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The average cost of mechanical repairs in the trucking industry increased for the second straight quarter – but one fleet improved its time between breakdowns to a new record, according to the latest benchmarking report from the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and FleetNet America.
Preventive maintenance programs are yesterday’s news. Tomorrow’s fleet manager is working on predicting issues before they even occur.
For larger fleets who currently use fleet management companies or small business fleets who suffer through hours of manual service record-keeping, things are about to change.
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Transervice Logistics, Inc., provider of customized transportation solutions, was selected by Midwest dairy cooperative Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc., to provide on-site dedicated contract maintenance at the company’s milk bottling plant in Somerset, Ken.
Despite high build quality, vehicle maintenance costs are trending up due to increased advanced technology content, skilled labor shortages, higher tire prices, and more engines requiring synthetic oils and high-capacity oil pans.
H.O. Bouchard, a large tank trailer fleet in the Northeast for heavy transport of energy fuels and industrial raw materials, has deployed SmartDrive to help provide greater visibility into the safety of fleet drivers.
Vincentric has begun offering more in-depth maintenance data as part of its automotive cost-of-ownership database covering more than 45,000 vehicles, the Bingham Farms, Mich.-based data provider has announced.
SmartDrive and Geotab said a primary goal of their new relationship is helping to simplify the on-board technology footprint, giving fleets freedom to choose solutions that fit their business and their budget, and dramatically lowering the total cost of ownership.