Profile For Catmandu

This is a large Fortune 500 production and transportation company. I will just stick to staying legal and refuse that tractor. At 62 starting over again is not something I feel like doing plus I am not far from retiring and have had my fill of all the bs of driving a truck. I concluded from experience that no matter where I work I will find incompetency and stooges placed in positions they have no business in.

I'm speaking of this in reference to OTR driving only.

Any truck (newer than 1999) and driver going into "For Hire" service needs to have an ELD installed prior to leaving it's origin. If the ELD becomes inoperable along the way, then there is the maximum of eight days of paper logs use allowed. The owner cannot use an excuse to circumvent the rules in place. These are the guys that end up on the news as a blemish on the industry, contributing to the billboards along the interstates of "Hurt in a big truck crash? Call the Bozo team today for maximum compensation!"

I would not ride for the brand of a company as you have described.

Agreed and Thanks PackRat! There is another exception for example someone who is a casual driver that drives 8 or less days in a rolling 30.

https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/hours-service/elds/electronic-logging-device-eld-exemptions-and-waivers

Illegal for the company AND the driver.

8 days on paper is only in effect if an existing ELD is broken. Doesn't work for the "It's on order, Officer. Honest!" defense. Should be an automatic Out Of Service for the truck and driver if caught, fines, etc. How about a lawsuit after a minor fender bender once the attorneys perform less than five minutes research?

What else is being done illegally?

The company I work for has been operating at least one leased cmv with no eld onboard. The reason given is they say its on order!? They think that a driver can use paper 8 days out of a rolling 30. I believe this is only true if you only drive 8 out of a rolling 30 and not in combination with an eld. So in addition to the 8 days on paper the driver also drives an additional 10 days using a cmv with an eld onboard.

Interpretation of the rules is all at the officers discretion… I know I know…but I have been a driver since it was called chauffeur’s license and don’t care to take chances like I used to do. Please give your interpretations Thank you