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Gear up for important decisions with the new Calibrate quarterly magazine.

With a view from the repair shop to the corner office, Calibrate offers more involved discussions into the trends and issues surrounding equipment and maintenance.

Be ready to lead the next office conversation about driver seat comfort, electric refrigerated trailers, or 24-hour repair shops!

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BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

How to Combat the Technician Shortage

The technician shortage that fleets and service providers/dealers face is a nuanced phenomenon, and perhaps more complex than many may realize.

October 10, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

How to Keep Trucking's Roadside Technicians Safe

Distracted drivers can pose a major safety threat to remote repair technicians working on trucks along the shoulder of a highway.

October 10, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Optimizing Your Fleet’s Tractor Life Cycle

"Keep, trade or sell.” That’s the age-old question that often keeps fleet managers and executives up at night when it comes to vehicle acquisition. Sound familiar?

July 18, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

From Bay to Boardroom

Fleet maintenance managers have several hats to wear when keeping tabs on their technicians and relating the value of their performance to the company's top brass.

July 18, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Why Fleets Are Turning to Mobile Truck Repairs

Mobile maintenance companies schedule service around a fleet’s hours of operation, as much as possible. The service is designed to eliminate as much downtime as possible.

April 4, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogisticsFor-HireTop 100

Smarter Maintenance: How Fleets Are Leveraging AI

Increasingly in fleet maintenance, artificial intelligence has been used to guide technicians on repairs and diagnose problems proactively.

April 4, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Building Your Maintenance Team One Technician at a Time

A perennial challenge for fleet maintenance operations is finding, recruiting and developing skilled technicians who will keep medium- and heavy-duty trucks operating at peak efficiency.

April 4, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Going Into the Sunset to Fish

°®¶ą´«Ă˝r Hogg, the vice president of truck service at TravelCenters of America, announced his retirement during ATA’s 2025 Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting last month.

April 4, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

Verifying Safety of Rear Impact Guards Can Be Complicated

When a jury issued a $462 million judgment against Wabash National Corp. last fall, many fleet maintenance managers were concerned.

February 7, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Trucking Industry Urges FMCSA to End Label Rule

Although small in physical size, rear-impact guard certification labels often serve as the difference between compliance or violations that can cause big headaches for fleet leadership.

February 7, 2025