The Year-End Window Is Open Every fall, fleet owners ask the same question. Should we buy that next truck now or wait until January? For many small businesses, the tax rules point to now. However, the details matter, and the rules changed recently. This article ... Read More »

The Clock Change Hits Fleets Hard Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1. That extra hour of sleep sounds nice. However, the trade-off shows up fast for work truck fleets. The next afternoon, many crews will finish their last job and ... Read More »

A Safety Problem You Can Fix for Free Most fleet repairs cost money. Recall repairs do not. Still, many work trucks and vans keep running with open safety recalls. The fix is free and waiting at the nearest dealer. However, nobody on the team has ... Read More »

Winter Is Coming for Your Fleet The first hard freeze always seems to show up on a busy Monday. One truck will not crank. Another flashes a tire light. Meanwhile, a diesel van sputters halfway to the job site. Most of these problems start weeks ... Read More »

Heavy-Duty Chassis and Cummins Diesel Power Commercial fleet managers who love dealing with constant vehicle frame repairs will definitely hate the heavy-duty design of Mack Trucks. Specifically, the Mack MD6 and MD7 medium-duty diesel models feature rugged steel frame rails rated at up to 120,000 ... Read More »

Avoiding Overloaded Frames and Suspensions Buying a new chassis cab feels great. However, custom service bodies can eat up all your payload. Overloading Class 1 through Class 6 work trucks ruins suspensions fast. It also wears out expensive tires early. After all, driving an overloaded ... Read More »

Cutting Through the Daily Data Noise Modern work trucks gather tons of data every minute. Staring at eighty error codes on Monday morning is not fun. Fleet leaders running Class 1 through Class 6 trucks feel buried under alerts. However, hidden inside those tire alerts ... Read More »

Tailoring Work Chassis for Specialized Fleets Building a versatile commercial fleet requires robust chassis designs that adapt easily to diverse work applications. Through dedicated commercial initiatives, GM Envolve continues expanding its medium-duty vehicle ecosystem to serve utility, construction, and municipal services. Specifically, medium-duty Silverado chassis ... Read More »

Expanding Zero-Emission Options for Urban Routes Commercial fleets operating in dense urban corridors face mounting pressure to reduce tailpipe emissions without compromising payload capacity. Fortunately, recent product rollouts from Isuzu Commercial Truck aim to answer this challenge with the all-electric N-Series EV cabover truck. Designed ... Read More »

Simplifying Complex Body Integration Managing a fleet of Class 3 to Class 5 work trucks often feels like an exercise in controlled chaos. For example, upfitting a bare chassis with a utility body, crane, or liftgate traditionally required miles of aftermarket wiring and questionable spliced ... Read More »