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Tag: e-log transition
Overdrive Radio
Brave new trucking world: Talking ELD angst, adjustment with Gary Buchs; plus Wes Memphisâ latest
Owner-operator Gary Buchs: Trucking âdidnât dieâ on December 18. âIt just changed, and with every change thereâs opportunity.â This Overdrive Radio edition runs through what the Landstar-leased owner-operator feels could be effective owner-operator strategy in the weeks and months ahead.
December 19, 2017
Channel 19
âMaybe OOIDA was on to somethingâ with âRun Compliantâ campaign: Wes Memphis stares down another good income year on e-logs
Wes Memphis returns with cautiously optimistic thinking about ELDs: âMaybe, if we constrict the amount of miles that are collectively available, rates will soar and we will see a new golden age of trucking.â Or not.
November 3, 2017
Channel 19
ELDsâ weak links, redux
How the DC Transport fleet solved the issued of dropped Bluetooth connections between the ECM plug-in device and operatorsâ busy smartphones â dedicated tablets for logs.
August 14, 2017
Channel 19
Tuesday round-up: Miracle on the road, and âretirementsâ accelerate at Wes Memphisâ fleet in wake of e-log transition
A truck rolls safely with âno ELD, no ABS, no ERG, no SCR no DEF?â What gives? one reader cracks wise. And Wes Memphis returns to the blog with a suggestion that, should biz consultant Jeffrey Hayzlettâs rule of thirds apply to post-ELD mandate trucking, there will be âno lack of trucking jobsââŚ
June 6, 2017
Channel 19
ELDs and safety: Wes Memphis weighs in
âOne thing you come to learn around here is when there is the same highlighted handwritten memo on every table of the driversâ room, in the company newsletter, on the shop bulletin board, even on the inner door of the bathroom stall, somebody done messed up good. âŚâ
May 5, 2017
Channel 19
Wes Memphis answers your questions on ELDsâ potential income effect
Amid the charges of âfake newsâ under Wes Memphis last Channel 19 post on ELDsâ income effect there were a few salient questions, which Memphis returns to answer here. Also: Poll results from our income/ELD question show some reality/expectation divide.
March 31, 2017
Channel 19
Income and ELDs: The ârest of the storyâ with Wes Memphis
Guest-blogger Wes Memphis returns to Channel 19: âWell, year one of e-logs is officially in the books, and what a year it was. Anyone care to guess how much money I lost in 2016 compared to 2015?â ⌠The answer may well surprise you.
March 6, 2017
Channel 19
E-log transition, finale: âI will surviveâ âWes Memphis
A final report from Wes Memphis: ââŚlike we survived the CDL, the TWIC Card, the emissions-compliant motors, the hazmat fingerprinting, the demise of the old-school truck stop, the erosion of civility, the death of Claude Akins âŚ.â
June 11, 2016
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