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February 20, 2008

Sound Off!! Work Truck Wants to Hear from You!

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TORRANCE, CAWork Truck wants your opinions and thoughts. What questions do you have about replacement truck tires? What programs do you use to promote truck idle reduction? What do you do to maximize the truck resale in your fleet?

Work Truck magazine is looking for fleet managers like you to participate in our monthly column called ‘Sound Off!’ It’s a feature aimed at providing truck fleet manager’s advice and information on how other industry professionals are managing fleets, improving efficiencies, adapting to technology, and making profits.

To participate, log on to www.worktruckonline.com, and click on forum to register. Once registered, you can answer any of these questions and more, or you can e-mail your answers to Lauren.Colin@bobit.com

Answers selected for publication are eligible for a $5 Starbucks gift card!

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