Wide-ranging initiative
The Colorado State Fleet Management agency is helping cut fuel consumption and enhance its protection of the environment.
Steel wheel refinishing comes of age
Putting a new face on used steel truck wheels and rims has never been easy.
Boosting service operations
While the space on this page is most often devoted to the latest light- and medium-duty vehicle developments, the productivity of these fleet operations is also highly dependent on efficiency behind the scenes.
Industry showcase
For the past year or longer, a considerable amount of space on this page has been devoted to hybrid trucks.
Zipper rupture bulletin available
Don’t laugh – this is serious business
Keep an eye on your tires: pass it on
“Before you get too carried away, check with the real world.”
Consider TPMS
With an eye to enhancing operating efficiency as a key strategy to ensure success, if not survival, in the trucking industry, we need to consider new ideas, new technology and different approaches.
Firsthand look
With production of 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 Chassis Cabs underway at Chrysler LLC’s assembly plant in Saltillo, Mexico and these new trucks now arriving in dealerships, the OEM recently took some of the latest models in its medium-duty lineup on the road.
Bullseye: Sterling trucks on target
Early indications are that Sterling Truck Corp.’s Bullet and 360 models are right on target.
It’s about relationships
It’s about relationships “So, what’s new?” A common pitfall is to answer that question only in terms of individual products or services and not to appreciate fully the synergies that flow from some component interactions that are becoming more common.
An in-depth look at tread thickness
If some amount of a concept or product is good, then more of it should be better, right?
Shockingly good tire wear
The soft-riding trucks of today are a far cry from therough-and-tumble kidney bouncers of yesterday.