When you get hundreds of fleet maintenance managers together on one location, you can bet they're going to start swapping stories about various equipment and maintenance issues they're having
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Vehicle maintenance is one of the top areas where fleets are at risk under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's new CSA 2010 program
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Checking out idled trucks used for spare parts during the economic downturn before they return to service will be particularly important after new federal safety regulations go into effect in the fall of 201
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Nowhere better does that expression resonate than with heavy truck electrical systems
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No-idle climate-control systems are here to stay after years of sluggish growth and slow market acceptance
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There is a creeping vertical integration in North American truck manufacturing. Why is it happening and how does it affect trucking fleets?
Read More →When you spec a component, often training is part of the package. Training helps established suppliers set themselves apart from those selling cheap parts without any customer support, and generally there's no out-of-pocket expense to the fleet or dealer
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If the heavy-duty independent repair community is going to hold its own against original equipment franchised dealers, it is going to need two thing
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