Fleets with large amounts of trucks will produce all sorts of pollution when they're travelling cross country. You have to work on your trucks to make sure that their emissions systems are in order. Your diesel emissions need to be in order for your company to comply with the Federal Clean Air Act. Every major trucking company has to have a staff of trained professionals responsible for carrying out thorough inspections of every vehicle in your fleet before they head out on long trips. Trucks that are improperly repaired produce diesel emissions that are well above acceptable levels.
Keeping Up on Maintenance
Trucks that travel hundreds of miles on a regular basis endure a lot of damage. You have to have a trained staff in charge of looking at each car before it heads out on the road. The last thing you would want to have happen is for one of your trucks to break down in the middle of a long trip. You should spare no expense in making sure your trucks are properly maintained. Minor repairs will only go so far, so you might as well do it right the first time, every time.
Respecting the Environment
As with any business, it costs a considerable amount of money to carry out operations. Managing a fleet of trucks is certainly no exception. You have to keep costs from spiraling out of control, but you can't avoid spending money where it counts. Your operations will suffer if you fail to invest money in the right places. Your ability to stick to a budget can mean the difference between your organization being around for years to come or falling off the map tomorrow. It's essential that you put several people in charge of this responsibility, depending on the size of your company.
Developing an Environmentally Friendly Reputation
Once you have determined how you will make a sincere effort to reduce your diesel emissions, you need to incorporate it into your procedures to ensure that it won't disrupt operations. An insincere effort towards becoming environmentally friendly will be looked at similarly to having no emission reduction program at all. You have to not only make people believe that you want to be good to the environment, but also you need to make yourself believe it. Your future as a trucking company is at stake in this regard. The fines that your company will incur as the result of direct violations to the Federal Clean Air Act can be avoided.
Building Relationships with Your Drivers
Trucking fleets are only as good as the drivers responsible for driving them. You have to know how to relate to each of them as individuals, not for the role that they fill in your company. Your relationships with your drivers will determine their level of loyalty. It's ill-advised to have to turnover your drivers on a regular basis. The task of having to find new drivers is insurmountable. You will likely have people in mind for the vacated positions, but you have to keep a steady pool of drivers.
Keeping Up on Maintenance
Trucks that travel hundreds of miles on a regular basis endure a lot of damage. You have to have a trained staff in charge of looking at each car before it heads out on the road. The last thing you would want to have happen is for one of your trucks to break down in the middle of a long trip. You should spare no expense in making sure your trucks are properly maintained. Minor repairs will only go so far, so you might as well do it right the first time, every time.
Respecting the Environment
As with any business, it costs a considerable amount of money to carry out operations. Managing a fleet of trucks is certainly no exception. You have to keep costs from spiraling out of control, but you can't avoid spending money where it counts. Your operations will suffer if you fail to invest money in the right places. Your ability to stick to a budget can mean the difference between your organization being around for years to come or falling off the map tomorrow. It's essential that you put several people in charge of this responsibility, depending on the size of your company.
Developing an Environmentally Friendly Reputation
Once you have determined how you will make a sincere effort to reduce your diesel emissions, you need to incorporate it into your procedures to ensure that it won't disrupt operations. An insincere effort towards becoming environmentally friendly will be looked at similarly to having no emission reduction program at all. You have to not only make people believe that you want to be good to the environment, but also you need to make yourself believe it. Your future as a trucking company is at stake in this regard. The fines that your company will incur as the result of direct violations to the Federal Clean Air Act can be avoided.
Building Relationships with Your Drivers
Trucking fleets are only as good as the drivers responsible for driving them. You have to know how to relate to each of them as individuals, not for the role that they fill in your company. Your relationships with your drivers will determine their level of loyalty. It's ill-advised to have to turnover your drivers on a regular basis. The task of having to find new drivers is insurmountable. You will likely have people in mind for the vacated positions, but you have to keep a steady pool of drivers.
About the Author:
When the California Air Resource Board's diesel emissions regulations first came out, Michael Schwartz, now President of FleetServ, began getting calls from panicked Fleet Managers looking for straight-forward information and compliance assistance. While FleetServ (formerly known as ACT Compliance) was originally formed to meet this need, over time it has evolved into much more.
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