Who runs a mechanical truck?

I thought OOIDA sued & got the "mandate" vacated".

 

I am sure they will have a very expensive alternative device for the mechanicals. It will be just like the retrofit kits for emissions.

 

Try and keep the "old horse" as long as possible. If I was looking for a truck again, I wouldn't even look at a newer truck. I think older trucks comprise a small amount of the trucks out there, and hopefully would be grandfathered, kind of like classic cars. It would be my way of thumbing my nose at new regulations. Probably wouldn't be able to get away with it for much longer, though, as they probably will require all trucks to have some sort of electronic gizmo, just to be registered.

 

I run an older mechanical truck not worried about it at all. I think they'll have to figure something out to not put people out of business. My father in law runs one too he isn't worried either

 

Probably be a while. The new mandate will come out. They will get sued. Come up with a new law a few years later and so on until it finally gets through. I know part of the current one is you have to have a log book handy in case the electronic log stops working. Probably work for mechanical trucks. But by then they will probably just have a tracking chip they implant in all drivers so they can track them 24/7 they don't seem to be worried much about the trucks. Just kidding.

 

I'm more worried Kenyan in Chief will wake up one morning and have his EPA bullies outlaw older trucks and I'll be out of business.

I can always throw a ECM in my mechanical truck to plug a ELD into. The ECM just won't be hooked up to the engine, only the batteries.




"Hey save me an Obamma phone and a food stamp card please!"

 

Actually there already was something out for a mechanical truck the original cadac system would function without an ecm. You had to install a tone wheel on the output shaft of the transmission. It would record your logs and vehicle locations but you had a tape that recorded everything that required a special reader to play. Instead of instant like most are today