December 7, 2009 - Industry News
DALLAS - Older 1995 models with as few as 60,000 miles have been put back into service in order to meet the city's standard for vehicle replacement.
Tags: Aging Fleet, Dallas Police, mileage, replacement vehicles
November 30, 2009 - Industry News
EVANS, GA - Though mid-size vehicles are encouraged, about 80 percent of the county's almost 800-vehicle fleet require full-size vehicles for big jobs.
Tags: Columbia County, full-size vehicles, replacement vehicles
November 25, 2009 - Industry News
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA - The 100,000-mile guideline is based on maintenance cost, reliability, declining resale value, major component failure, and other factors.
Tags: Aging Fleet, replacement vehicles, San Luis Obispo County
June 1, 2009 - Industry News
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Dutchess County will borrow $905,340 to replace vehicles in the sheriff's office and other departments, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Tags: County Office for the Aging, Dutchess County, law enforcement vehicles, replacement vehicles, Sheriff's Office
March 30, 2009 - Industry News
BUNNELL, FL – Two eight-year old units are being replaced, but will remain in fleet as "spares" should other units break down or need routine maintenance, according to The News-Journal.
Tags: ambulance, Flagler County, mileage, replacement vehicles
March 23, 2009 - Industry News
WILLOWS, CA – Fourteen of the 20 replacements are for law enforcement patrol cars, which are usually replaced after 90,000 miles or five years, according to ChicoER.com.
Tags: Glenn County, Glenn County Board of Supervisors, Patrol Cars, replacement vehicles
June 11, 2008 - Industry News
ELGIN, IL – Naperville’s City Council voted to spend $222,000 for 10 replacement vehicles with about 52,000 miles on them.
Tags: Naperville’s City Council , replacement vehicles
By Eric Bearly In good times, your fleet operation can become an easy target for policy-makers trying to find money for pet projects. In hard times, the size of that target can grow out of control. When lifecycles are extended to extreme lengths, staff cuts go too deep, replacement funds are pilfered and logical fleet policy is replaced with uneducated number crunching, the results can be deadly.
By Eric Bearly
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