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Equipment•Cover Story•by Jim Park•March 14, 2019

Designing a Truck for Total Cost of Ownership

Spec’ing and maintaining trucks for the best total cost of ownership is a tricky balancing act to master. Achieving the optimal total cost of ownership means weighing the benefits of every spec on a truck.

Fuel Smarts•by Jack Roberts•March 13, 2019

Can Emissions Repair Costs be Contained?

The addition of selective catalytic reduction and diesel particulate filter aftertreatment to modern trucks forced fleets and manufacturers to shift expectations on the fly. These two fleets met the emissions maintenance monster head-on — and won.

Drivers•by David Cullen•March 11, 2019

Drivers: Hire Fewer, Keep More

With an industry-wide shortage of new truck drivers, it's tempting to just find and hire CDL holders as fast as they can be found. But one good way to hire better drivers, who stay longer, is to avoid hiring your turnover.

Fleet Management•by Jeff Kauffman•March 8, 2019

Commentary: What Do Fleet Earnings Tell Us About the State of Trucking?

Now that fleets have reported their 2018 earnings we take a dive into the results to see what it says about the current economic state of the trucking industry.

Fleet Management•by Jim Park•March 6, 2019

The Challenge of Logistics in Alaska

Transportation is the lifeblood of America's largest state, but challenges posed by geography and weather mean options are severely limited for eight months of the year.

Equipment•by Stephane Babcock•March 4, 2019

Survey: What Fleets Consider When Choosing Suspensions

When spec’ing tractors and trailers, there are a lot of things to consider. In this month’s edition of Survey Says, we asked our readers all about their suspension considerations.

Equipment•by Jim Park•March 4, 2019

Regional vs. Long-Haul Tires

Round and black is a definition often applied to tires of any stripe, but it does a disservice to the technology and engineering behind optimizing tires for specific applications.

Equipment•by Jack Roberts•February 28, 2019

3 Trends in Dump Trailers

Dump trailers need to be tough, light and safe. Manufacturers say that’s not a problem.

Fleet Management•by Noël Perry, Chief Economist, Truckstop.com•February 28, 2019

Commentary: Freight Market Tightness Points to 3 Possible Economic Outcomes

The freight market is still tight in 2019, despite changing conditions over the course of 2018 that originally drove it forward. Noël Perry, chief economist at Truckstop.com, thinks that the current data points to three possible outcomes.

Equipment•by Deborah Lockridge•February 27, 2019

Q&A: PacLease's Jake Civitts on Truck Leasing Trends

Last year was a big year of growth for PacLease. In this interview, Jake Civitts, director of franchise operations, talks about the company's growth, trends in full-service leasing, truck maintenance challenges, the latest technology and more.

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