Sean Lyden was a contributing author for Bobit publications for many years.
Upfitting can be an involved process, but it can be broken down into seven factors to maximize productivity and benefit the company’s bottom line.
Incorrectly spec’ing a refrigerated truck can be costly to both a fleet and a company’s clients. Knowing what mistakes to avoid when spec’ing can go a long way to impacting the bottom line and increasing company business.
While it is tempting to adopt a “more-the-merrier” approach to vehicle spec’ing, fewer specs can actually offer more options, netting happier drivers and fewer administrative headaches.
To determine whether an extended warranty is right for your fleet, review vehicle usage, lifecycles, and replacement policies.
Use of aluminum in light vehicles is anticipated to increase 60 percent by 2025, reducing vehicle weight and increasing safety.
Industry experts believe the FMCSA provisions will fundamentally change the way many fleets do business. Main points of the revised ruling are highlighted.
Evaluating auxiliary power units (APUs) before making any usage decisions can help save time and money for fleets in need of additional power.
Several experts offer insight to help fleets prepare for the regulations impacting medium- and heavy-duty trucks beginning in 2014.
With the potential to save lives and reduce accident management costs, a carefully crafted safety policy is a necessity.
When the recession hit in 2008, instead of increasing the lifecycle of its medium- and heavy-duty trucks, Joy Global began shortcycling.
Defined by two key measurements, yield strength and percent elongation, steel is being evaluated by a growing number of fleet managers.
A fleet mainstay for more than several decades, compact pickups appear to be going the way of the dodo thanks, in part, to less expensive and more efficient full-size pickups and utility vehicles.
After decades of few models and even fewer options, the cargo van market is beginning to capture the attention and fill the needs of fleet managers.
Reduce the risk of error when spec’ing and ordering box trucks, from Isuzu N-Series to the Mitsubishi Fuso Canter, don’t forget to consider the floor type.
A decade ago, a manual transmission always beat out an automatic, primarily because it was more efficient — but, times are changing.
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