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Market Trendsby Mike AntichNovember 11, 2019

Weighing the Value of Mobile Maintenance: Hard Costs vs. Soft Costs

Vocational vehicles are in the business of delivering goods and providing services. They are earning assets and to maximize their productivity, you need to minimize unscheduled downtime or offset downtime for routine PMs by doing the work during non-revenue-producing hours.

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Newsby StaffNovember 8, 2019

Spiffy Acquires Mobile Oil Change Provider

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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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 18, 2019

Replacement Tire Prices Moderate to Rate of Inflation

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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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 18, 2019

Warranty Recovery and Good Will Assistance Remains Stringent

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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Newsby Paul ClintonOctober 9, 2019

RideKleen to Roll out Mobile Maintenance Service

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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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2019

Terex Utilities Releases Tools and Accessories Catalog

The 2019 Tools & Accessories Catalog contains hundreds of products that are most commonly used by utilities, telecommunications, and tree care companies.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 5, 2019

Georgia Gas Utility Opens New Facility

The Cartersville Gas System's new 30,000-square-foot facility includes a garage, welding shop, training room, and administrative offices.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2019

Icahn Automotive Splits Parts, Service Companies

Icahn Automotive Group LLC has begun to separate the company into two independent aftermarket Parts and Service companies.

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Newsby StaffAugust 14, 2019

Spireon Launches FleetLocate for Ford

Spireon has launched FleetLocate for Ford, syncing the fleet management solution with Ford vehicles that support the automaker's open-platform Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC), and also announced updates to its user interface.

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Newsby StaffAugust 9, 2019

FleetCor Offers National Account Tire Pricing to Truck Fleets

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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