Overcoming 7 Van Upfit Challenges
Upfitting any vehicle comes with challenges, but van fleet managers face a unique set of challenges to overcome due to varied applications, sizes, and upfit options.
Upfitting any vehicle comes with challenges, but van fleet managers face a unique set of challenges to overcome due to varied applications, sizes, and upfit options.
Vehicle routing is a challenging, yet key component in many vocational truck fleets. Optimizing routes is especially important for delivery and service fleets.
Human interaction in traditional fleet management processes is inherently inefficient. But what can be done?
Despite the best laid plans of iron-clad fleet safety policies, accidents will happen, and commercial drivers need to know what to do when the time comes.
Vocational vehicles are designed to handle many unique tasks and come with a multitude of auxiliary equipment and support. In terms of auxililiary power expoert options, the key question becomes what works best for operations.
Despite being flat, crashes are still a problem for fleets, and data reported for the 2017 calendar-year has identified some of the biggest obstacles.
Vehicle lift manufacturers say cooperative procurement is becoming more common because public agencies can save time and money.
A strong love of fleet keeps Rasmussen motivated to continue to build her company and support others in the fleet industry.
Drug use, and marijuana use in particular, has increased in recent years. So much so, that it has overtaken alcohol use as the leading cause of vehicle fatalities.
Mercedes-Benz will shift production of its Sprinter van to South Carolina from Germany later this year. Andrew Lawson, the general manager of fleet operations for van and chassis, sat down with Automotive Fleet to discuss what it means for fleets.
Inside the Mercedes-Benz Vans Future Transportation North America workshop, Nick Tempelhoff has some thoughts.
HDT's Deborah Lockridge sat down with David Carson, who took over the helm of Western Star at the beginning of the year, to talk about his first six-plus months on the job and the vocational truck market.
Construction fleets face a special set of challenges related to proper tire selection and maintenance. Tips for tire selection and maintenance are shared.
As the CVSA's Operation Safe Driver Week takes place to bring awareness to unsafe driving behaviors, one safety-focused fleet has found that ELDs are making a real impact.
As the final piece of the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is set to take effect, small fleets are assessing ways to switch from a manual recording of temperature inside refrigerated units to an automated process.
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