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Old 03-09-2011, 03:12 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Big Rig wheel covers

While cruising in to work this morning, I was a little surprised to spot these wheel covers on a semi truck. Since they had their website plastered all over the trailer and truck, I checked it out and found a couple other interesting tidbits:
Mesilla Valley Transportation

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We have equipped each unit with an APU {auxilary power unit}. This is a generator with cooling and heating systems so that the drivers won't have to idle the truck motor when sleeping or waiting to load or unload.
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We use the Peoplenet system for satellite tracking and driver communication. This is quite common, but we have gone a step or so further and we get exception reports via e-mail from the trucks to give us information such as fuel mileage, panic stops, sudden starts. This allows us to see and counsel drivers with poor driving habits and also see ahead of time if a truck is not up to par on fuel mileage.

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