Fortune magazine’s Geoff Colvin recently wrote a very insightful article entitled Your Business Model is Obsolete. It’s an intriguing read.

What impact does a CLEAN vehicle have on your customers and employees? Do you have a clean and green strategy toward your image?

There are many articles discussing the impending, if not current shortage of qualified, professional drivers for the trucking industry. Do you think you can get an advantage in acquiring these types of drivers over the other trucking companies if you offered a clean truck every day they arrived to work?... Read More

Tires are one of the top four business expenses for owner-operators. To succeed in the business of trucking, it is crucial to cut expenses down to a minimum, which means prolonging the life of your tires. Tried and true methods of getting good mileage out of your steer tires have always been: proper inflation, one three-axle alignment a year, constant inspections of your truck for worn steering components, and correct tire balance.... Read More

I was recently at a conference in Boston where the organizers alleged that around the world, more people own cell phones than they do toothbrushes. Since then, I have used this little factoid in some of my own presentations and it never fails to get a gasp from the audience. (Google it if you like – there has been research) The proliferation of cellphones and especially smartphones, is one of the most important technological advancements of the last decade for sure. ... Read More

New generation wide-base singles continue to gain popularity, as well as drive and trailer wheel positions in the industry. More and more fleets and owner-operators are seeing the benefits this new wave of technology provides, and the number of tire manufacturers now producing and delivering wide-base singles to the trucking market has increased dramatically over the past 12 years.... Read More

Being in the vehicle wash business for the past 20 years has taken many different routes of questions on solving problems. The most discussed topic with clients in 2012 was how to clean with the minimal effect to the environment. In the last article, we discussed the sewage of water, so let’s now turn our attention to the origins of the water.... Read More

Growing up we have been told over and over again that “honesty is the best policy” and that “the truth is a beautiful thing”. Yet when it comes to trucking, are these “golden rules” always applied in your organization? I challenge you to take a walk around your office and listen to what your leaders are telling your most valuable assets. ... Read More

Be sure to check out this Stifel Nicolaus annual list of industrial trends and transportation and logistics game changers of 2012. The 12 trends they discuss in the report have varying degrees of impact for 2013. Some will have an immediate effect, while others will be bigger drivers in years to come. ... Read More

The general public is not aware of the issues with today’s sewage discharge and what happens to the water going down the sewer.

There are two main types of sewers, municipal and storm.

Municipal sewers take the wastewater from buildings and homes to a processing plant to clean and normally discharge the water to the lake, river or ocean.... Read More

Questions still continue in the industry on what is the best method to wash a vehicle? Brushes scratch and touchless washes don’t clean the film off vehicles. Those are the two myths most believe.

Both are somewhat true when you are not optimizing the equipment or the proper methods to maximize the results. It is the history of neglect by owners of the machinery that keep these myths alive.... Read More