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XTRA Lease Develops Online Newsletter

XTRA Lease has joined forces with the industry's leading equipment manufacturers to provide xtralease.com web site members with tips and equipment information through an online newsletter called The Source.

by Staff
March 25, 2003
1 min to read


XTRA Lease has joined forces with the industry's leading equipment manufacturers to provide xtralease.com web site members with tips and equipment information through an online newsletter called The Source.

The Source provides the primary audience with helpful hints about trailer maintenance safety and repair. In addition, it supplies information and tips about trailer components and preventative maintenance from industry-leading OEMs.
The newsletter’s main objective is to inform transportation professionals with industry and operational information not found through other resources.
Because of its relationships with leading industry manufacturers, XTRA Lease will develop customized content providing insight and direction into such topics as:
-- Trailer maintenance tips and guidelines
-- Regulatory updates
-- Carrier case studies
-- Industry trends
-- Component parts specifications and maintenance
Based in St. Louis, XTRA Lease, a division of XTRA Corp. and owned by Berkshire Hathaway, is a service-oriented equipment lessor, providing custom-made rental, lease and lease/purchase packages. With almost 90 locations and 600 employees in the United States, Mexico and Canada, XTRA Lease offers a fleet of more than 90,000 trailers that includes dry vans, flat beds, reefers and specialty equipment.


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