Is everyone running an ELD in their new trucks?

Because some companies choose to have an ELD in every truck it doesn’t make it a fact, as you say, that they are required if your fleet runs a mix of short and long haul.

My friend works for Missoula Bottling. Their highway trucks have ELD’s, their local trucks do not.

If someone logs out and runs local then the company would have to go in and assign the time and miles somewhere or they would have a ton of unassigned driving from their local drivers being logged out. So it’s just easier to install them and convince their drivers that it’s a rule because they also have OTR trucks.

 

Last time I got pulled over I got a log violation for “not active” because I didn’t draw the line up, went along well with the warning for my license plate frame…

 

Years ago, it was much better to say you lost your logbook, or give them the one with 7 days off duty. Electronics sucked all the fun out of it. I got a warning for a swinging front plate too once.

 

it wasn’t an oos, I’ve learned it’s easier to leave them a few small things to make them happy after I wasted over 2 hours a few years ago waiting for him to find something wrong, poor guy had to go under the truck 3 times before writing me for a. Air line he “didn’t like”

 

I have a small fleet and the truck I drive does not have an eld. I’m local. The rest of my trucks have an eld because they are otr. There is no regulation that says my truck has to have an eld. Last time the feds audited me I passed and never provided a log for my local truck. Just a daily hours worked in that truck. Because it operates within the 150 air mile radius.

 

My last job had 200 mile runs

And no logs.

 

I have ELOG app downloaded to my iPhone. Can use it in any truck in the fleet if need be...

 

I’m working local and exempt. Still have a eld onboard. Hit HOS and it says Local/Exempt right on the eld. Only thing I use it for is dvir pre and post trips. They could use a paper daily inspection book. This way the eld keeps it on record with the whole fleet, to simplify an audit. Eld also keeps track of miles for simple fuel tax reporting, also tracks the truck for dispatch. I also use it to scan BOL/POD’s enter load information. Makes everything very simple. Along with phone text communications, I only actually talk to Dispatch maybe once a week.

 

Check the date on the 2001’s. engine. It may be a 99 If so it’s exempt.