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The Two Biggest Summer Downtime Threats for Fleets
A conversation with a maintenance expert reveals the two most common summer maintenance pains and how to prevent them.
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The robust economy is creating record numbers of new jobs and a subsequent labor shortage that is being exacerbated by the large wave of Baby Boomer retirements, but some see uncertainty of future market conditions.
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On-demand vehicle detailer Get Spiffy has acquired Your Location Lubrication (YLL), which provides mobile oil changes to technicians and fleet managers, the company announced.
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More complex vehicle technology, higher labor rates due to the ongoing skilled labor shortage, higher tire prices, and increased use of synthetic motor oils are putting upward pressure on overall fleet maintenance costs.
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Replacement tire prices are driven by raw material costs, which in CY-2019 were less volatile, but higher nonetheless. Tire prices increased slightly higher than the rate of inflation, which was partially offset by improvements in tread wear longevity.
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Warranty recovery is more stringent requiring even greater documentation to support warranty claims. OEM loyalty and the availability of documented maintenance histories heavily influences post-warranty goodwill assistance.
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More OEMs are adopting more stringent motor oil requirements for new models increasing total PM costs, year-over-year, as more vehicles are required to use synthetic oils, which cost more than mineral-based oils.
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RideKleen has been testing a mobile maintenance service that will allow fleets to schedule oil changes at the vehicle to eliminate the downtime of a vehicle in a service bay.
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Merchants Fleet was awarded for achievements in innovation in 2019, particularly for its INNOV8 program that launched in January 2019.
Read More →Icahn Automotive Group LLC has begun to separate the company into two independent aftermarket Parts and Service companies.
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Fleet customers who use the Comdata MyFleet card have access to a new perk — national account pricing on truck, trailer and retread tires. More than 10,000 fleets with more than 100,000 trucks use MyFleet.
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