Category: Breaks, Suspensions & Chassis

Ryder Expands Training Programs for Diesel Maintenance Technicians to Accelerate Recruitment and Training

Ryder Expands Training Programs for Diesel Maintenance Technicians to Accelerate Recruitment and Training

| July 19, 2023

Learning initiatives aim to provide student trainees, early career professionals, and military veterans with best-in-class diesel maintenance technician training, course curriculum, and mentorship Ryder System, Inc. expands its best-in-class diesel maintenance technician training programs to further enhance the recruitment and training of professional technicians. Ryder’s various learning initiatives aim to provide student trainees, early career professionals, […]

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Q2 2023 Commercial Vehicle Data Report

Q2 2023 Commercial Vehicle Data Report

| July 14, 2023

Work Truck and Van Market Continues Growth with Significant Upward Trends in Inventory and Sales Work Truck Solutions®, released their Q2, 2023 Commercial Vehicle Market Analysis. The commercial vehicle market continues to grow with significant upward trends in inventory and sales. Inventory • New average on-lot inventory per dealer experienced strong growth, up 24.8% Quarter-over-Quarter […]

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Ryder Rolls Out Torque by Ryder, a New Retail Mobile Maintenance Service

Ryder Rolls Out Torque by Ryder, a New Retail Mobile Maintenance Service

| July 13, 2023

Torque by Ryder, a first-of-its-kind retail maintenance solution, operates separately from Ryder’s existing fleet maintenance locations and with a separate vehicle technician workforce Ryder System, Inc. launches Torque by Ryder™, a new service offering retail mobile maintenance at a business’s location with no long term contract. All services offered through Torque by Ryder are easily accessible and […]

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Navistar Parts Distribution Centers Named Number One in Heavy Equipment Sector

Navistar Parts Distribution Centers Named Number One in Heavy Equipment Sector

| July 6, 2023

Navistar ranked number one on the list of Top Heavy Equipment Supply Chain for the first time in company history Navistar’s parts distribution center (PDC) network was named the Top Heavy Equipment Supply Chain by industry solutions advisor Ducker Carlisle during a recent Carlisle North American Parts Benchmark (NAPB) Conference. Two Navistar PDCs also received […]

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ATRI’s Newest Operational Costs Research Details Spikes in Equipment, Wage, and Total Costs in Trucking

ATRI’s Newest Operational Costs Research Details Spikes in Equipment, Wage, and Total Costs in Trucking

| June 22, 2023

Total marginal costs climbed to a new high in 2022 for the second year in a row, increasing by 21.3 percent over 2021 to $2.251 per mile The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released the findings of its 2023 update to An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking.  A record number of motor carriers participated in this […]

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Class 8 Backlog on a Downward Trajectory until 2024 Orderboards Open

Class 8 Backlog on a Downward Trajectory until 2024 Orderboards Open

| June 20, 2023

ACT Research reports “May’s Class 8 build rate was a healthy 1,343 units per day, representing the ninth month in the past 12 where build rate exceeded 1,300 units per day.” The most notable data points this month were heavy duty and medium duty retail sales, each up double digits y/y. Heavy duty cancellations moderated […]

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