I run a medium sized shredding company. We have 10 mobile shredding trucks that drive around town shredding paper. They idle and run PTO a LOT.
The problem is that the trucks do not seem to last. We do all regular maintenance based on miles...I am starting to think that this is the problem. We recently lost 2 engines, a Freightliner at 90k and an International at 80k, and we really need to stem the problem before it gets worse.
We use all medium duty trucks. Sterling, Freightliner, International. We've lost an engine in all 3 brands.
I am hoping someone can recommend how I should tweak our maintenance schedule. Currently we base it around miles according to the manual. I'm considering changing it to an hours based system, but not sure what number to use in that conversion.
Our trucks average 11-14 truck hours per truck miles. So you can see they are stationary a LOT while they shred. We do oil changes every 3 months and the rest of the PM is based on miles.
Any advice would be appreciated. Our dealerships have been little help thus far in recommendations.
The problem is that the trucks do not seem to last. We do all regular maintenance based on miles...I am starting to think that this is the problem. We recently lost 2 engines, a Freightliner at 90k and an International at 80k, and we really need to stem the problem before it gets worse.
We use all medium duty trucks. Sterling, Freightliner, International. We've lost an engine in all 3 brands.
I am hoping someone can recommend how I should tweak our maintenance schedule. Currently we base it around miles according to the manual. I'm considering changing it to an hours based system, but not sure what number to use in that conversion.
Our trucks average 11-14 truck hours per truck miles. So you can see they are stationary a LOT while they shred. We do oil changes every 3 months and the rest of the PM is based on miles.
Any advice would be appreciated. Our dealerships have been little help thus far in recommendations.