Productivity: trailer and body lighting
When specifying trailer and body lighting systems, says Tim Gilbert, director of sales for fleets and OEMs at Peterson Manufacturing, fleet managers look first for durability, and products that do not cause any unnecessary downtime.
Growing Sophistication
While new platform trailers still aren’t at the level of sophistication reached by many vans or reefers, but they have recently benefited from advanced technologies and designs
All kinds of loads
Parasitic loads, hotel loads, safety loads: other than the emissions system, nothing on today’s trucks has changed more than the electrical systems
Trailer Productivity: Security systems, trailer tracking; interior lighting solutions
According to the International Cargo Security Council, U.S. businesses lose $10 billion per year in merchandise theft, and the average value of a cargo theft is $500,000, a number that has grown fivefold in the past 25 years.
Top shape
Applying three decades of experience,and with the help of suppliers, Mike Payette is keeping the Staples fleet running cost effectively and efficiently.
Great Dane unveils package to combat corrosion
Great Dane introduced a complete package of prevention solutions to fight corrosion. Fleets can choose total corrosion protection, including CorroGuard.
Paving the way
Supplier relationships, effective equipment choices key at Pavestone
Trailer Productivity: Corrosion Control
Durability. Cost. Image. Three main factors in fleet decisions about trailer specifications that are directly affected by a common enemy – corrosion. From the roofline to structural members, suspensions, axles, landing gear and upper-couplers, constant bombardment by moisture and debris – as well as exposure to road salts and other de-icing materials – makes specifying trailers for corrosion protection of utmost concern to fleet managers. Equally aware of the challenge are trailer, system and component manufacturers, who are addressing the problems caused by corrosion with new technologies and processes.