Donaldson Filter Minder Connect expands to fuel filters, engine oil condition
Donaldson Company, Inc. has released its Filter Minder Connect solution for monitoring fuel filters and engine oil condition on heavy-duty engines. The company says the Filter Minder system components can be installed on equipment in minutes and the solution integrates into existing on-board telematics and fleet management systems. The company says that Filter Minder connect
Fleet Profile: Hardy Brothers is dedicated to professionalism
The emphasis on safety at Hardy Brothers is supported by investing heavily in technology.
Bendix parent company buys supplier of steering technologies R.H. Sheppard Co.
The closing of the acquisition is subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is contingent upon the closing of the ZF acquisition of WABCO.
DeCarolis Truck Rental shop operations: Leading by example
Jason Purvis is using his insights, persistence and a strong work ethic to effectively manage a DeCarolis Truck Rental shop.
WABCO, SmartDrive collaborate on truck safety event video recording system
WABCO Holdings Inc. and SmartDrive Systems, Inc. have announced a collaboration to provide safety event video recording through the WABCO OnLane camera system. This new service offering is focused on capturing several safety related events by combining the SmartDrive SR4 video telematics platform with the WABCO OnLaneAlert lane departure warning system. Fleets will be able
Do you really own your trucks’ data?
Forget what you’ve heard. Forget what you’ve read. While the mantra in the industry has been that “fleets own their data,” the actual ownership of your information is determined by the end-user license agreements (EULAs) you have with your data service providers, from OEMs to third party providers. Today’s reality is that you only own
Three steps to ELD implementation on the eve of out-of-service enforcement
The Dec. 18, 2017, effective date for the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has come and gone, but fleets are beginning to realize that it didn’t mark the end of the ELD saga—it was the beginning of a new ELD era. The next mile marker on the road toward the mandatory use deadline is April
To perform maintenance in-house or outsource? That is the question.
Historically, fleets have weighed the benefits of doing in-house maintenance versus outsourced maintenance. As equipment has become more sophisticated and complex, it has changed the decision-making process. Warranties and OEMs “We use Volvo trucks and we use Volvo dealers around the country because we have purchased extended warranty programs,” began Peter Nativo, director of maintenance
Optimizing onboard data-driven systems to mitigate downtime
Onboard intelligence gives fleet managers all the details needed to manage maintenance effectively when vehicles are on the road or in the shop. Everything you need to know, and then some, is available as a reference for service and troubleshooting. Predictive maintenance practices Minneapolis-based Koch Trucking is an over-the-road carrier with 900 power units, mostly
Decisiv announces new visualization platform
Decisiv Inc. announced that its new visualization platform, Insite 2.0, is now in pilot testing with several customers and will be launched to all Decisiv SRM platform users in the second quarter of 2017. “With our new visualization platform, Decisiv’s fleet, OEM, lessor and managed maintenance service provider customers can search, analyze and build network-wide
