July 2008 - Feature
By Joe Bohn
As the cost of truck bodies increases due to rising material costs, recycling bodies on new chassis can become more attractive. However, the cost of vehicle downtime to allow for remounting needs to be taken into account.
Tags: GE Capital Solutions Fleet Services , Kansas City Central Fleet, Mini-Pumpers, Palm Beach County, Florida, Recycling, Truck Bodies
Fuel filtration and diesel fuel stabilization are some of the concerns fleets across the country face with infrequently used vehicles.
Tags: diesel fuel, filtration, specialty trucks, stabilization
By Steve Bennett
Improved quality and savings make lifecycle costing — a modeling technique that considers all fixed and operating expenses of a vehicle or fleet function from acquisition to disposal — worth the effort for public sector fleets.
Tags: Christopher Amos, lifecycle cost , operating expenses
By Shelley Mika
Since street sweepers are an important part of many public sector fleets, extending the brush life is part and parcel to street maintenance. An industry expert offers his views on how to properly care for them.
Tags: brush life, Elgin Sweeper , sweeper
May 2008 - Feature
By Stephen Bennett
The City of Marietta is dealing with a shortage of qualified technicians by working with the local technical college to obtain new recruits.
Tags: City of Marietta, North Metro Technical College, staff solutions, vocational school
By John Dolce
A good shop team can help to effectively combat the enemies of vehicle maintenance.
Tags: inspection, maintenance, repairs
By Staff
The Government Fleet-presented Expo provides a full agenda of fleet-expert speakers, training sessions, practical how-to seminars, and presentations on a wide-range of current topics.
Tags: conference, fleet challenges, fleet managers, Government Fleet Expo
March 2008 - Cover Story
By Grace Lauron
Volatile fuel prices have made this second-largest fleet expense quite a challenge, but a number of fleets have managed to cope using various strategies.
Tags: best practices, fuel management, green fleets, Idling, maintenance
March 2008 - Feature
By Mike Scott
With an effective tire monitoring system, fleets can lower operating costs, increase tire life, and improve driver safety.
Tags: cpm, tire management systems , tires, TireStamp
By Windell Mitchell
Rather than sacrifice quality by opting for low-cost equipment or balance its budget by keeping old, worn-out equipment, King County implemented a buy-back strategy.
Tags: budget, buy-back strategy, Off-Road Equipment
February 2008 - Feature
By Mike Antich
The No. 1 factor is the ongoing high cost of fuel, in particular diesel, which is driving management demands to lower operating costs. Another huge factor that will influence fleets will be the 2010 diesel emission standards.
Tags: 2010 emission standards, driver ergonomics, Hybrid trucks, replacement tires, technician shortage, telematics, truck acquisition, truck trends, upfitting trends
November 2007 - Feature
By Cheryl Knight
The City of Westminster, Colo., learned valuable lessons during a December 2006 storm event that severely tested the City’s emergency response and fleet maintenance teams. Teamwork and training were critical to a successful response.
Tags: emergency vehicles, fleet maintenance, roadblocks
By Chad Simon
Using FuelFocus and FleetFocus, three public sector fleets have managed to control fleet costs, monitor all fuel transactions online and in real-time, and improve overall efficiency.
Tags: fuel card, fuel management
By Paul Dexler
Through careful use and regular PM maintenance, Los Angeles County Fire Station 92 has gotten 337,000 miles of service out of Squad Truck 592, which was still running strong when the F-350 crew cab was retired.
Tags: Los Angeles County Fire Station , maintenance, servicing
September 2007 - Feature
By Tariq Kamal
Fleet managers describe how the ability to track vehicle location, gas consumption, and preventive maintenance has benefited their fleets.
Tags: fuel savings, maintenance, telematics
June 2004 - How-To
By Editor
To be successful, fleet management must develop a partnership with the operating departments, their operators, and vendors. Fleet is the pivotal player in these relationships as it manages equipment from cradle to grave
June 2004 - Feature
By Elizabeth Linck, CFM
With a disciplined approach and careful planning and implementation, outsourcing non-core functions can provide a positive impact on the entire fleet operation.
By Steve Saltzgiver
Nearly every function of fleet vehicle management requires a decision dependent upon accurate odometer reporting. Utah’s Division of Fleet Operations employs a proactive approach to ensure correct mileage data.