has an electronically (computer) controlled engine and eld's use the plug-in diagnostic port in the dash.

Cost will be $200-$800 depending on brand. If you have the right rand mcnally GPS they make a add on eld that plugs in the truck and uses the GPS for the eld

 

Well, the truck doesn't have a 60 Series manufactured in 2018. That is for certain.

Are you certain that's not a remanufactured date, or maybe not even a 60?

 

If it’s actually exempt and he should provide paperwork Then it would have an early DDEC manufactured in the 90s and rebuilt

 

Unless the truck was ordered as a glider it is illegal to put an older engine in it