With fuel prices at close to all-time highs in California and Arizona markets, it’s no surprise that fleet managers are dealing with increased incidents of gas theft. One small business owner came in and discovered five of her trucks had their gas tanks drilled and siphoned—costing her both the value of the lost fuel and downtime for repairs to her trucks’ tanks.
Standard GPS systems installed in a tractor-trailer can help you monitor where your truck is at all times—but if the truck is gone, you’ll only be able to watch it disappear. Just this spring, Ukrainian farmers watched helplessly as their expensive farm machinery was stolen by Russia and moved by truck hundreds of miles across the border.
Gas Theft and Fleet Fuel Fraud Up with Higher Gas Prices
Former employee Lindim Asipi of Waterbury, Connecticut is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to wire fraud in his theft of funds from the United States Postal Service. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years. According to Leonard Boyole, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, “Asipi was a motor vehicle service driver for the USPS based in Waterbury, and the USPS provided Asipi with a fleet credit card that enabled him to purchase fuel. Read More
How Work Trucks Save on High Gas Prices in 2022
Cutting the money you spend on fuel can improve profit your business generates
Fuel and gas prices are a major cost for work truck fleets whether they run vans, pickups or trucks. Insurance, fuel, maintenance, and driver salaries all cost businesses with fleet service trucks a hefty sum of money. Read More
How Work Truck Fleets Save on High Gas Prices
Cutting the money you spend on fuel can improve profit your business generates
Fuel and gas prices are a major cost for work truck fleets whether they run vans, pickups or trucks. Insurance, fuel, maintenance, and driver salaries all cost businesses with fleet service trucks a hefty sum of money. Read More
Keep Your Lawn Care Company Profitable in Winter
A 2015 survey by the global market research company Mintel revealed that 90% of homeowners believed that an attractive lawn and garden increased not only that appeal of their home, but its market value as well. This belief drives a multi-billion dollar national industry, with nearly $100 spent per capita annually. Read More
Fighting Service Fleet Fuel Fraud
Fuel is one of the most important aspects of any service fleet business, which also makes it one of the more expensive aspects as well. Rising gas prices aside, the consistent need to refuel even the most fuel-efficient vehicles can run up a hefty tab for businesses to pay. Read More
What Affects Gas Mileage for a Truck?
If your fleet trucks are not getting the most mileage out of their fuel, the wasted money adds up over the course of their many trips and could prove costly. Read More