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Maintenance: Page 7

Maintenance
Designing trucks for the real world
The ideal vehicle would contain the fewest number of parts.
April 5, 2024
Mack MD Series production
Maintenance
Coolant best practices: When to check it and what to look for
A good preventative maintenance schedule doesn’t relegate coolant maintenance to just a seasonal thing.
March 28, 2024
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Maintenance
Are you Roadcheck ready? CCJ hosting AMA-style fireside chat with CVSA
Roughly two weeks before the Roadcheck 2024 campaign kicks off, CCJ will host a complementary "Ask Me Anything" session with a CVSA Roadside Inspection Specialist.
March 26, 2024
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Maintenance
Volvo puts maintenance tech front-and-center on new VNL
Volvo's new VNL got a nearly complete overhaul and maintenance technology was not overlooked.
March 5, 2024
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Career Leadership Award
Watch: 2024 TMC CCJ Career Leadership Award Recipient Bonne Karim
Bonne Karim is the 2024 CCJ Career Leadership Award Recipient.
March 5, 2024
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Career Leadership Award
First Class all the way: Bonne Karim named CCJ Career Leadership Award recipient
Bonne oversaw the training of maintenance professionals that serviced a truck count in the U.S. roughly the combined size of package rivals FedEx and UPS.
March 3, 2024
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Maintenance
Parts, labor costs stabilizing, VMRS report says
"We're happy to report that parts and labor costs were actually down 1.4%," says Rob Ziemba, senior marketing director for Decisiv.
March 3, 2024
Rob Ziemba from Decisiv presents a VMRS report at TMC.
Oils & lubricants
4 rules to follow when choosing a heavy-duty engine oil
Trucking is a legacy driven business, but are some of your best practices out of date?
February 23, 2024
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CCJ Innovators
Aim Transportation named CCJ Innovator of the Year
Commercial Carrier Journal named Aim Transportation its 2024 CCJ Innovator of the Year Thursday night.
February 8, 2024
Aim Transportation Innovator of the Year
Oils & lubricants
New engine oil formulations could impact your fleet as soon as your next trade cycle
We get another dose of emissions regulations in 2027, and work is already well underway for new engine oil formulations.
January 26, 2024
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Maintenance
Report: Parts and labor costs are up 2%
On a year-over-year basis, parts costs are up 0.9% and labor costs rose 4.9% for a total combined increase of 2.5%.
January 24, 2024
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Regulations
Lease-purchase task force zeroes in on restrictive maintenance covenants
In worst cases, lessee truck operators are set up to fail. In its third meeting, FMCSA's task force examined impacts of restrictive maintenance terms in truck lease-purchases. The panel also planned for a potential meeting/public forum at MATS in March.
January 23, 2024
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Economic trends
Fleet representatives give insight into state of heavy-duty business
Fleets planning purchases carefully, pushing back on prices, representatives from three very different organizations tell Molly MacKay Zacker from MacKay & Company.
January 23, 2024
Three men and a woman discuss fleet concerns on a stage.
Oils & lubricants
Choosing the right engine oil for performance & protection
Cold weather poses significant challenges to engine oils, potentially affecting their performance and ultimately impacting the overall health of the engine.
January 19, 2024
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Safety & Compliance
Protecting your investment with better roadside inspections
Safety should be one of the core elements of your trucking operation, not just one of your priorities.
January 2, 2024
truck driver inspecting a trailer
Oils & lubricants
Delo says goodbye to conventional engine oil
There’s been an ongoing migration for many years away from conventional diesel engine oils toward synthetic and synthetic blends.
November 16, 2023
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Oils & lubricants
Delo dropping conventional engine oil from its heavy-duty diesel line
As of early next year, Chevron Lubricants' lineup of Delo diesel engine oil will consist exclusively of synthetic and synthetic blends.
November 8, 2023
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Maintenance
Maintenance's role in trucking's digital transformation
Digitizing the vehicle inspection documentation process improves record-keeping, communication and accountability, which improves safety outcomes.
November 3, 2023
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Cybersecurity
'Don't trust, always verify' is the expert advice when carriers onboard new products
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Regulations
How DOT's non-citizen CDL crackdown could affect driver recruiting
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Emissions
EPA won't delay 2027 NOx rule, but plans 'major changes'
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Workforce
No retirement plans on deck for aging drivers, but job satisfaction high
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Workforce
Show me the money: Drivers report falling pay, shrinking miles and pay disputes with carriers
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