One of the questions business owners with trucks ask is if they need a United States Department of Transportation (DOT) number. Whether you have a large business with a fleet of trucks operating across different states to haul cargo from one place to another or you have a single truck for hauling supplies, the answer [...]
Are you running a company that uses rental trucks as a part of its operations? If you do, have you developed a proper strategy to make sure your company only uses trucks with apportioned plates? If the plates indeed are apportioned, you can rest assured that the truck rental company you are working with actually [...]
The CEM, CPFP and public fleet manager at Sarasota County in Florida, Ron Kennedy had been struggling with getting an adequate level of paper customer service surveys. After all, it does take a bit of effort and not all customers are inclined to respond. He wanted to change that and a very simple method was [...]
A company that prides itself on providing service, selection and value with ease, Flex Fleet Rental offers an array of 4x4 light-duty and medium-duty rental trucks to commercial operations throughout the United States. A dedicated team of truck rental professionals that considers customer service and satisfaction a top priority, we are considered a giant among [...]
What’s better - gas or diesel? This has always been a quintessential debate for the commercial fleet industry. The two primary sources of fuel used for pickup trucks in the fleet rental industry, gas and diesel, each have their own qualities. We are going to try to settle the matter of which will serve the [...]
Every once in a while, there will come a project for your company that requires a little bit of heavy lifting. Having a vehicle capable of transporting that heavy equipment makes life a lot easier, doesn’t it? What if your company does not have a truck that can fulfill the duties you need it to [...]
2019 has seen the rise of both operational and fixed costs for fleet trucks. There are several reasons for this trend of rising costs in fleet ownership. The initial acquisition cost has become higher due to prices set by manufacturers, while the fuel costs are going up on account of the rise in the commodities’ [...]
With business booming and things looking up, many construction companies are getting more projects than they used to. The economy is going strong and you might need a little extra horsepower for an upcoming project that your company is taking on. The question is, will you actually go ahead and buy a new truck to [...]
A fleet truck can easily become overworked if it does not have the right engine and transmission combo, which can lead to high maintenance costs. It is also very easy to under work a truck because of a bad combination between the two, which means that more money than needed has been spent on the [...]
Construction jobs require you to carry important equipment and material. Sometimes, the material exceeds the capacity of the truck itself. You have to tow more equipment and acquiring another pickup truck to share the load can add too much to your company’s expenses. Flex Fleet understands the predicament faced by construction companies and that is [...]
