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Electronic Logging Devices

ELD ‘panic buying’ as time runs out

Who’s ready? As last-minute preps for the ELD mandate continue for many, some companies try to accommodate panic buys while still other operators plan to wait beyond the Monday, Dec. 18, enforcement date, anticipating soft treatment at roadside.

December 13, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD maker launches petition to add 14-hour flexibility, presents data on detention and race-the-clock dynamics

KeepTruckin’s petition has a goal of garnering 10,000 signatures, and it believes their data shows hard evidence of the hurry-up effect of undue dock delays. It could provide evidence of “race-the-clock” dynamics many operators have long suspected as part-and-parcel of the 14-hour rule/ELD/dock-delay combination.

November 14, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

USA Truck owner-operators get discount on KeepTruckin ELD service

KeepTruckin is a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) ELD that connects a driver’s smartphone or tablet to a “black box” hooked to the truck’s ECM.

October 26, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Innovative pricing as ELD provider competition heats up

A few deals for qualifying drivers — from BigRoad, KeepTruckin, Magellan — sure to multiply among other providers with the raft of ELD providers out there. If you’re shopping, don’t be afraid to ask …

October 24, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

KeepTruckin ELD offered at discount for 1 year

Freight broker Total Quality Logistics (TQL) has partnered with smartphone logbook and electronic logging device provider KeepTruckin to offer discounts on its ELD solution for TQL-contracted carriers.

September 15, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Weak links can hamper app-based ELDs

Many ELD systems based on smartphone or tablet apps fall in the category of “bring your own device.” Because most rely on cellular and Bluetooth connections, BYOD systems can be more prone to connectivity problems.

July 21, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Presenting logs with ELDs at roadside

Running with an e-logs device is one thing. Communicating e-log data to an inspector is quite another. With five months to go, states’ data transfer plans vary widely, and an ambitious federal program remains untested.

July 18, 2017

Business

Watch: Silicon Valley panel on trucking tech

Shoaib Makani, CEO of e-log and fleet management software provider KeepTruckin, and heavy-haul marketplace Fr8Star’s CEO, Matt Kropp, spoke in the first trucking-technology forum at Fr8Star’s San Francisco headquarters.

June 29, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Is it necessary for an ELD to ‘support’ intrastate hours rules?

The short answer: As a matter of regulation, no. The electronic logging device mandate is written in a manner that is more or less agnostic to the hours of service rule a particular driver is operating under. Nonetheless, say ELD providers, rule-set support can be helpful.

June 6, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ATA, KeepTruckin to host ELD webinars this week

Joe Rajkovacz, director of governmental affairs and communications for the Western States Trucking Association, will present KeepTruckin’s webinar, while Joe DeLorenzo, director of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance for FMCSA, will present ATA’s.

June 5, 2017

Channel 19

Notes on the BYOD ELD and implementation

Using a BYOD ELD can come with connectivity issues, among other problems, some potentially solved by dedicating a unit to the truck — the experiences here detailed from small fleets DC Transport (all owner-operator) and mixed fleet RDS Container Yard Services.

June 1, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

KeepTruckin gets $18M infusion

The infusion of venture-capital cash will allow the company, started as a smartphone-based logging platform in 2013, to take its current electronic logging device and small fleet management platform into new areas, including freight matching.

May 23, 2017