How I corrected ELD logs that split after a driver swapped tractors

I ran into this in a trucking dispatch operation where drivers sometimes swapped tractors mid-route. The issue was ELD records split the same driver day across two vehicle profiles and confused HOS review. At first I blamed the driver forgetting to certify logs, but it showed up whenever a spare tractor was assigned after a roadside repair. This caused dispatch had to reconcile logs before payrol…