FE's On the Road: Best of Season 1

FE’s On the Road: Best of Season 1

Cameras are coming to trailers

What you see–both behind your trailer and inside of it–might surprise you.

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Cameras, once taboo in the trucking industry, are now almost ubiquitous inside the cabs of new trucks. At very least, the latest and greatest advanced driver assistance systems employ cameras for things like lane departure alerts and lane keep assist, to name a few technologies. Many fleets are putting outward-facing cameras in cabs to provide more context to safety related incidents in the battle against aggressive litigation. And let's not forget that we all carry a camera in our pocket pretty much every minute of the day. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that trailer cameras--both cameras that give you a view of what's behind the trailer and cameras that show you what's inside the trailer--are a growing trend and were on full display at this year's ATA's MCE.

The right preventative maintenance to avoid frozen air lines in the winter

Simply put: you don’t want your truck’s air lines to freeze.

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Keep the run going with a strong tire maintenance program

Putting together a strong truck tire service program is a marathon, not a sprint.

Avoid the nightmare of unplanned truck downtime

Prevent the horrors of dreaded fleet maintenance downtime with the right data.

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One missed haul: The benefit of fueling management solutions

Your maintenance and equipment can be the best of the best, but no one can run a fleet on empty.

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Other Posts

The importance of ongoing technician training

Plenty of time is spent talking about the importance of training new technicians, but ongoing training is just as important.

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Online truck parts buying is happening, but are you getting what you need?

Buying truck parts online is more complicated than a Prime impulse purchase.

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Peterbilt previews PACCAR’s hydrogen internal combustion engine powertrain

The decarbonization potential of hydrogen-fueled powertrains in the heavy-duty trucking Industry.

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Buying a truck goes beyond the transaction

With insurance and preventative maintenance part of the package, financing a truck means more than handing over the cash for the keys.

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