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Ways to improve maintenance to extend the lifecycle of your fleet's trucks

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With a recession possibly looming in early 2023, fleets are going to have some hard decisions to make when it comes to budgeting in the upcoming year.

One area that tends to get left behind when budgets get tight is maintenance and equipment, but there are ways to save money in those areas while also making sure equipment is maintained and reliable.

Jason and Matt are joined on this week's 10-44 by Jim Rice, vice president of transportation at Uptake, who talks about the benefits of his company's predictive maintenance software that can help fleets determine which trucks need the most attention and when, to make sure money is being spent where it needs to be.

00:00 Extending the lifecycle of your trucks

02:25 Maintenance and driver retention

03:54 Adopting technology in the maintenance shop

07:04 Using data for fleet maintenance