When it comes to improving your fleet’s fuel efficiency and reducing emissions output, one option you have is an emission retrofit. Simply put, an emission retrofit takes an older diesel engine and installs a device that reduces its toxic output. It can also include improvements that increase the life of the engine and make it Read More ››
Why You Don’t Want To Risk Your Fleet Being Non-Compliant
Emission regulations on the county, state, and national level can be complicated and confusing. You might be tempted to operate without being fully compliant with the law, but the penalties for non-compliance are stiff, and they add up quickly. Even if you don’t intentionally break the law, being unaware of the various regulations where your Read More ››
Why an Emission Strategy for Your Fleet of Vehicles Makes Sense
If you want to reduce carbon emissions for your diesel fleet, there are many approaches you can take. There’s no silver bullet, and what might be effective for someone else may not be effective for your fleet of vehicles. That’s why it’s important to develop a comprehensive emission strategy specific to your fleet. In fact, Read More ››
How Do Tires Affect Your Fuel Economy?
For many years, tire companies focused on the tread of their tires without worrying so much about fuel economy. The result was extremely safe tires, with a design that sacrificed fuel economy in favor of tread. Gas prices have gone up quite a bit in the last 10 years or so, and truck drivers are Read More ››
Making Your Semi Truck Much More Efficient
All fleet managers and independent truckers would like to make their semi-trucks more fuel efficient. By so doing they could reduce their costs and increase their profits. Tips to Increase Fuel Economy But how can you make a semi-truck get a better fuel economy? Even seasoned haulers do not know every trick in the book, Read More ››
Road Rage: Keep Calm and Drive On
As drivers, you have seen it all; cursing, tailgating, cutting off, and the one fingered salute. Because of this, you know that how other people drive can have a big impact on how you drive, if you let it. For example, the natural human reaction when someone wrongs us is to assume that they deserve Read More ››
The Health Dangers of Diesel Exhaust
Many people enjoy driving down the highway, windows down and air flowing. That is until a large truck rolls by and blasts black, sooty exhaust in through the open window. People choke, frantically roll up the window, and try to get as far away from that toxin-spewing monstrosity as quickly as possible. Not only is Read More ››
4 Surprising Benefits of Using GPS Tracking for Your Business
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) have been used by truckers for a long time, and some of the benefits are obvious: better fuel efficiency, shorter drive time, less frustration, etc. In addition to these tried-and-true benefits of GPS, there are several benefits for your business that you might not have thought of yet: 1. Find the Read More ››
Does Diesel Actually Save you Money
The argument over whether or not diesel fueled vehicles save an owner money continues to be debated by both professionals and the average car person. Some say that the savings of owning a diesel powered vehicle are as clear as day while others say that diesel can actually cost a person more than if they Read More ››
Best Practices for Fleet Management
The process of developing and managing a fleet of vehicles for your business can be long and full of learning experiences, but the number of mistakes made and revenue lost due to those “learning experiences” can be limited if a new fleet manager will learn a few of the best practices for the industry. The Read More ››