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Work Truck Survey Reveals Most Common Upfitting Practices, Concerns

Fleet managers divulged everything from how they obtain their upfits to the future developments they are most excited for.

Lexi Tucker
Lexi TuckerFormer Senior Editor
January 25, 2022
Work Truck Survey Reveals Most Common Upfitting Practices, Concerns

Fleet managers divulged everything from how they obtain their upfits to the future developments they are most excited for.

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Readers of Work Truck and its sister publications, Automotive Fleet and Heavy Duty Trucking, were recently asked to participate in an online survey that took a deep dive into fleet upfitting practices and challenges. A total of 126 responses (77 completed and 49 partially completed) were collected between October and November 2021.

According to the results, 98% of fleet professionals surveyed managed vans, light-, medium-, and/or heavy-duty trucks in their fleet, and 100% upfitted those trucks or vans in some way.

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Class 1-2 vehicles made up 78% of the participating fleets, Class 3-6 came in at 73%, Class 7-8 landed at 56%, and don’t know/not sure comprised 8%.

When it came to total fleet size, 53% of fleets surveyed had fewer than 200 vehicles, 12% had 201-400, 17% had 401-999, 16% had 1,000+, and 3% weren’t sure.

We’ve collected their responses to our burning questions and laid out their answers in this easy to comprehend graphical format.

Originally posted on Work Truck Online

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