paperless logs

[tmuller02]

im in greenville sc and looking for a good starter company that has paperless logs i live off i 85 in the greenville sc area

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Werner Enterprises

[tmuller02]

is that the only one i know they have over 9000 trucks in there fleet i dont want to be just another number

[tmuller02]

is that the only one i know they have over 9000 trucks in there fleet i dont want to be just another number

[GMAN]

Why do you want to restrict your choices to those who have paperless logs?

[4roses]

just wondering .... why paperless .... I've not heard alot of positive things about paperless .... as well as your limiting yourself with the company's to work for ... do a search on http://www.classadrivers.com/index.p...ting&ListAll=1 ... you should be able to find a few company's ....

[jkhunter]

Even though I work for Werner, I?m constantly keeping real-time synchronized log records deep within my laptop directory. They perform regularly scheduled maintenance, so their electronic log system is not always up 100%. Have you looked at http://www.driversdailylog.com ? They offer a decent length of demo time. It might be a happy medium, if you?re looking into semi-automated electronic logging.

[driverboy]

My company runs an OBC On Board Computer and they work flawlessly. Log on with user ID, input run ID, the schedule pops up, input trailer # at both ends of run and done. Maybe 3 minutes of my day, tops.

The thing tracks it all, and when you shut the truck off it shoots your status to onduty not driving, tracks total miles and run time in each status, cool stuff. I would not enjoy going back to paper logs. When I cross state lines even that is recorded electronically to feed back to the office for FTA use.

Get yanked around to the barn and some DOTs have a hard time with it however, and can demand a 10 day transfer off the OBC onto paper logs, there goes an hour but considering that happens rarely not a big deal!

[4roses]

driverboy:

The thing tracks it all, and when you shut the truck off it shoots your status to onduty not driving

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since I've never used paperless logs I'd like to learn more about them.

What do you do when you take a couple of days off ? ... does it show you on duty but not driving?

What do you do when you want to just idle the truck to stay warm or cool ... does it show you still on duty?

If your setting for a few hours waiting to get loaded /unloaded and shut the truck off ..... but then turn it back on to move to another location ... does it show you back on duty?

Never know, some day I may work for someone that uses paperless logs and I'm just wondering how these things work . :wink:

[driverboy]

What do you do when you take a couple of days off ? ... does it show you on duty but not driving?

you log out at the end of your run and that's it. next time in you log on and then labels the time between the points as off duty.

What do you do when you want to just idle the truck to stay warm or cool ... does it show you still on duty?

once stopped for about 5 minutes the sats lock you down to a stop and kicks out of driving mode to onduty not driving. if your going to use sleeper time you can go into duty status and kick it from on duty to sleeper time if your taking a napper. other options are vendor delay to time stamp your arrival if your chasing the vendor for not taking you at your window, on duty tire check, pre and posts, all sorts of goodies.

If your setting for a few hours waiting to get loaded /unloaded and shut the truck off ..... but then turn it back on to move to another location ... does it show you back on duty?

Once that unit was logged on with a driver it will keep that driver as the primary driver until you log off and the end of the run. therefore if I shut the truck off for a few hours it will kick the duty to onduty not driving. if taking a sleep with the motor off I can change my duty status to sleeper berth if that's what I am doing before I shut it off, otherwise it does eat into your total cycle time of the run. I currently only run 8-9 hours a day so not much of an issue. An obc would not be good for cutting things tight or running past the limits as it's all recorded as well as speed and location. have an accident after HOS rules and your toast, it's all on the OBC.

sounds tricky to run but once you have the hang of it, my total time of my run dedicated to logs is at most 3 minutes, truthfully our OBCs allow input while under 20 miles an hour and it's so simple on a touch screen I do it while moving, don't tell anyone, haha.

Never know, some day I may work for someone that uses paperless logs and I'm just wondering how these things work . :wink:[/quote]

[GMAN]

The only carrier that I know who uses paperless logs is Werner. If you don't want to work for a large carrier, you may just want to get used to filling out paper logs. It is my understanding that in order to be able to use paperless logs, you need to get Federal approval. It is something of a hassle.

[driverboy]

Werner may be the only national but we run them in the midwest for one of the "big three" automotive companies and am quite sure one of the others do as well. The cost must be massive both to install/setup as well as maintain the system, very impressive and a timesaver. Not sure how OTR like Werner works the system when hours are tight on a day, never an issue with us.

[classicxl]

When running hard with the electronic log you always had to make sure you had you stop planned for the day. Many time you had to stop an hour or so early because if your kept driving you would be over hours and could not reach the next truck stop. sometimes it was a pain in the ass but DOT never bothered you because they did not want to figure out the electronic log

[syl77dar]

good luck

[jkhunter]

The real thing biting my butt is the short 200-mile run into the middle of big cities where the truck rest areas are few and far between. This is the second day in the last week, that I?ve pulled into a truck stop with 1-minute left on my 14. I guess some days you can plan it all out, arrive early, and sh@t still can happen. Worrying if your going to get a log violation just because of a minute or two, can sure age a person.

[syl77dar]

goodluck

[USXRecruiter4080]

im in greenville sc and looking for a good starter company that has paperless logs i live off i 85 in the greenville sc area

Not only are you limiting your choice by choosing paperless logs, but from what my drivers have said, they are a nightmare sometimes to use. One driver told me it shut his truck down at exactly 11 hours.