I am looking for carriers that are ELD exempt?

What area?

 

You aren't going to find any ELD exempt companies outside of drive-away/tow-away operations (vehicle driven IS the load), only ELD exempt trucks (1999 or older) and ELD exempt drivers (short haul).

Even if you DO find a company that runs strictly older trucks to be exempt, that eliminates the not-so-great state of Calif---ya...because a truck old enough to be ELD exempt isn't welcome in that state.

Sure, there are certain temporary exceptions to the ELD , but I wouldn't count on those being renewed indefinitely.

 

Just curious why ELD exempt. Might as well say I want to haul cheap, and make up in volume.

 

Plenty. But I have always made money legal. Ok back in my young and ignorant days hauling cattle and feed I bought into the BS run harder, screw sleep, haul heavy and dodge scales......

After the extra maintenance costs, the stress, the fines when you got caught it was a losers game that only benefited cheap ### companies, and cheap ### shippers.

Charge more for your services. Problem solved. Plenty of folks make a #### good living running legal. But they do not chase miles

 

By the time I work out even if it is just a walk for half hour 45 minutes, get a shower, poke fun at a few people, get sleep, get up, get a good meal to start the day my ten is burned up. There are day I wish it was 12 just because I have a dozen things that I need to do or check on.
But I am greedy so once I have given myself the downtime I hit it for 14.