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Top Maintenance Best Practices for Medium-Duty Trucks
Keeping a work truck properly maintained is a key component in the effort to keep downtime to a minimum and costs low.
Keeping a work truck properly maintained is a key component in the effort to keep downtime to a minimum and costs low.
Excessive engine idling doesn’t just consume fuel, it also creates engine hours, which depending on the OEM, are used to determine when the powertrain warranty expires. Also, high engine hours in low-mileage vehicles can create potential pitfalls that inadvertently voids warranty compliance. Some fleets don’t realize this and are surprised when they are denied coverage, thinking the vehicle is within the warranty mileage parameters or has followed the OEM's recommended maintenance schedule.
As it builds out its delivery fleet, Amazon is moving toward using a battery-electric delivery vehicle produced by Rivian Automotive, a Plymouth, Mich., manufacturer who earned media plaudits when it showed its first two vehicles at the L.A. Auto Show in November.
The business mileage reimbursement rate for 2019 increased 3.5 cents to 58 cents on Jan. 1 after two years of minimal change, the Internal Revenue Service announced late last year.
The bigger frame, powered by a 6.6L Duramax turbo-diesel with 910 lb.-ft. of torque that is mated to a 10-speed Allison transmission delivers a greater towing capacity than its predecessor models, well in excess of 30,000 pounds.
The city of Stockholm, Sweden, banned trucks from making deliveries at night to reduce noise levels. But a new pilot program will test quieter hybrid trucks for overnight deliveries to McDonald's restaurants in the area.
New work trucks from Ram, Ford, and Chevrolet land at the nation's largest, and oldest, auto show.
Magellan has announced the availability of RouteComplete, designed to make snow removal, waste collection, and street cleaning safer and more efficient for municipal fleets.
FreightWaves, a world freight news and data provider, announced “FreightWaves Radio,” a live, weekly call-in show for navigating the freight markets that will broadcast exclusively on SiriusXM.
Chevrolet unveiled its 2020 Silverado HD at the General Motors Flint Assembly Plant on Feb. 5. The truck will be available in five trims and should reach customers by summer.
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The Propane Education & Research Council invites fleet owners and managers to take the Propane Autogas Tour for a chance to win a handful of prizes in the PERC booth at The Work Truck Show 2019.
Co-ops at the Minnesota Rural Electric Association (MREA) have reduced the number of worker injuries by 75% after implementing a new safety program.
California, Delaware, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oregon and Utah are the recent recipients of Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives grants totaling $10.2 million and awarded by the Federal Highway Administration.
Ford Motor Co. has issued three individual recalls for its older F-150 half-ton pickups, 2019 Mustang, and several 2019 Lincoln models.
