Waste management fleet tracking. Every garbage truck running.
TenTrucks puts waste management fleet tracking, landfill turn times, engine-hour maintenance and ELD compliance into one app for waste and recycling fleets.
Log transfer drivers. Most routes skip it.
Collection route and transfer drivers follow different rules, so TenTrucks lets you set ELD, electronic logbook or no log for each driver.
- Pick ready-made hours of service (driving-hour limits) rule sets
- Give miles driven with nobody logged in to the right driver
- Keep drivers in control: they approve any office log edit
Know every landfill turn time.
A backed-up scale house wrecks the afternoon, so TenTrucks alerts you when trucks enter or leave each landfill and shows how long they stayed.
- Get geofence alerts by app, email or text
- See time on site by truck and by landfill
- Follow trucks with real-time GPS and replay any trip
Service packers on engine hours.
Route trucks idle at hundreds of stops, so mileage-only service runs late, and TenTrucks reads engine hours straight from the truck.
- Plan service by engine hours, miles or days
- Cut fuel consumption with idle time reports and alerts
- Get vehicle diagnostics alerts for fault codes and low fuel
Drive big trucks safely on small streets.
Parked cars, kids and tight cul-de-sacs make every collection route risky, so the ELD device records hard driving and scores each driver.
- See hard braking, fast starts, sharp turns and seatbelt use
- Set speeding alerts from 1 to 50 mph over the limit
- Coach drivers and download an insurance report at renewal
Turn every defect into a work order.
A hydraulic leak at 6 a.m. is a route that doesn't run, so every problem on the daily inspection report opens a work order by itself.
- Add your own checks: packer blade, hoist, cables, hopper
- Attach photos so the shop sees the problem
- Get serious defects due in one day, others in seven
Do your waste trucks need an ELD?
Nearly every waste collection vehicle counts as a commercial truck. The answer depends on who owns it, where the load goes and how long the day runs.
| Your truck or driver | ELD needed? | In plain words |
|---|---|---|
| City or county sanitation truck, driven by a public employee | No | Federal truck safety rules don't cover government fleets, but CDL rules still do. A private hauler on a city contract doesn't get this pass. |
| Route truck that stays local and is done within 14 hours | Usually no | The local-driving exemption covers drivers who stay within 150 miles of the yard, as the crow flies, and finish within 14 hours. Keep time records for 6 months. |
| Truck with no CDL needed, back at the yard every day | Usually no | Drivers in these trucks who stay within 150 miles keep no log. They can't drive after the 14th hour on duty, or the 16th on 2 days a week. |
| Route or roll-off driver on a day that runs long or far | Some days | That day needs a logbook. Paper is fine for up to 8 days in any 30. After that, it's an ELD. |
| Transfer tractor hauling past 150 miles to another state | Usually yes | Long interstate runs on more than 8 days in any 30 mean an ELD. |
| Truck built before model year 2000 | No | Older trucks can use paper logs. Driving-hour limits still apply. |
General federal rules, not legal advice. Your state may add its own.
What TenTrucks doesn't do
TenTrucks doesn't count bin lifts, read cart ID tags (RFID) or sensors on the packer, arm or power take-off (PTO). It doesn't plan routes, put stops in order or track missed pickups.
It doesn't measure the 150-mile radius, so the office decides who logs. Better to read it here than after the trucks are wired.
Questions fleets ask us
About TenTrucks ELD for waste & recycling fleets.
Rules referenced on this page
- 49 CFR 390.3T: general applicability and government exception
- 49 CFR 390.5: CMV and interstate commerce definitions
- 49 CFR 383.3: CDL rules apply to government drivers
- 49 CFR 383.91: CDL vehicle groups A, B and C
- 49 CFR 395.1: short-haul exceptions
- 49 CFR 395.3: driving limits and 30-minute break
- 49 CFR 395.8: who must use an ELD, paper-log exceptions
- 49 CFR 395.34: ELD malfunctions
- 49 CFR 396.11: driver vehicle inspection reports
- 49 CFR 396.3: inspection, repair and maintenance records
- FMCSA ELD frequently asked questions
More from the TenTrucks ELD
Choosing a device for the whole fleet? Start with our ELD for trucks overview: the device, the driver app and FMCSA registration.
- ELD for trucks: overview
- Hours of service & custom HOS rules
- Roadside inspection & DOT transfer
- Owner-operators & small fleets
- Hotshot trucks
- ELD device
- Construction fleets
- Oil & gas fleets
- Field service fleets
- Delivery fleets
- Food & beverage fleets
- Agriculture fleets
- Utilities & telecom fleets
- Landscaping fleets
- Public sector fleets
- Manufacturing & private fleets
See TenTrucks set up for a waste fleet
Book a demo. Bring your truck list and your landfill addresses, and we'll set up who logs and your first geofences on the call.