What's up with truck operating costs? Up to $2.36 per mile
In this roundtable episode, the Fleet Lead's editors break down the latest ATRI report on the rising operational costs in trucking.
From equipment pre-buys to AI in the shop and driver retention strategies, here is where operational costs are headed and what fleets can anticipate next.
Timestamps:
01:33 - Driver quality and fleet retention
03:43 - Rising maintenance expenses
05:35 - Tanker carrier margins are doing good
07:14 - Equipment cost increases and the prebuy
10:08 - EPA's regulations
13:43 - Material tariffs and antidumping
14:57 - Freight rate fluctuations
16:08 - Fleet age averages…
The skinny
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