Damn straight

Thanks for the info! I primarily have dealings with OOs who drive for small companies. Manual logbooks are still pretty much the standard fare.

Honestly on that front I have no idea.

FYI: Beer

Didn't know water was 4.2% alcohol

I read this in Brett's voice

Off, please

That's pretty much how it works. Trucking can be shady as fuck

That's really what I figured, hence putting have in quotes :)

It works in consumer vehicles the same way as industrial equipment. They still go through regens and some have a urea gauge not unlike the fuel gauge. Check this pic of the Ram 1500 3.0 CRD's gauges.

I've read your post a few times now and, to be honest, I'm having a hard time finding the message. Are you being purposely contradictory, or is there a syntax missing there?

Yes, as companies go to electronic logging it does defeat the purpose

None of my friends have been caught, I don't know about the punishment. Probably fines and possible loss of CDL. As for troopers searching the cabin, well I guess they could if they had probable cause...

I agree with you on that. I haven't been a GM guy since GMT800 (and even that was a stretch) but I did sit in a few of them at the auto show last year. I was rather surprised at the sea of plastic, even on the higher trim levels

It's nothing new; truckers have been doing this for years. Some drivers carry two logbooks - one for their own personal records - real hours - and one for all the lies

When I showed my wife the new Ram (she's a big Dodge girl) and its knob shifter, the words "What the hell?! Where's my column shifter?" came out of her mouth

Column shifters are nice

Indeed. Unfortunately the 2013+ is a step back

This app could add 200 lbs to your car. Slowly.

My wife drove to work today. The first day driving her truck in the snow/ice. The first day driving a manual transmission in the snow/ice. She's only had two weeks experience, followed by two months of the truck being out of commission. She did incredibly well and had not a single issue! I'm damned proud.