It’s always a good idea to plan a trip to Minnesota before the first snowfall. The last time I visited members there, a blizzard blocked the roads, my flight home…
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You can’t control the weather, but you can control how you prepare for it by making sure that every vehicle in your fleet is in the best condition possible. Breakdowns…
The 2018 NationaLease Maintenance Managers Meeting began Tuesday, May 15, with the 8th annual NationaLease Tech Challenge, hosted by Advantage Truck Leasing, a NationaLease Member, in Charlotte, NC. Nine of our best…
No matter how careful and conscientious you are regarding your fleet, breakdowns will occur. The prevailing wisdom: plan ahead. A recent HDT article discussed the seven mistakes fleets make that…
Maintenance and repair costs as a percentage of a fleet’s total average marginal cost has increased by approximately 40 percent since 2008. That’s a significant rise. The American Transportation Research…
With changes taking place in technology and regulations for trucks and the trucking industry, keeping up with your maintenance practices can be daunting. Whatever your core business may be, transporting…
If you wait for the first cold snap to winterize your fleet, you’re going to be too late. Be prepared! That may be the Boy Scouts motto, but it’s a…
No one would expect a service shop to pass the “white glove” test; that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be as orderly and clean as possible. The premise of this IdeaXchange…
Other than fuel, as a cost category, replacement tires are a fleet’s largest operating expense, so anything you can do to lengthen the life of your tires can make a…
Bringing maintenance in-house might seem like a way to gain greater control, but there are questions you need to answer first. In a recent IdeaXchange blog, Jane Clark, Vice President…
