The Silent Drain on Your Fuel Budget Fuel cards make buying diesel easy, but they also open the door to unauthorized driver spending. Unscrupulous drivers might fill up personal cars or swipe company cards for friends at the gas pump. Fortunately, connecting your fleet fuel ... Read More »

The Multi-Dashboard Nightmare Fleet managers love technology until they need twenty open tabs to manage basic daily tasks. Juggling separate dash cam apps, GPS trackers, and engine diagnostics software creates major operational headaches. Fortunately, modern fleet telematics platforms now unify these tools into a single ... Read More »

The Most Dangerous Step in Your Fleet Let us face a painful truth about running a Class 1 to 6 fleet. Your drivers do not just face hazards while driving on the highway. Indeed, the most dangerous part of their day often happens when they ... Read More »

The Blind Spot in Your Budget Let us face an annoying truth about running a Class 1 to 6 fleet. Your drivers might be great at driving down the highway. However, the moment they put the truck in reverse, your budget enters a danger zone. ... Read More »

Indeed, we all know that work truck drivers love their cabin climate control. However, leaving a Class 4 medium-duty truck running while parked is basically burning cash on an open fire. Unless your business plan involves donating free money to oil companies, you should probably ... Read More »

Most small fleet operators think of OSHA as a construction site issue. Hard hats, fall harnesses, scaffolding inspections — that's the picture that comes to mind. But the moment your work truck becomes the place where employees load materials, operate a bucket, or secure equipment ... Read More »

Most small fleet operators have an unspoken vehicle use policy. Drivers know roughly what's expected because someone told them at hiring, or because common sense fills in the gaps. That works fine until there's an accident on a Saturday night, a driver puts 200 personal ... Read More »

Your commercial auto renewal landed in your inbox and the number was higher than last year. Again. If you asked your broker why, you probably got a version of the same answer: the market is hard, claims are expensive, there's nothing we can do. That ... Read More »

The sticker price on a new work truck or van is just the beginning of the conversation. The more important question is how you pay for it. Buying and leasing each carry different implications for cash flow, taxes, flexibility, and long-term cost. For small and ... Read More »

When the original Ram ProMaster City and the Ford Transit Connect bowed out a few years ago, they left a real hole in the American work-van market. The compact, car-based cargo van — easy to park, cheap to fuel, sized for a single tradesperson and ... Read More »