Love’s to expand truck maintenance services nationwide
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc. has announced that it will expand its truck maintenance program at all travel stop locations nationwide to include additional services to existing truck tire care and light mechanical options. The additional maintenance offering focuses on oil changes to the motor, transmission and gear boxes and is complemented by preventive maintenance
Gorilla Safety announces ELD solution
Gorilla Safety, a fleet and safety management software provider, has announced a white label, fully automated electronic logging device (ELD). Gorilla Safety’s certified ELD solution was developed to directly address and meet the rules set forth by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s ELD mandate, which takes effect in December 2017. Gorilla Safety’s ELD affords users
How fleets can take advantage of outsourced service offerings
Today’s trucking industry moves at a rapid pace, bringing new technology, new spec’ing options and new data points to delve into. That means more strain on your maintenance service operations. While some fleets prefer to keep service in-house, many fleets need a helping maintenance hand. Equipment complexity, difficulty diagnosing issues and a shortage of technicians
Outtakes from our Kenworth executive interview
In the world of print magazines, there’s only so much space that we can fill, and Fleet Equipment has the knack for packing our print issues with a truckload of insightful info. Believe it or not, great kernels of knowledge still get left on the editing room floor. But in the digital world, anything goes.
Continental invests a majority stake in Zonar
Continental has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in fleet management technology provider Zonar. The contract has been signed but remains subject to final approval of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice. Zonar, headquartered in Seattle, Wash., employs a staff of more than 300. With the investment in Zonar by Continental, the
Tumbling down the truck data rabbit hole: The realities, possibilities and dangers of trucking’s datafication
Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. You see how data and telematics technology is re-shaping the trucking industry. ECU info streams off of your trucks as they roll productively down the road, as does the location data from your smartphone as you drive into the office and take
Maxion Wheels unveils smart truck wheel safety technology
Maxion Wheels has unveiled its new MaxSmart commercial vehicle connected wheel safety technology. According to the company, MaxSmart combines Maxion’s steel truck wheels with sensor technology to capture and communicate a broad range of wheel and tire data to both driver and fleet. “Driver and road safety is one of our industry’s biggest issues. By collecting
Omnitracs introduces predictive modeling solution for driver retention
Omnitracs has announced the launch of its ELD Driver Retention Model, a predictive modeling solution that allows companies to identify and retain truck drivers who are most likely to voluntarily leave their jobs. In 2015, industry-wide driver turnover reached 95%. Google estimates the cost of onboarding to be around $5,000 per new driver. With the ELD Driver
How remote diagnostics stay on top of service issues
While OEMs will share their proprietary service data through Right to Repair, they have also continued to develop their respective remote diagnostics offerings to better diagnose a truck’s problems. In fact, Remote diagnostic systems are now offered in some form by all the major truck and engine OEMs. These systems collect diagnostic data on the
Where we are in speed limiter adoption
A proposed rule to mandate the use of speed limiting devices on heavy-duty trucks was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 7, 2016, officially opening the 60-day comment period on the rule. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released the proposed rule Aug. 26, which would require trucks weighing more than 26,000 lbs. to
