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There are several costs associated with commercial vehicles and fuel is easily one of the leading expenses. Thankfully, fleets can do a lot to reduce how much fuel they consume, driving down costs and bolstering the fleet\u2019s bottom line. Idling is one of the top fuel draining activities that has numerous hidden expenses. When the truck is running but the wheels aren\u2019t moving, drivers lose more than just fuel money.<\/p>\n
Truck drivers know idling burns through their fuel, which begs the question: Why are they idling in the first place? Some of the most common reasons trucks idle include:<\/p>\n
Some of these things are out of driver\u2019s control, such as traffic or load times. However, drivers can take steps to reduce other instances of idling such as turning off the vehicle when stopping to use the phone or eat. Many drivers keep the vehicle running to utilize the A\/C or heater depending on the season, but this consumes a significant amount of fuel.<\/p>\n
While idling for a few minutes to make a quick phone call may not seem like much, the expense adds up faster than drivers realize. For example, a truck than uses $70,000 in fuel per year can use up to eight percent of it on idling\u2014that\u2019s $5600 of wasted fuel. For larger fleets with dozens if not hundreds of vehicles, this number can get up into tens of thousands each month.<\/p>\n
However, fuel isn\u2019t the only cost of idling. Idling increases the rate of wear on engines, meaning they will need more maintenance on an accelerated timeline. This also increases the amount of time a truck is out of operation to receive maintenance and potential repairs, contributing to increased operational expenses.<\/p>\n
Fleets can\u2019t begin to control an expense until they get a firm grasp on the data. Utilizing telematics can tell fleets how often their trucks idle, for what duration, and why they\u2019re idling. This can help fleets identify avoidable idling and take steps to reduce it. Contact the experts at DriverCheck<\/a> to learn more about trucking telematics can improve your bottom line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are several costs associated with commercial vehicles and fuel is easily one of the leading expenses. Thankfully, fleets can do a lot to reduce how much fuel they consume, driving down costs and bolstering the fleet\u2019s bottom line. Idling is one of the top fuel draining activities that has numerous hidden expenses. When the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[223],"tags":[302,297,301,252,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7997,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7748\/revisions\/7997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}