Providing the right data to speed up truck service
The threats that will put your trucks on the side of the road haven’t changed much–brakes, lights and tires are still the main culprits, according to Dave Walters, senior solutions engineer for Trimble Transportation–but what has changed is what you can do about it. The service data streaming off of your trucks are fueling everything
Verizon Connect updates Navigation mobile app
Verizon Connect has updated Navigation, its mobile app that works with the company’s fleet management technology, with information on open truck stops and hours of operation to help the long-haul truck drivers who encounter rest stop closures. The team checks for updates at the state level, the departments of transportation and chains (e.g., Pilot, TA)
Wondering how to integrate your truck data? Here are a few ideas
Integration. Five years ago that word was synonymous with powertrain components. Today, the integration trend continues, but now it’s synonymous with data. You have plenty of it streaming off of your trucks, but being able to put that data in to actionable dashboards and match it up with other data points from other solutions providers
Shop Profile: How Clark’s Truck Center is focused on improving customer uptime and value
At Clark’s Truck Center, Wade Eagle is leading a service department focused on providing customers with higher uptime and greater value.
Fleet profile: Brigiotta’s Farmland Produce & Garden Center
Using technology to improve safety, efficiency and productivity is making Brigiotta’s Farmland Produce & Garden Center a first choice wholesale produce distributor for customers.
Asset management ideas to meet delivery demand with Volvo Trucks
No script? No plan? No problem. Welcome to Fleet Equipment Unscripted—the video interview series that connects you with the greatest minds in the heavy-duty trucking world. Meeting customer delivery expectations is always a top trucking fleet priority, but with the Coronavirus pandemic creating huge demand for necessary supplies and the entire world watching, making on-time
Zonar launches Fleet Health Solutions Suite
Zonar has launched its Fleet Health Solution Suite, including Zonar FaultIQ, powered by Noregon. FaultIQ provides real-time visibility to fault data from an entire vehicle with a recommended action plan regardless of the vehicle or asset manufacturer, the company says. In addition to FaultIQ, Zonar’s Fleet Health Solution Suite consists of a range of diagnostic
ClearPathGPS introduces fully-integrated fleet dashcam
ClearPathGPS has introduced a fully-integrated fleet dashcam solution from Owlcam, which adds video telematics to its fleet tracking solution. According to the American Trucking Associations, passenger vehicles are at fault in 85% of truck-passenger accidents and without exonerating video evidence, commercial drivers are more likely to be blamed. By adding dashcam hardware like Owlcam and
Truck-Lite releases heated 5×7 LED headlights
Truck-Lite Co. has added heated 5×7-in. rectangular LED headlights to its LED forward lighting product line. The new light is based on the same technology as its 7-in. round version (27270C), released in 2014, modified and improved to suit the 5×7-in. rectangular footprint. Like its round counterpart, the company says the new 5×7-in. heated headlight
Podcast: Where the trucking industry stands in the midst of the coronavirus situation
Fleet Equipment editors Alex Crissey, Jason Morgan and David Sickels discuss the state of the trucking industry during the current crisis, including which manufacturers have suspended production, freight market conditions and the need to keep telematics and service going as trucks continue to run their routes. Note: This episode was recorded on March 20, so
