Podcast: STEMCO on fleet maintenance safety, truck longevity
Time may be undefeated, but fleets can still win by using quality parts and maintaining a disciplined, total-cost-of-ownership approach, according to the latest guests on The Fleet Lead: Stemco's Drew Coen and Todd DiMascio.
In this episode, Coen and DiMascio explore the realities of maintaining an aging commercial vehicle fleet. Amid a shifting freight market and rising asset costs, safety-conscious fleets are moving away from price shopping and toward premium brands.
Timestamps:
- 3:51 – Aging fleets are affecting repairs
- 5:32 – Regulatory crackdowns, focus on safety
- 9:28 – Stemco's "systems approach"
- 13:05 – Dummy-proof maintenance
- 20:42 – Stemco's new 10-year warranty, thread repair kit
- 30:40 – AI and connected telematics
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John HitchJohn Hitch
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John Hitch is the editor-in-chief of Fleet Maintenance, providing maintenance management and technicians with the the latest information on the tools and strategies to keep their fleets' commercial vehicles moving. He is based out of Cleveland, Ohio, and was previously senior editor for FleetOwner. He previously wrote about manufacturing and advanced technology for IndustryWeek and New Equipment Digest.