Latest Calibrate News

Gear up for important decisions with the new Calibrate quarterly magazine.

With a view from the repair shop to the corner office, Calibrate offers more involved discussions into the trends and issues surrounding equipment and maintenance.

Be ready to lead the next office conversation about driver seat comfort, electric refrigerated trailers, or 24-hour repair shops!

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Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Why Fleets Are Turning to Mobile Truck Repairs

Mobile maintenance companies schedule service around a fleet’s hours of operation, as much as possible. The service is designed to eliminate as much downtime as possible.

April 4, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Smarter Maintenance: How Fleets Are Leveraging AI

Increasingly in fleet maintenance, artificial intelligence has been used to guide technicians on repairs and diagnose problems proactively.

April 4, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment

Building Your Maintenance Team One Technician at a Time

A perennial challenge for fleet maintenance operations is finding, recruiting and developing skilled technicians who will keep medium- and heavy-duty trucks operating at peak efficiency.

April 4, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment

Going Into the Sunset to Fish

°®¶¹´«Ã½r Hogg, the vice president of truck service at TravelCenters of America, announced his retirement during ATA’s 2025 Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting last month.

April 4, 2025
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Verifying Safety of Rear Impact Guards Can Be Complicated

When a jury issued a $462 million judgment against Wabash National Corp. last fall, many fleet maintenance managers were concerned.

February 7, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Trucking Industry Urges FMCSA to End Label Rule

Although small in physical size, rear-impact guard certification labels often serve as the difference between compliance or violations that can cause big headaches for fleet leadership.

February 7, 2025
Government, Business, Technology

TMC Deals With California on ‘Clean Truck Check’

A contingent of TMC member experts and others met with CARB to discuss ways of implementing a fleet-preferred method for complying with the Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance reporting.

February 7, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

Diesel OEMs Working to Meet 2027 EPA Standards

The Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board have established that NOx and particulate emissions from diesel trucks have an adverse effect on health.

February 7, 2025
Business

TMC Releases Summer Survey Results

American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council conducted three surveys during the late spring and summer months.

October 4, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics

Let’s Get Optimistic About Logistics

A theme has emerged in the logistics industry. It’s optimism. And this type of optimism is contagious.

July 12, 2024