Whether you’re an owner-operator or a fleet driver, tires represent a significant part of your operating costs. You can help optimize your “tire ROI” by regularly keeping up with these maintenance practices. Air Pressure Monitoring Maintaining the right inflation pressure on all your truck’s tires is the one most important maintenance practice that a driver […]
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With summer over it’s time to shift your state of mind to winter. While this is hard to do, the process of controlling your winter maintenance and repair costs should start now. It will get you ahead of the curve and prevent the risk of annoying problems and costly breakdowns by having your trucks checked […]
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It doesn’t matter if you are a one-truck operation or if you manage a fleet with thousands of trucks. The most important thing you can control for sustaining and improving profitability is to prevent costly breakdowns and unscheduled maintenance trips. To do this, it is important to stick to a Preventative Maintenance Inspection (PMI) program. […]
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A number of CDL holders today came into the industry learning certain fundamentals about operating a large truck. Beginning in the late 1970’s, we learned that if you drove above 1800 rpm, because of the governor, you were forced to either shift up or back off the throttle. At the lower end, there was a […]
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With summer approaching, it is once again time to start thinking about the A/C in your truck. When you move those dials, hopefully the A/C compressor engages and the air streaming from the dash vents feels cold. Unfortunately, the compressor may not be up to the job, may not engage at all, or may deliver […]
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More and more trailers are adding aerodynamic devices leading to more and more questions concerning aerodynamics and fuel economy. So what do these devices actually do? In order to answer that question, it’s important to understand a bit about aerodynamics. In its simplest form, it’s the science of controlling air flow. Air has mass and […]
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Having more choices can cause confusion and can even be overwhelming. When you put oil in a truck with a $40,00-$60,00 engine, you are directly affecting how this expensive piece of machinery works.
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Professional truck drivers have to deal with all kinds of elements while being on the road. The most taxing elements on a vehicle and driver are the winter months and all the brutalness that comes with it in the form of snow, sleet and cold.
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New 2016 International DuraStar
33,000 GVW
Manual Transmission
24 ft Mrogan Van Body
$899.00*/Month
Winter will be here before you know it and unfortunately, like a lot of people, trucks don’t particularly like cold temperatures.
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