THE CAR AND TRUCK FLEET AND LEASING MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE
To transport food compliantly, fleets must adopt certain best practices and consider adding advanced technology.
The commercial fleets that use Bestpass for their toll management services have added more than 500,000 active transponders that now register more than 238,000 transactions per day, according to the company.
Morgan Truck Body has opened a new 175,000 square-foot manufacturing facility, the company’s 13th facility in North America.
Strick Trailers’ GardX rear impact guard received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s ToughGuard award, passing all three underride tests during certification.
Cummins Inc. is recalling approximately 921 2015-2018 Power Generation trailers for a remote emergency stop (E-stop) problem.
Chevrolet gave journalists the chance to test out the Silverado HD’s driving and towing capabilities at a press event co-hosted with John Deere in June.
Many light-duty fleets do not realize DOT regulations are triggered not only by GVW, but also by gross combination vehicle weight (GCVW) – the combined weight of the vehicle and the trailer. It doesn’t matter if you have a one-truck or a 500-truck fleet, you must be compliant with DOT rules. When the GCVW is 10,001 pounds or more, a vehicle is covered under DOT regs and must display a DOT number or it will be subject to a fine if pulled over by the police.
New Zealand transport business, DG Glenn, has recently taken delivery of a new Rows-of-8 low loader made by Tidd Ross Todd (TRT).
Stellar Industries announced that it will close its Kiefer Manufacturing facility in Sneedville, Tenn., on Dec. 31, 2015, and transition its Kanawha, Iowa, operation to a Stellar company effective Jan. 1, 2016.
Slotted between a traditional 1500- and 2500-type pickup truck the all-new 2016 Nissan Titan XD delivers both the comfortable, intuitive driving experience of a smaller truck and the capabilities typically associated with a ¾-ton truck.