Tires: Closing the gap
Fleets have traditionally faced a tough choice when selecting tires: Go with one that produces fuel savings or one offering long tread life. They couldn't...
Fuel: Diesel & Beyond
The days are gone when Fill 'er up meant fuel up with good old #2 Diesel and be on your way . Already, some fleets are running on once-exotic fuels like...
Making a good impression
It's common wisdom that you only get one chance to make a good first impression, but when you roll by tens of thousands of people a day, you hope that first impression makes them good and hungry, at least if you're in the hamburger business....
Shifting ahead
Quality employees are the ones most concerned about their future employment and the least interested in sticking with a dead-end job ...
JACK OF ALL TRADES
Okay, so you can't actually open a can with a van. But think about it. There really isn't a whole lot the Swiss Army Knife of vehicles can't help a business accomplish...
When to drive. When to sleep.
Seventy years is a long time to ride the same old merry-go-round, especially one that throws you off. Over and over again. ...
Strategic leasing
Truck leasing used to be all about meeting unexpected equipment needs for a relatively short time. Today, it is a long-term business strategy, not a short-term tactic for an increasing number of fleets...
America's Top Private Fleets
Private fleets don't haul freight for profit, but instead quietly distribute products, deliver services, keep supply chains moving, and perform other essential services for their parent businesses....
Outlook 2007: A Juggling Act
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus won't be the only road show adept at juggling acts this year. Managers of for-hire and private fleets alike will be keeping plenty of balls in the air as they stay on top of what's shaping up to be a most challenging year for trucking...
2006 Fleet of the Year Awards
Top of their game. The Fleet Owner Fleet of the Year Awards salute fleets one each from the for-hire, private and vocational ranks of trucking selected by the editors for raising the bar for innovative management...
Celadon Group Inc.
Without the slightest hesitation, chairman & CEO Steve Russell declares it's the efforts of all our 3,500 employees that's responsible for the after-tax profits...
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire
When it was launched years back, the BFNT private fleet was charged with duties that pretty much any carrier could have handled. But its full mission was soon realized delivering top-shelf service at an economical price...
Palm Beach County
There are three ways to handle a problem. Ignore it and hope it will go away. Ignore it and wait for someone else to solve it. Dive in and fix it yourself....
Time to choose: One or oil two
Fleets must decide whether they are going to use CJ-4 in all equipment next year - or just in trucks with 2007 engines...
The long & short of it
What they lack in the glamour department, semi-trailers more than make up for in practicality. No one will ever brag about their horsepower or boast of their turning circle. Yet without trailers trucking would be all about playing not working with trucks....
