Fleet managers are relying more on high-tech shop equipment, technology-savvy technicians, efficient shop practices and flexible preventive maintenance scheduling in efforts to rein in the rising maintenance costs inherent with the complexity of today’s trucks.
The challenge is steep. Average motor carrier repair and maintenance costs rose to 15.6 cents per mile in 2015, a 51% increase from 2008, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s 2016 report on carrier costs. ATRI is part of American Trucking Associations.
