
FreightWaves NOW Pragmatic ways for fleets to save money
Mar 16, 2023
10:46
- Tolling is a cartel of random places who try and nickel and dime carriers
- It’s an imperfect science
- For example, license plates can have the same numbers and cameras don’t understand vanity plates
- Companies can get changed with the cameras mistake a car for a truck or vice versa
- Your plates can be stolen, then you still get charged for them
- Good luck dealing with the hundreds of companies
- Maintenance
- Set a vehicle maintenance schedule and create a checklist
- Encourage driver reporting
- Track tire maintenance
- Tires comprise 3% of a truck’s
- operating expenses
Before accepting a load, understand the cost and charge it back to the customer
- Over 500+ types of permit types
Examples:
Alcohol permits
Oversize/Overweight permits
IRP Trip & Fuel Permits
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