Electronic Logs - The Load Tab
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Its one of them stupid things to get tickets on now because its nearly impossible to do an HoS violation on elogs. If you look at the paper logs none of that info is on them. Personally i think its a bogus ticket, just like the DOT cop that claims you MUST show time in the sleeper birth which is incorrect.
Elog:
Electronic Onboard Recorder
Electronic Logbook
A device which records the amount of time a vehicle has been driven. If the vehicle is not being driven, the operator will manually input whether or not he/she is on duty or not.
Elogs:
Electronic Onboard Recorder
Electronic Logbook
A device which records the amount of time a vehicle has been driven. If the vehicle is not being driven, the operator will manually input whether or not he/she is on duty or not.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
If you look at the paper logs none of that info is on them.
Actually paper logs do require trip number and trailer number, which is part of the information required in the load tab.
As far as being a bogus ticket...how else are you supposed to keep track of what loads you pulled with which trailers and when you were on those loads?
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
If you look at the paper logs none of that info is on them.
Actually paper logs do require trip number and trailer number, which is part of the information required in the load tab.
As far as being a bogus ticket...how else are you supposed to keep track of what loads you pulled with which trailers and when you were on those loads?
thats what my trip book is for... but to each his own. its part of the job now.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Funny how things work though my load unformation automatically appears when I do my depart shipping (03). It should be easy for large company's to set it up that way. It's just repedative information that's already being stored in another area of your QC
Three trai ers and was never told about that. The log lady did tell me about it when. I upgraded to solo... however... it always seemed to do it automatically so I never bothered keeping up wi th it. Just looked and lo n behold.. it's blank. Thw ks gusy
I wonder about this. TransAm doesn't use qualcomms. Instead they use a Treq unit and they are transitioning over to garmin units.
I can get to all of my detailed load information in my messages and I also write all of this information down in my notebook in case the unit goes down (which it's been acting all crazy today on top of everything else) or I accidentally delete the message.
Qualcomm:
Omnitracs (a.k.a. Qualcomm) is a satellite-based messaging system with built-in GPS capabilities built by Qualcomm. It has a small computer screen and keyboard and is tied into the truck’s computer. It allows trucking companies to track where the driver is at, monitor the truck, and send and receive messages with the driver – similar to email.
Funny how things work though my load unformation automatically appears when I do my depart shipping (03). It should be easy for large company's to set it up that way. It's just repedative information that's already being stored in another area of your QC
You would think this could be integrated so that messaging, dispatch and logs would talk to each other, all of the data needed for the load tab is entered by planner/dispatcher.
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Funny how things work though my load unformation automatically appears when I do my depart shipping (03). It should be easy for large company's to set it up that way. It's just repedative information that's already being stored in another area of your QC
Although I don't know this for a fact, my guess is the e-log system (at least what Swift uses) is stand alone without (at least for now) the ability to receive and correctly map data from messaging (macros) and the dispatching systems. The data required in the load tab is already entered once by dispatch and then again when I send either a loaded call or change trailers on a departure macro. It's double entry for the driver. I had 4 different trailers today; felt like a data entry clerk.
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
What dates should I put in the load tab if I deadhead to my pickup a day early? For example, I leave today 05/21 and maybe even pickup my load today, but the official pickup time is tomorrow 05/22. Put start date as today?
Deadhead:
To drive with an empty trailer. After delivering your load you will deadhead to a shipper to pick up your next load.
What dates should I put in the load tab if I deadhead to my pickup a day early? For example, I leave today 05/21 and maybe even pickup my load today, but the official pickup time is tomorrow 05/22. Put start date as today?
Today's date, trip # and the trailer # of your empty. Once you get the load edit and add your BOL #.
Deadhead:
To drive with an empty trailer. After delivering your load you will deadhead to a shipper to pick up your next load.
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This is one of the reasons why I like my paper logs. All the info is right there on one sheet for easy reference, and I can tell with a 2 second glance whether I missed any information that day. There are blanks for current trip number/trailer number, my previous 8 days, today's available hours, etc. Bam, right there, my eyes know exactly where to look for instantaneous access to information. To me, that's much easier than flipping through tabs on an electronic screen. It's the same reason why I still prefer paper books to ebooks. I guess I'm just a traditionalist.