How Google Glasses could benefit fleets
Google’s Project Glasses point the way to new trucking efficiencies, particularly in the area of maintenance.
Grote expands Trilliant LED WhiteLight work lamp
The six new versions of Grote’s Trilliant LED WhiteLight work lamp strengthen the company’s position in the fire truck, ambulance and workboat markets. Three of the new lamps feature white housings, while three are designed with on-lamp switches. Both groups come with spot, flood and wide flood beam pattern options.
2012 Chevy Silverado has WiFi for in-cab offices
Chevy WiFi powered by Autonet Mobile requires no special hardware, can support several devices at once and is designed to provide uninterrupted Internet and video streaming. It can be used while the vehicle is in motion or parked.
Grote’s MicroNova Dot lasts longer and offers dual intensity
The company’s new MicroNova Dot family of clearance/marker lamps offer dual intensity capabilities that are specifically designed to resist the dimming that is common in other penny-sized LED lamps. All Grote LED lamps are designed with a rectifier diode that protects from the effects of negative transients.
Operational advantages: Powerplant components
“One thing fleet managers have learned,” says Darry W. Stuart, principal at DWS Fleet Management Services, an independent, limited-time executive transportation and fleet management business, “is that their choices may be limited when it comes to spec’ing certain vehicle components.” For example, Stuart points out that due in part to the need to enhance aerodynamics,
Deadly, costly and growing: the trade in counterfeit parts
Toy trains, toothpaste, technology of all sorts, is subject to being counterfeited. In trucking, the problem is about hardware. And the solution isn’t easy.
Application specific: P&D Bodies
Questions that often come up when fleets are spec’ing truck bodies are related to the materials used in roofs and sidewalls.
Cooling Cost Control
If you expect the cost of diesel fuel to come down soon and your refrigerated freight can wait until it does, or if your fleet has enough money available that it doesn’t matter how much it spends on fuel to run your reefers, you can skip this article. If, however, you, like most, don’t expect fuel prices to ever come down to the levels of the recent past – or even stabilize in our lifetime – then fuel economy is likely a high priority for you.
Model Carrier
Kennesaw Transportation continues to serve as an example of how success in trucking can be established and maintained.