May 11, 2022
Diesel fuel prices across the United States jumped another 11.4 cents during the week ending May 9, bringing the national average to another record high at $5.62 per gallon, according … Read more of this article
May 6, 2022
Bruce Stockton watches his 3-year-old granddaughter play with her mother’s phone, and it seems to come naturally, but he said she can’t quite ride a tricycle.Stockton, vice president of fleet … Read more of this article
May 5, 2022
The days of using a generic spec for all fleet applications are over.While I am not sure that a one-size-fits-all approach to spec’ing was ever a good idea, today that … Read more of this article
May 5, 2022
Ask veteran drivers about the good ol’ days in trucking and they’ll tell you stories about friends they worked with, loads they hauled, trucks they drove and coming home for … Read more of this article
May 3, 2022
There is magic around the 10% solution. I expect many fleets and OEMs have sat through many presentations, read many articles and reports where the claim of a 10% improvement … Read more of this article
April 27, 2022
As illustrated in Part 1 of this two-part series, the Department of Transportation recently advised Congress to eliminate the Fair Labor Standards Act’s motor carrier exemption that allows many carriers … Read more of this article
April 25, 2022
The average age of a diesel technician, according to Data USA, is just more than 40 years old – about a decade younger than the average age of a truck … Read more of this article
April 25, 2022
The number of fatalities caused by vehicle crashes climbed in 2021.According to preliminary semiannual estimates from the National Safety Council, collision fatalities in 2021 totaled 46,020, up 9% from 2020 … Read more of this article
April 20, 2022
In a Federal Register notice asking the White House to renew its Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration responded to some concerns from industry stakeholders … Read more of this article
April 14, 2022
There has been a lot of talk lately about unbundling leases. Proponents of unbundling say they can save you money on certain items that have been bundled together in your … Read more of this article