Tachograph questions

[Karl kostman]

Hey guys I have an M920 and of course it has a tachograph in it which I unplugged when I got the truck because I was told to not let it run without recording paper in it, the unit appeared to work fine when I unplugged it but is there a way that I can use this unit and possibly disable the paper portion of it so I can plug it back in, or is this just a disabled component now?
Thanks much for thoughts!
Karl

 

[Karl kostman]

nobody knows about this device?

 

[kendelrio]

Maybe some pics of what you're talking about and what its for? I myself have never seen such a creature.

 

[Guyfang]

Simp might be able to help you out here. I saw the taco's and watch lots of our drivers manage to cheat them. But how, I didnt want to know.

 

[MrMikey4026]

A quick internet search for the circular paper revealed that the paper is still available.

 

[Mullaney]

Simp might be able to help you out here. I saw the taco's and watch lots of our drivers manage to cheat them. But how, I didnt want to know.

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Help from Simp is a possibility, but I guarantee he doesn't run one.
What about looking in the TM for your M920?

The papers are still available, and the "Pens" are also available because I use those on humidity monitoring equipment in the print shop. Yours on a truck would be electrically powered rather than battery powered like the portables here.

 

[Floridianson]

Mine even came with the key no paper and everything still works.

 

[Guyfang]

I know the Military still uses them. Saw a driver last time I was in K-Town, putting a new paper in.

 

[chucky]

As ive always understood it the tackograph was primarily used overseas to act as a recording devise to use against the driver if theyve been driving to long like our modern E-LOG is now over here ! We had paper log books and europe had tackographs so basically its just a tool for law enforcement to govern commercial drivers ! I know for the last 35 yrs overseas the entertainer buses all came with 2 drivers and they had a bunk in the lower bay for the other driver to rest and when they change drivers they have to take their disc out of the tack and the fresh driver put his disc in and they get checked all the time !

 

[Guyfang]

Yes and no, over seas. The Military is, or was anyway, not required to have/use a Tachograph by the Germans. Nor to have two drivers. I never saw an Army long hauler with a shotgun. The Tachograph was used by the Military to insure the driver took breaks and slept. When I was in the 611th Ord Co. we had about 21? M915's. The drivers never even used the Tachograph unless the trip was over 12 hours.

 

[Floridianson]

It will tell if a driver is driving like a mad man bumping the governor all the time.

 

[Mullaney]

As ive always understood it the tackograph was primarily used overseas to act as a recording devise to use against the driver if theyve been driving to long like our modern E-LOG is now over here ! We had paper log books and europe had tackographs so basically its just a tool for law enforcement to govern commercial drivers ! I know for the last 35 yrs overseas the entertainer buses all came with 2 drivers and they had a bunk in the lower bay for the other driver to rest and when they change drivers they have to take their disc out of the tack and the fresh driver put his disc in and they get checked all the time !

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Not really sure how it is supposed to work, but back in the day when companies treated their employees a little better - the tachograph was used to measure the rules - but also was used to verify new routes. Carolina Freight (now defunct) used them on everything. So long as the driver and the company worked from the same rule book, everything worked just fine.

Interestingly, that piece of equipment not operating would deadline a tractor.

 

[Floridianson]

Maybe some pics of what you're talking about and what its for? I myself have never seen such a creature.

Biggest problem is if you do not feed him he will eat the pencil and then you have to replace the pencil. He is pretty good at telling speed and RPM for some reason.

 

[Mullaney]

nobody knows about this device?

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Doesn't show you much, but there is a door behind the speed gauge that holds the paper. Square hole to turn the paper and a series of pens for speed and rpm. If somebody has a 915, 916, or a 920 maybe they could snap a picture of it open...

 

[kendelrio]

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Doesn't show you much, but there is a door behind the speed gauge that holds the paper. Square hole to turn the paper and a series of pens for speed and rpm. If somebody has a 915, 916, or a 920 maybe they could snap a picture of it open...

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OK then.. that's awesome.

 

[Floridianson]

Only cause you asked nice.

 

[Mullaney]

Only cause you asked nice.

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Yeah!
Thanks @Floridianson !!

 

[Karl kostman]

OK the TM for my truck shows how to change out the paper to put new paper into the unit but says nothing about running the unit with NO paper, I agree with the statement that its going to ruin the pencils/drawing device but in all seriousness I will never use it for graphing anything nor do I care my main question is can I plug the unit back in and run it with no paper for the rest of the trucks life or will there be damage to the point that nothing on the device works any longer? The TM simply states that with every new driver/every day the paper needs to be replaced.

 

[Mullaney]

OK the TM for my truck shows how to change out the paper to put new paper into the unit but says nothing about running the unit with NO paper, I agree with the statement that its going to ruin the pencils/drawing device but in all seriousness I will never use it for graphing anything nor do I care my main question is can I plug the unit back in and run it with no paper for the rest of the trucks life or will there be damage to the point that nothing on the device works any longer? The TM simply states that with every new driver/every day the paper needs to be replaced.

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Assuming that the "pens" are replaceable, you should should be able to pop off the pens and never think about it again until you sell the truck of you ever do.

 

[Karl kostman]

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Assuming that the "pens" are replaceable, you should should be able to pop off the pens and never think about it again until you sell the truck of you ever do.

Mullaney that sure seems like a good suggestion to me I will pull the case open and take a look they are obviously replaceable and can be pulled out. Thanks much good suggestion!