Industry Trends & Drivers

To offset higher equipment prices, commercial truck fleets are employing new approaches to choosing and sourcing the right replacement parts.

Fleets that act today will be better positioned to adjust and mitigate equipment price spikes.

Decisiv has announced a series of new fleet-focused asset service management solutions integrated into the Decisiv SRM platform they already have in operation.

From electronic DVIRs to maintenance management platforms, fleets have plenty of digital tools to create proactive strategies to remedy downtime and driver dissatisfaction.

If electric truck manufacturers want to be successful, they need to listen to what fleets want in terms of operational performance of EVs.

Backed-up trucks waiting on repairs can be a major bottleneck.

Before your operation goes where it’s never gone before, load up on data and ask the hard questions.

Brent Nussbaum and his employee-owned carrier get fewer new Class 8 trucks than they want, but a strong maintenance program is helping keep its older trucks on the road longer.

Electric trucks, with fewer moving parts and fluids, as well as the elimination of exhaust aftertreatment systems, are widely expected to reduce equipment service needs. Likewise, routine maintenance for things likes brakes are anticipated to drop as well. Still, with electric commercial vehicles increasingly being operated across North America, fleets are on an EV learning curve that includes the need to address maintenance needs and challenges.

Crum Trucking’s focus on a quality approach to all aspects of its maintenance operation is paying off in efficiency dividends.

It’s time to give maintenance the resources and respect that innovation gets.

Ask any fleet manager focused on service: Indulge in preventative maintenance, and it’s going to save you time and money. Managers who run a well-maintained fleet will have trucks that break down less often and save more fuel.

American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and Decisiv Inc., reported that maintenance costs rose 3.7% in the fourth quarter, and are up more than 10% from the previous year.

One ongoing industry trend is more stringent enforcement of manufacturer-recommended preventive maintenance (PM) services required for warranty coverage eligibility. Increasingly stringent warranty enforcement underscores the importance of PM compliance and documentation of services performed.