The Right Tires for Last-Mile Delivery Fleets
Last-mile operations place special demands on the tires used on light- and medium-duty delivery vehicles.
October 26, 2020
Last-mile operations place special demands on the tires used on light- and medium-duty delivery vehicles.
October 26, 2020
Allison Transmission has a new lubricant spec for its automatic transmissions, and Petro-Canada Lubricants is the first oil company to meet it. The new DuraDrive HD Synthetic 668 will be the factory fill in Allison automatic transmissions starting Jan. 1, 2021.
September 29, 2020
Fleets share tactics they’ve taken in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to cut costs and operate more efficiently.
September 14, 2020
Valvoline’s latest premium engine oil not only works in diesel, natural gas, and gasoline engines; it also provides extended oil drain intervals for diesel and natural gas vehicles.
August 12, 2020
We asked Modern Tire Dealer magazine’s 2020 Top 10 Retreaders for their thoughts on what fleets should know to help them have a successful retread program.
July 23, 2020
Executives from Hub Group, M&W Logistics, and U.S. Xpress share how their fleets dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic, from creating business continuity plans to telecommuting to helping drivers with coronavirus symptoms.
May 15, 2020
More than half of the fleets surveyed by HDT reported their level of business had been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and 3% reported employees had tested positive for COVID-19.
April 21, 2020
Snider Fleet Solutions is now offering a drive-over system that measures tire pressure, tread depth, vehicle weight, sidewall damage and tire temperature, flagging problems before the vehicle leaves the lot.
February 27, 2020
Uptime’s a never-ending challenge for fleets, but there are tactics maintenance managers can use to reduce unscheduled downtime, according to a panel discussion at the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting in Atlanta on Feb. 25.
February 25, 2020
Four maintenance executives share their thoughts on the tough issues faced from behind the shop manager’s desk.
February 10, 2020
ConMet is in final fleet validation of its new PreSet Plus SmartHub, a hub health monitoring system that will inform fleets anytime a wheel hub is operating outside of normal parameters.
November 15, 2019
Daimler Trucks North America launched a new e-commerce platform, is using technology to help dealers make repairs faster – including simplifying the warranty process – and is on the cusp of adding predictive diagnostics to its uptime tools.
October 28, 2019
Find out what it took for Jennifer Lesnik to become the first woman in the Kenworth dealer network to achieve Kenworth Certified Master Technician status in Deborah Lockridge's All That's Trucking blog.
October 24, 2019
Chevron hasn’t been just resting on its laurels since it re-engineered its Delo 400 product line in 2016 to meet the new API CK-4 and FA-4 heavy-duty engine oil specifications, and it’s highlighting a new customer-driven focus with the Delo Traveling Technology Lab.
August 22, 2019
We’re nearly halfway through 2019, so HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge asked HDT’s Editorial Advisory Board what current trends and issues are most on their minds.
June 21, 2019