Eld on older engines

My understanding is the truck has to be a glider truck. The VIN has to glider from the factory. Then you can put any engine in you want. Well you would want the same engine the truck was wired for from the factory. Then you have the problem of leasing a truck without ELD onto a company. Like Landstar, I don't think they will take on a truck without ELD. You would have call them or any company. Because you will be running under their authority, they set the rules. They might not want to take the risk of someone running paper logs.. They are required to check your logs and keep 6 month of them on file. So they might not want to deal with paper logs anymore.

 

As old school as I am, I say screw the regs, but that's not the wave of the future. I predict, ALL trucks will need some sort of ELD. Right now, everyones rushing to have a pre-emission trucks and no ELD, well, that's going to come to a screeching halt. Companies, like Landstar, have huge insurance commitments and if you want to truck in the future, you'll have to comply. The insurance companies rule the roost today. I don't mean to discourage you but if you want to feed into that, by all means have at it.

 

All this guy is asking if a ELD can go to a older 60 series, yes it can I have seen older trucks have a a ELD in them.

 

I've asked around about this same thing.. as long as the truck has an ECM, an eld will work in it is the general consensus I got.

 

Not necessarily. The ECM has to provide specific data on the bus to qualify. Not just drive speed, but stuff like mileage, engine on/off state and several others. That's the main reason the 2000 year was picked. Older trucks simply may not have all the required data.

 

Ah, okay. That probably is correct, I asked maven that question, but it wouldn't surprise me if that was wrong considering the functionality of their ELD software.

 

@blairandgretchen is running a 95 Pete with one of those thingamabob’s

 

Well if you're going to do anything for a mega and then lease on to someplace like Landstar you will have to have something that can use an ELD.

There are some places I've heard they can lease you on with a mechanical truck but I wouldn't even know where to begin.

But if you have your Authority, a mechanical engine is no problem.

I have a mechanical engine and I run paper Logs with my authority and I couldn't be happier with that engine and the truck.

Not interested in the least in anything electronic.