Touring a Navistar technician training trailer
Jan 6, 2014![Edu5.JPG](http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/imagecache/galleryformatter_slide_penton/gallery_images/Edu5.JPG "<p>Navistar's "Educator" trailers optimally host six fleet technicians per training session.</p>")
![Edu3.JPG](http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/imagecache/galleryformatter_slide_penton/gallery_images/Edu3.JPG "<p>During its sojourn to San Antonio, Navistar's "Educator" trailer came equipped with three MaxxForce engines, with the one in the middle capable of being fired up for full operation. </p>")
![Edu1.JPG](http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/imagecache/galleryformatter_slide_penton/gallery_images/Edu1.JPG "<p>Once classes are completed, the "wings" of the "Educator" are pushed in to make the trailer "street legal" for highway operation. </p>")
![Edu4.JPG](http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/imagecache/galleryformatter_slide_penton/gallery_images/Edu4.JPG "<p>Navistar's Kosko explained that having engines completely "exposed" in such fashion allows for better hands-on training for fleet technicians.</p>")
![Edu2.JPG](http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/imagecache/galleryformatter_slide_penton/gallery_images/Edu2.JPG "<p>Navistar's Kosko says the goal of using such "mobile training solutions" is to help fleet customers make better maintenance decisions, especially about determining when it's best to fix something in-house or send it out to a dealership.</p>")
Truck & engine maker Navistar operates three specially-designed trailers -- euphemistically dubbed "Educators" -- and puts two on the road at any one time for 30 weeks at a pop to provide its major fleet customers with technician training support. At the 2013 Rush Truck Centers Technician Skills Rodeo in San Antonio TX last December, Wayne Kosko, Navistar's service education manager, gave Fleet Owner a tour of one of its "Educator" trailers.
![](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://fleetowner.com/node/113281/slide/slide-0-field_images-113281&media=http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/gallery_images/Edu5.JPG&description=<p>Navistar's "Educator" trailers optimally host six fleet technicians per training session.</p>
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![](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://fleetowner.com/node/113281/slide/slide-1-field_images-113281&media=http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/gallery_images/Edu3.JPG&description=<p>During its sojourn to San Antonio, Navistar's "Educator" trailer came equipped with three MaxxForce engines, with the one in the middle capable of being fired up for full operation. </p>
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![](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://fleetowner.com/node/113281/slide/slide-2-field_images-113281&media=http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/gallery_images/Edu1.JPG&description=<p>Once classes are completed, the "wings" of the "Educator" are pushed in to make the trailer "street legal" for highway operation. </p>
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![](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://fleetowner.com/node/113281/slide/slide-3-field_images-113281&media=http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/gallery_images/Edu4.JPG&description=<p>Navistar's Kosko explained that having engines completely "exposed" in such fashion allows for better hands-on training for fleet technicians.</p>
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![](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://fleetowner.com/node/113281/slide/slide-4-field_images-113281&media=http://fleetowner.com/site-files/fleetowner.com/files/gallery_images/Edu2.JPG&description=<p>Navistar's Kosko says the goal of using such "mobile training solutions" is to help fleet customers make better maintenance decisions, especially about determining when it's best to fix something in-house or send it out to a dealership.</p>
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