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It’s been a while since we took a comprehensive look at the various trucking regulations set to affect our industry, so in that spirit we want to update you, our loyal readers, regarding what’s going on in Washington. It’s no secret that the past few years have been a regulatory roller coaster ride for the … Read more
Welcome back to our ongoing look at commercial motor vehicle preventative maintenance. In our last look at this crucial aspect of the job, we took a hard look at two of the most important parts of your vehicle, the brakes and the tires. Today, we are going to take a look at two more vital … Read more
In our recent article on the importance of preventative maintenance, we examined why preventative maintenance is so crucial to the success of your fleet operations. Today we will take a look at specific vehicle components, and how you should carry out preventative maintenance on said components. Big rig trucks are complex pieces of equipment, filled … Read more
Welcome to our final look into preventative maintenance. So far, our in-depth series has provided you with a comprehensive introduction of what preventative maintenance is, and why it’s so important. Today we will bring you the final word on what the federal government has to say about vehicle maintenance. Although ensuring you are properly maintaining … Read more
From days of yesterday to today, large commercial semi-trucks have been operated through the use of a manual transmission. The large shifters were simply part of the trucking landscape, and being a professional trucker meant you needed to know how to drive one… until now. Welcome to the brave new world of automated manual transmissions … Read more
As a motor carrier safety manager, your daily routine involves putting out a near-constant barrage of business brush fires. One day you may say to yourself, “today is the day we’ll get to the root of the problem,” then a report comes in of an overnight accident, and suddenly today becomes tomorrow. The fact is, … Read more
Welcome to the introduction to what will be a long-running series here at the QuickTSI blog. We want to take a comprehensive look at preventative maintenance. Because in order for a safe and efficient operation to exist, fleet vehicles must be inspected and maintained on a regular basis. As a professional truck driver, a successful … Read more
In the second part of our series looking at the use of big data in trucking, we are going to take a closer look at one of the major problems trucking companies face in using big data to guide decision-making: Information overload. Of course, the ability to gather huge amounts of data in real-time, on … Read more
The fact is, if something needs to get somewhere, it’s likely going to be transported by a truck driver at some point during the journey. Even so, as the Great Recession taught us, no industry is immune from the fallout of an economic collapse, including trucking. And yet the days of worrying about a collapse … Read more
The electronic revolution is here, whether we like it or not. Many an industry has faced an adapt-or-die scenario: adapt to the new technologies or die a slow business death, and trucking has been no exception. Today, we live in a world where electronic control modules feed data to and from vehicles and maintenance shops. … Read more