Axle weights, distribution and their configuration

Knowing axle weights and their distribution and configuration is fundamental in the trucking industry. 

Tandem 

This is the most popular tractor trailer axle design configuration. There is usually a driving tandem and a trailer tandem. 

Weight distribution 

Weight distribution is defined as the amount of total load capacity placed on the ground at an axle, set of axles, or individual wheel. In order to adhere to the axle ratings and weight laws, the weight of a vehicle must be spread on the axles specified by the chassis manufacturer. The axle capacity or legal weight constraints, whichever is lower, limit axle capacity. Besides the axle capacity, the Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) is referred as the maximum operational weight of the vehicle specified by the manufacturer, which incorporates the cab and chassis, engine, and every other component of the truck. 

The distribution of load weight must be carefully considered to establish how much of the total, including chassis, cab, body, and payload, will be carried on the front axle and how much will be carried on the rear axle, and the total. A few inches forward or backward movement of the components on the chassis can do the trick to adequate weight distribution for the vehicle. 

Aside from being illegal, improper weight distribution and overloading cause excessive wear, untimely malfunction of parts leading to risky operation such as vulnerable directional control and inadequate braking capacity, and increased strain that may contribute to the frame cracking or breaking. 

How to Leverage Geo-Fencing to Optimize Your Fleet’s Routes 

In today’s fast-paced world, efficient fleet management is crucial for businesses to stay competitive. One key aspect of fleet management is route planning, which directly impacts operational costs and customer satisfaction. Fortunately, advancements in technology have introduced innovative solutions like geofencing that can revolutionize the way fleets plan their routes.  

What distinguishes Eagle-IoT Geofence-to-site color-coding from other fleet management software? 

Eagle-IoT Geofence-to-site color-coding monitoring is designed to facilitate the fleet managers, monitoring hundreds of assets deployed all over the Kingdom. With the unique feature of geofence-to-site color-coding, each site/branch can be assigned a unique colour which can be utilized to  

• Distinguish the location visits and frequency details through geofence-to-site color-coding. 
• Average time spent at each location 
• Average time spent traveling to and from each location 
• Identify the deployment of fleet in undesired areas.  

Prevent unauthorized access 

To prevent theft and vandalism, geofence can be used to prevent unauthorized access to your vehicles. By setting up geofences around your fleet’s parking areas, you can track your vehicles’ movements and set an alert if vehicle leaves a geofenced area without authorization after workhours. 

Enhanced Safety Measures  

Safety should always be a top priority for fleet managers. Geofencing technology can help enforce safety measures by creating geo-fenced zones around hazardous areas or high-risk locations. Safe speed limits can be maintained by using geo-fence in high-risk areas, such as construction sites, where restricted speeding zones need to be enforced. When a vehicle enters these zones, the system can trigger alerts to both drivers and fleet managers, ensuring immediate action is taken to mitigate potential risks. 

Improved asset utilization and communication 

Geofencing can also be used to improve asset utilization by tracking the location of assets and ensuring that they are being used efficiently. For example, you could create a geofence around a customer’s premises to ensure that a delivery truck is only dispatched when it is needed. Additionally, geofenced zones can streamline communication to ensures effective coordination between dispatchers and drivers throughout the journey. Embracing geofencing as part of your fleet management strategy will undoubtedly lead to enhanced productivity and success in today’s competitive business landscape. 

Please don’t hesitate to call our helpful customer support team at +966533085658 if you need further assistance for setting up geo-fences or are having any problems with the Eagle-IoT software. We provide comprehensive online training as part of the purchase of any vehicle tracking device. We also offer on-site training for fleets with free demo 

Why the utilization of assets matter?

While managing a fleet, one needs to produce the optimal replacement schedule for each individual vehicle but have you ever thought for taking an extra step for executing the utilization analysis for the fleet as a whole? 

The utilization of assets can be categorized into four levels:  reduce, replace, redistribute or monitor; depending on the threshold level established for the replacement and utilization. With the in-depth analysis of the entire fleet with Eagle-IoT fleet management and vehicle tracking software, you can easily categorize your fleet in the above-mentioned metrics.

Eagle-i has extensive experience in fleet management and has the report that will give you the overall overview of the fleet utilization. Reports are exportable into multiple formats like XLS, PDF, CSV and more. Moreover, reports can be sorted and customized in ascending and descending fashion as per utilization or distance traveled.

Fatigue: the overlooked reason behind most of the accidents

In our previous articles, we focused that how telematics can be beneficial for fleet owners. Whether to increase the productivity and efficiency of the fleet or just to track the movement or the assets, it offers all. But eventually, it all comes down to the safety of the drivers, passengers, and assets. Eagle-I being the ultimate fleet management application, provides a set of tools to achieve most out of the fleet by monitoring utilization, driver behavior, routes taken, and much more. It generates a drivers’ scorecard with complete details of their driving behavior.

What we have observed is the fleet owners tend to reward the drivers who are spending more time on the road. Higher the numbers that they see on the ‘distance traveled’ column, the better the driver is. But here we are encouraging a dangerous trend. The drivers always try to do jobs beyond their duty hours to earns some extra cash for their overtime works and with rewarding them for the high number of work hours is encouraging them to do more.