Minuteman Trucks Blog
Trends in Fire Apparatus Emergency Warning Lights
2019 | Pierce Mfg. When firefighters respond to an emergency situation, the iconic rotating red and white lights catch the attention of drivers and pedestrians alike. But how have these lighting systems evolved and what should you consider as you look to upgrade your...
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Pierce® REGIONAL TRAINING -enroll today!
MFRA and Pierce® invite you to enroll today! Classes will be held March 18-22, 2019 from 8:00 to 3:30 each day at: New Hampshire Fire Academy 98 Smokey Bear Blvd Concord, NH 03301 Class # Class Title Start Date End Date Cost 2019M1 Chassis Electrical 03/18/19 03/19/19...
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Preventing Truck Air System Freeze-ups
2019 | Truckinginfo | Jim Park Cold temperatures and water can lead to only one outcome – and ice has no place in a truck's air system. Frozen moisture can disable compressors, along with any of the multitude of air valves in the system. Plunging temperatures, like we...
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5 Ways Truck Drivers Can Prevent Cold-Weather Calamity
January 28, 2019 | Truckinginfo | Jim Park Winter can be very unforgiving. Every year we read about drivers who perish in their trucks during extended road closures where the driver goes off the road or runs into impassable conditions. It can be hours or sometimes...
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RENTAL CAR SURCHARGE GOES INTO EFFECT
2019 | MSADA RENTAL CAR SURCHARGE GOES INTO EFFECT - IMPACTS DEALERSHIPS WITH RENTAL COMPANIES Surcharge Does Not Apply to Loaner Vehicles As of January 1, 2019, any vehicle rental transaction in Massachusetts with a duration of more than 12 hours and not more than 30...
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Safer Trailers Reduce Costs and Improve Productivity
January 18, 2019 | Truckinginfo | Jack Roberts It’s become a cliché to say that the cab of a truck is a driver’s office. But if the cab is the driver’s front office, the trailer or truck body behind that cab is his or her back office. While the past decade has seen a...
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High Schoolers See the Road From a Truck Driver’s Point of View
2019 | Truckinginfo Almost 80% of tractor-trailer crashes and near crashes are caused by someone driving a car. Occupants in the car often do not survive, accounting for four out of every five fatalities in this type of collision. However, most driver’s education...
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Tight, but Not Too Tight With Wheel Bearing Adjustments
2019 | Truckinginfo | Jim Park Somewhere between the thickness of a human hair and a sheet of paper. That’s the tolerance you’re toying with when adjusting wheel bearings. Various sources put the diameter of an average strand of hair at 0.001 and a sheet of standard...
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Tips to Reduce & Prevent Incidents
Truckinginfo.com | January 11, 2019 | Lauren Fletcher Any fleet’s top accident management goal is to reduce the total number of preventable incidents to “zero.” While it may seem impossible, it’s still the goal to shoot for. And, to even come close to achieving this...
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Navistar 2018 Performance
2019 | Navistar Navistar International Corporation announced its fourth quarter and 2018 fiscal year earnings Tuesday. The company recorded in the fourth quarter of 2018 a net income of $188 million, or $1.89 per diluted share, compared to fourth quarter 2017 net...
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