Contract maintenance is certainly nothing new in trucking. Back in 1938—a mere five years after its birth—Ryder System sealed a five-year, five-truck lease deal with Champagne Velvet Beer, a deal that largely hinged on contract maintenance services.
Keith Leech has served as fleet manager for the City of Sacramento since 2006 and for nearly 30 years has held management positions in the city’s public works and general services departments. “There have been a lot of changes over that time,” Leech says. “Today, we have business intelligence to make data-driven decisions that support continuous improvement of our fleet operations.”...More
Securing loads is only half the battle for many fleets. Ensuring those loads arrive at their destinations on time and in one piece is another battle carriers must fight. Fortunately, there are a number of load securement products on the market that can assist fleets of all types—from dry van, to refrigeration, to flatbed and even bulk operations—in accomplishing this task....More
Based on what I’ve seen over the past decade, the whole green movement is just getting started. One of the popular new buzzwords is sustainable, which basically means the resource in question is not exploited to the point where it can no longer reproduce and survive. Natural rubber could definitely be considered on the list of sustainable products because there is a finite lifespan to each tree, and it takes several years for a new planting to yield any product....More
Manager: Karl Nothegger Jr.
Title: Managing director
Company: Nothegger Transport Logistik GmbH, St. Ulrich am
Pillersee, Austria
Operation: European freight transport conglomerate operating 750 trucks
Problem:...More
Shop talk—the best kind, anyway—has always revolved as much around safe operations as vehicle uptime and cost control. But since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rolled out its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) compliance program, fleet owners have had to absolutely ensure that their maintenance personnel are walking the walk and not just talking the talk....More
Contract maintenance is certainly nothing new in trucking. Back in 1938—a mere five years after its birth—Ryder System sealed a five-year, five-truck lease deal with Champagne Velvet Beer, a deal that largely hinged on contract maintenance services....More
Looking to find a way to more closely align its trucking fleet with its image as a recycler, Valley Proteins turned to PacLease for its solution. Working through its local PacLease franchise, MHC Truck Leasing in Charlotte, NC, Valley Proteins put 10 compressed natural gas tractors into its fleet in Gastonia, NC.
“When we decided that we wanted to be an early adopter of natural gas trucks and not sit on the sidelines, we looked at all our options, and PacLease was clearly the leasing company to work with,” says Richard Evans, fleet manager....More
NASHVILLE. One of the more unusual items displayed here at the 2014 Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) annual meeting is the “AutoSock,” which is the name of both the Norwegian company and product touted as an “alternative traction device” (ATD) in lieu of tire chains for both passenger cars and commercial vehicles....More
Road Choice truck parts, a private-label, all-makes parts line, is now available in the marketplace. Road Choice, a trademarked brand from Mack Trucks, offers high-demand parts, including air conditioning, air springs, air/electrical coils and accessories, brake chambers, exhaust products, lighting, shock absorbers and universal joints....More
NASHVILLE. Accuride Corp. introduced two 22.5-in. x 14-in. aluminum wheels that are up to four pounds lighter than the models they replace. The company expects to transition to the Accu-Lite Duplex aluminum wheels – part numbers 41142 and 41140 – early in the second quarter, replacing previous part numbers 41660 and 41016....More
