The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) is known for its commercial technician skills competition called SuperTech. The two-day event features a qualifying round that consists of a three-part written test and some hands-on skills challen…
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Technician competitions foster excellence
The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) is known for its commercial technician skills competition called SuperTech. The two-day event features a qualifying round that consists of a three-part written test and some hands-on skills challen…
NAPA offers EZ Oil Drain Valves
The EZ Oil Drain Valve is now available at all participating NAPA Stores nationwide. With more than 6,000 stores across the country, NAPA noted it is one of the largest outlets for automotive replacement parts and accessories.
The EZ Oil…
NAPA offers EZ Oil Drain Valves
The EZ Oil Drain Valve is now available at all participating NAPA Stores nationwide. With more than 6,000 stores across the country, NAPA noted it is one of the largest outlets for automotive replacement parts and accessories.
The EZ Oil…
Volvo boosts uptime support via Geotab partnership
Volvo Trucks North America is extending its Volvo Trucks Uptime Services to legacy vehicles through the addition of telematics connectivity via partner Geotab, a provider of telematics technology. Owners of Volvo legacy vehicles with EPA 2010 or newe…
Volvo boosts uptime support via Geotab partnership
Volvo Trucks North America is extending its Volvo Trucks Uptime Services to legacy vehicles through the addition of telematics connectivity via partner Geotab, a provider of telematics technology. Owners of Volvo legacy vehicles with EPA 2010 or newe…
Maintenance Bay: Analyzing tire data
Manager: Trent Siemens, director of fleet maintenance
Company: Paul’s Hauling Ltd., Winnipeg, Canada
Operation: Bulk transporter operating 250 tractors and 600 trailers out of four terminals
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Maintenance Bay: Analyzing tire data
Manager: Trent Siemens, director of fleet maintenance
Company: Paul’s Hauling Ltd., Winnipeg, Canada
Operation: Bulk transporter operating 250 tractors and 600 trailers out of four terminals
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Your truck just got placed out of service. Now what?
The trick to dealing efficiently for roadside repairs, even ones resulting from roadside inspections, is to plan ahead for them, says TA’s resident maintenance expert.
No one wants their tractor-trailer put out-of-service (OOS) for a vehicle violation following a roadside inspection. But as a paraphrase of the great poet Robert Burns illustrates, “even the best-laid plans of mice and men go awry,” and for that reason you need a plan already in place to figure out how to correct an OOS vehicle violation in order to get your rig back on the road.
Your truck just got placed out of service. Now what?
The trick to dealing efficiently for roadside repairs, even ones resulting from roadside inspections, is to plan ahead for them, says TA’s resident maintenance expert.
No one wants their tractor-trailer put out-of-service (OOS) for a vehicle violation following a roadside inspection. But as a paraphrase of the great poet Robert Burns illustrates, “even the best-laid plans of mice and men go awry,” and for that reason you need a plan already in place to figure out how to correct an OOS vehicle violation in order to get your rig back on the road.