By knowing and practicing some driving and maintenance tips, drivers can increase their trucks’ gas mileage, boost their vehicles’ overall performance, and save money for the company.
Many factors continue to exert upward pressure on fleet maintenance costs (with longer service lives as the primary driver).
More communication, adherence to maintenance schedules, and utilizing technology to its fullest are just a few ways you can better maintain fleets that do not all return to the same home base.
Whether your fleet consists of light-duty pickup trucks, medium-duty workhorses, or a mix of everything in between, ensuring trucks are properly maintained keeps costs low and drivers safe.
Fleet intelligence technology delivers actionable insights to optimize multiple aspects of government fleet safety and service.
Although prices for replacement tires increased 3% per unit per month in calendar-year 2019 compared to CY-2018, the per transaction tire costs were up less than 1% for fleets buying at pre-negotiated national account prices.
Most of the subject matter experts that we spoke to expect an increase in tire prices, although predicting future tire costs is difficult due to variables that influence tire pricing.
The top blog posts of the year included five test drives, as did posts arguing for short-cycling, rethinking the total cost of ownership equation, and improving maintenance management.
Truck fleet managers need to be diligent in tracking and documenting all PM work that comply with OEM recommended guidelines to ensure there is no PM variability.
Determining when exactly to cycle your vehicles is a fine balance among many factors, from acquisition, through operation, and resale or asset disposal. Here are nine questions to answer when you’re deciding when and how to best cycle your trucks.
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