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Welcome to
TruckSavvy.com
and
Savvy Pro News.
TruckSavvy.com is your portal to truck
maintenance on the internet…designed by
truck pros, for truck pros.
Trucksavvy.com is a "virtual truck show"
... every link takes you
directly to the information you need to
learn about truck specifications,
regional fuel prices, parts and service
locations, product information and
sources...in short, everything you ever
wanted to know about vehicle
maintenance.
Savvy Pro News brings you helpful hints
to help you make the most of
TruckSavvy.com and highlights areas of
particular interest for Maintenance
Professionals.
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Savvy Pro Feature |
New Feature - Shop Online
Now at TruckSavvy Virtual
Mall
We've added a new feature to
TruckSavvy.com. The
TruckSavvy.com
Virtual Mall gives users the opportunity to
learn about products and
services, place orders and
communicate directly with
manufacturers, distributors
and suppliers.
In addition to
TruckSavvy.com
Fleet
E-Commerce offerings, this
month we have added a page
for
West Carolina
Freightliner and
Star
Leasing Company.
Click on
Virtual Mall on the TruckSavvy.com front page to
take advantage of this
convenient way to source
the products you need.
And keep checking back as
more products and services
are added.
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Don't
Walk On By -Behavior Based Safety
Program at Star Leasing Company
Traditional Safety Programs were not
giving the desired results at Star
Leasing Company. So the management team
recommitted to a Behavior Based Safety
Program that has not only brought
dramatic improvement in their safety
record, but also helped to foster more
team sprit and inspired some creative
training tools.
Read about
the
Star Leasing Safety Story and view
some of the tools they use at
TruckSavvy.com Safety.
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Savvy Pro
Viewpoint - Professional Perspectives |
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On
Craftsmanship - Better Than "Good
Enough"
Webster's definition of a craftsman is
"a person who is highly skilled in a
craft" or "a person who practices a
craft with great skill".
This month's Savvy Pro Viewpoint contributor suggests that
today's maintenance professional should
practice craftsmanship and defines the
traits required.
A powerful message for all Maintenance
Professionals. Read the article at
Savvy Pro Viewpoint.
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Savvy Pro Cool Stuff - New Products
Techniques and Ideas |
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It's Official -
Stertil Koni Lifts Are Made In America
The transition is complete and it's now
official ... Stertil ALM has officially
begun US production of the Stertil Koni
mobile lift. Starting in June, 2009,
the first Stertil-Koni "MADE IN AMERICA"
certified mobile lifts are rolling out
of their Streator, Illinois manufacturing
facility.
Unlike some competitors, who have moved
their production overseas and
then ship back into the US, the Stertil
Koni mobile column lifts are now
MADE IN THE USA
For more information about the total
line of Stertil-Koni heavy duty lifting
devices, go to TruckSAvvy.com
Cool Stuff
and click on
Stertil-Koni
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Million Miles and Counting - Update on
EZ-Claw Tandem Hose Management System
According
to EZ-Claw, LLC, the EZ-Claw Tandem Hose
Management System has passed 2 Million
miles in fleet service and growing.
The
EZ Claw Tandem Hose and Cable System restrains and controls
the hose and cable bundles suspended
under tandem slider trailers. the
inventor applied his experience in
designing cable control systems for
robotic manufacturing to develop an
effective solution to the problem of hoses da ngling
beneath trailers with sliding tandems.
EZ Claw holds the tandem
slider hoses close to the
trailer floor and away from road hazards
-- reducing component failure.
Seeing is
believing so check out the
photos of the EZ Claw System. Go
to TruckSavvy.com
Cool Stuff and click on
the EZ Claw graphic.
EZ Claw
has kicked off a photo contest of saggy
springs that leave hoses and cables
dangerously low or dragging. The
contest runs through 2009 and prizes
will be awarded monthly. Submit
any photos to
Saggy@ezclaw.com.
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Savvy Pro Training - Everybody Talks
About It... |
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Training
is a lot like the weather, everyone
talks about it, but...
Well we're doing something about it.
TruckSavvy.com Online Training provides
links to training resources on the
internet. From manufacturer
supplied material to Training Services,
we will keep you informed of new
developments in training help.
We've
changed the layout of our Online
Training page to make it easier to use.
Let us know what you think of the new
format and if you come across a training
resource you would like to pass on to
others, let us know.
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ASE
Update - Maintenance and Inspection
Training On Line
The
National Institute for Automotive
Service Excellence (ASE) has a new
Maintenance and Inspection (M&I)
Program, targeted at prospective and
entry-level maintenance personnel.
Delivered exclusively online and
consisting of four,
online training modules and a
separate quiz, the program focuses
on awareness of the tasks related to
maintenance and inspection. An
embedded glossary and safety zone
section also help to promote proper
safety measures.
This
new e-learning product is a first
for ASE. It incorporates learning
modules to both deliver and measure
the knowledge necessary to perform
basic maintenance tasks.
The
target audience for this new program
includes prospective and entry-level
maintenance personnel, as well as
any service professional interested
in this specialty area.
Go to
TruckSavvy.com Online Training
and click on
ASE
under the
Certification Heading to learn about
this and other online programs
available from ASE.
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"Answers" About New Stopping Distance
Regulations
New
Stopping Distance Regulations for 2011
have been published. ArvinMeritor
has produced a summary and some answers
to common questions about the
regulations and what they might mean for
equipment purchasers.
To learn
about the regulations, go to
TruckSAvvy.com Brakes page and click
on
ArvinMeritor, then click on
Truck and review the information
under New Stopping Distance Regulations.
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ArvinMeritor
On Site Training
We already
talked about the updated online training
available from ArvinMeritor in a
previous issue of Savvy Pro News
But they also provide
On Site and
Instructor Led training. Assuming
your people have completed prerequisite
online courses, ArvinMeritor makes hands
on classes available around the
country. To learn more, click on
Online Training, click on
Arvin-Meritor
Technical Training, then sign in and click the
Instructor Led Training tab.
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Green
Before Green Was Cool - Tire Retread and
Repair Information Bureau
Tire
Retreading is one of the original
recycling programs, and has a proven
record of decades of saving landfill
space, natural resources and money for
fleets large and small.
The Tire
Retread and Information Bureau has
information, not only on recylcling, but
also on care and maintenance of tires
including a listing of member retreaders
and suppliers around the world.
Go to
TruckSavvy.com
Tires, Wheels, etc. and click on
Tire Retread Information Bureau
under the Retread News Heading to access
this library of information.
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