FUEL ECONOMY

How fast should your drivers be driving their trucks? Your drivers may be tempted to drive as fast as they safely can in order to get to their destinations as quickly as possible. They may argue that it is better for you financially because they can make more runs if they drive faster. Some may even argue that driving faster is safer, because driving faster keeps your truck away from other traffic, even though higher speeds require quick reaction times and can lead to greater injury in an accident.

If your business requires the regular use of trucks, fuel is one of your major expenses. Anything you can do to save fuel can make a big difference when it comes to your bottom line. One way of saving on fuel is considering ways to reduce truck vibration. Tractor-trailer vibration causes your truck to expend more energy and waste fuel. What exactly is vibration and what causes it, and what are some ways to reduce vibration in trucks in order to save fuel?

One of the largest variable costs for a commercial trucking fleet is fuel.  Second only to labor costs, the amount of a fleet’s annual spending that goes towards keeping gas tanks full will often determine whether that fleet is a profitable or losing money.

The best way to analyze trucking efficiency is to determine the freight ton of a fleet’s tractor trailers. Freight ton is the number of miles a truck can transfer on one ton of freight per gallon of diesel fuel. In contrast to what many think, it’s the more favored statistic to determine energy intensity when it comes to transferring cargo, as opposed to miles per gallon. Also known as revenue ton, freight-ton efficiency looks at fuel efficiency. It also helps you boost the payload on each vehicle and optimize the routes they take.

Fleets face a difficult challenge of properly managing their two greatest expenses: tires and fuel. Fleet managers need solutions that will make an impact on their bottom lines today.