Heavy Duty Trucking, June 2018
option although Roeth notes that their use has leveled off or even decreased in the past several years for reasons he is not yet able to explain Still idle reduction strategies are a powerful tool for any fleet which is why Roeth recommends finding out your fleet average for idle times then looking for ways to cut into that number Ive seen fleets with trucks idling 49 of the time eventually get down to 25 or less he says And that makes for huge savings in fuel costs Lower your rolling resistance A final must have for any fuel focused fleet Roeth says are low rolling resistance tires which use advanced compounding materials to increase tire life and compensate for significantly reduced tread depths Low rolling resistance tires both wide based and duals save more fuel than most people realize Roeth says Typical savings can range from 14 to 28 cents a mile in fuel costs which is significant However Roeth cautions LRR tires are more expensive to purchase and the lowest profile tires will not work in all fleet applications Taken as a whole Roeth says Run on Less is good news for truck fleets worried about pump prices What we demonstrated is that 10 mpg for tractor trailers is achievable in real world trucking operations he says It takes a change in culture and the willingness to experiment and validate new systems and technologies But the savings realized are significant SAE and TMC type II tests www counteractbalancing com The only tire and complete wheel assembly balancing product proven to improve fuel economy in independently run SAE and TMC type II tests JUNE 2018 HDT 53 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM The seven drivers who participated in NACFEs Run on Less had to make the best of whatever cards they were dealt in the course of normal fleet operations PHOTO SCHALLER LLC
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