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Electronic Logging Devices

Navistar getting into ELD market with OnCommand Connection expansion

OnCommand Connection Telematics will use OnCommand Connection Link 2, a universal telematics device that plugs into the truck's service port.

March 23, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

BigRoad acquired by Fleet Complete

Fleet Complete, a provider of fleet telematics and mobile workforce technology with an electronic logging device solution on the market, announced it has acquired BigRoad, the mobile-focused hours-of-service and small-fleet-centric dispatching software solution.

March 23, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

DSi Mobile makes ELD push

The Dispatching Solutions company announced that it has self-certified and registered its DSi eLogs system on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s registry for electronic logging devices.

March 20, 2017

Channel 19

Sun-up in the oil patch, and: ’14-hour rule is the real issue’

G’mornin’, drivers. One beauty of a scene from the Reader Rigs gallery, posted on Tuesday by John Reinhardt, a sunrise early-early in the oil patch in Texas “way out in nowhere,” Reinhardt wrote, north of Pecos. And: More from Gary Carlisle on the 14-hour rule/ELDs one-two punch.

March 16, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Truckstop.com sets sights on ELD marketplace

After the coming discontinuation of its uDrove ELD, Truckstop.com is committed to assisting customers in finding a new vendor individually and, as was revealed in conversation with Overdrive, collectively. The company is building an ELD marketplace for vetted companies to debut this summer.

March 10, 2017

Channel 19

Getting into an ELD just got a little less expensive

The Continental VDO RoadLog dedicated e-logger isn’t the only electronic logging device in the no-monthly-fee camp anymore. Introducing here two BYOD/smartphone-app-based ELDs that flip the BYOD pricing model on his head.

March 9, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

POLL: ELDs and business income — what’s your view of the likely (or actual) impact of running electronic for hours?

Whether you’re already running an electronic log or not, how do you believe the move from paper to the engine-connected electronic environment would or did (if at all) impact your net income?

March 8, 2017

Channel 19

Income and ELDs: The ‘rest of the story’ with Wes Memphis

Guest-blogger Wes Memphis returns to Channel 19: “Well, 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?” … The answer may well surprise you.

March 6, 2017

Channel 19

A word to Congress, Trump administration on ELDs from Vance Vergon

Anybody else miss a 30-minute break this week? Here’s hoping everyone’s getting a longer break this weekend. Take a load off with a note to Congress from Vance Vergon and a run back through recent ELD news.

March 4, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Telogis/Mack offer telematics free trial

Mack models equipped with MP engines and GuardDog Connect hardware built after 2014 are eligible for the free trial, and up to 10 trucks per customer can be included. All features of Telogis Fleet for Mack, including e-logs, are available during the free trial period,

March 3, 2017

Channel 19

Correcting the personal-conveyance record

Answering Russ Hoffman’s question: “Are you sure that Personal Conveyance requires that you not have a load or trailer? I believe the regulation is Unladen (unloaded) with an empty trailer being acceptable.” By the letter of the law, he’s right.

March 2, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

POLL: Have you tested the e-log waters with a smartphone/tablet-based app?

What’s been your experience, or lack thereof, with the myriad of smartphone/tablet-based computer-assisted logs available today to use without a connection to the truck’s engine? Have you tested the water of e-logs with any?

March 2, 2017