How To Calculate A Work Truck’s Payload
With several technical terms and acronyms used when calculating a vehicle’s payload, it can get quite confusing. Get it wrong and risk being overloaded which can cause expensive citations, accelerated maintenance costs and safety issues. To make it easy, we break down each piece of calculating the payload of your work truck below and give…
Read More6 Tips For Configuring Your Next Platform Body
Platform bodies, flatbeds, flatdecks, there are numerous names used across North America for this versatile material hauling product. On the surface, a platform body seems so simple. Yet spec’ing the wrong flatbed for your application can create an inefficient, and even dangerous, work truck. Use these six tips when it is time to buy your…
Read MoreShould You Refurbish That Work Truck?
Considering purchasing a brand new work truck? Has your current work truck seen better days? Your work truck may take a beating day in and day out on the jobsite and appear like its useful life is over. Time for a new work truck, right? Not so fast. It’s time to consider refurbishment. Most refurbishment…
Read MoreShould You Get Crew’s Input on Your Work Truck Build?
Many business owners or fleet and equipment managers cringe when the time comes to purchase new work trucks. When you don’t work out of the vehicle that is being purchased, it can be a challenge to understand the daily application and requirements. Incorrectly “spec’ing” the vehicle translates into lost ROI, safety issues and unhappy techs.…
Read MoreThe Work Truck Tire Safety Checklist
Tires withstand severe environments throughout their life on a work truck. Holding up to heavy loads and traveling on a multitude of surfaces are common for work truck tires. Most of us give the tires on our work truck little thought until they are in need of replacement. While this strategy may have worked for…
Read More10 Work Truck Options for Storing Long or Bulky Items
Every vocation has them. They are the long or bulky items that you just aren’t sure how to store in the most efficient manner. You could throw that 8’ conduit pipe on the cargo floor, sure it would roll around during transport and you may trip over it trying to get to something else but…
Read MoreHow to Use Instagram to Promote Your Business
CREATING A PROFILE AND PROMOTING YOUR BRAND ON INSTAGRAM It’s an overwhelming sense of pride knowing you swept a customer off their feet helping them find the perfect vehicle for their application and it’s ideal when you can seal that perfect deal with a solid handshake. Although these sweet deals will continue to serve as…
Read MoreBoosting Your Business Brand Through Infographics
SHOW YOUR CUSTOMERS EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN When it comes to grabbing the attention of your target audience, research tells us you have about eight seconds or less. It is important to immediately connect with your target audience by making a meaningful impact. One way to accomplish this is through the use of infographics. Infographics…
Read MoreEssential On-the-Job Safe Driving Tips
Jobsite safety is something companies spend countless hours and dollars on to make sure their employees are adhering to guidelines and are safe at work. However, something that often gets overlooked is the need to practice safety guidelines in the vehicle when on the road and the jobsite. Some of these tips are observed Occupational…
Read MoreThe Best Places to List Work Trucks For Sale
What is your process of getting rid of an old work truck when it comes time to buy new? If you don’t have experience with this task it can become quite daunting. While getting rid of a commercial truck isn’t as simple as trading in a used car, the technologies of today have made it…
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