A fleet operator’s profitability is paramount, imagine if you could save 3% on your fuel costs? Based on a fleet size of 30, and an average of 80,000 miles per/year/vehicle annual fuel costs savings could be in the region of £70,000 per year.
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A case study performed by the Department for Transport, using Josam equipment, performed in the early 2000s highlighted that a 1° misalignment on one axle could increase fuel consumption by around 5% and a 0.5° misalignment can reduce tyre life by up to 50%.
Kidds Transport. a Lancaster-based company that employed 30 drivers and ran a 12-hour operation from Monday to Friday at the time of the study.
The company’s fleet consisted of:
The rigid vehicles perform palletised daily deliveries on a multi-drop operation in and around Lancaster, Morecombe, Barrow and Kendal.
Full case study can be found here: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090208201315/http://www.freightbestpractice.org.uk/keeping-profit-on-track-with-wheel-alignment
The process of setting the equipment up, using the equipment and diagnosing a vehicle should be straightforward. The adjustment process, to a large degree relies on the ability to understand measurements, but also the program to notify the technician when the vehicle is correctly aligned or within tolerances set.
A fleet can often include an array of vehicles from cars, vans, trucks (rigids and tractor units), trailers, buses, cranes, military vehicles, plant vehicles, agricultural vehicles and much more. Additionally, each of these vehicles have many unique setups and axle configurations such as independent front suspension, twin-steers, rear-steers etc.
Time and sometimes space is of the essence. Measurement time can be kept to a minimum with a well-trained technician and easy-to-use equipment. Adjustment time on the other hand is less to do with the equipment and more the technician but adjustment accuracy can be increased with the right equipment and keeping human error to a minimum.
