Jim Harmon

In the past, you could buy a truck for your pest department and plan on keeping it for at least seven years, termite crew trucks for five years and a sales truck for your termite inspector could last at least three years before being passed on to the pest department. But times and markets change.

Search the Internet for fuel conservation methods and gadgets, and you will get thousands of hits. Search for greening your fleet operations, and you will get many fewer hits but the ones you do will deal with reducing fuel costs. Let's take a look at some of these concepts and how you as a pest...more >>

As business owners and managers, we know vehicle safety-and-program compliance can affect the bottom line through lower insurance costs because we put our employees through a safe-driving course when we hire them and annually thereafter.

For many small service companies, fleet management is boiled down to another item for the general or service manager to deal with on the budget line and how to reduce costs.

It has become commonplace to find a computerized map guidance system or global positioning system (GPS) in most new vehicles. This may not sound like breaking news, but the newer GPS devices are more than map guidance assistants. They have become an integral part of your fleet management and...more >>

As business owners, we have to always keep an eye out for new laws and legislation that will have an impact on our business. Just because you hold a training meeting on safe driving with your staff doesn't necessarily get your company out of any liability of employee wrongdoing when behind the...more >>

Each year brings new models of trucks for pest management professionals (PMPs) to consider when it's time to replace the aging work truck fleet. How to choose the right truck - and before it is turned over to the technician, how to outfit it for optimal route use - are just a couple of the issues...more >>

The busy season has begun. Lets look at some maintenance tips forearly spring as well as examples of innovative storage solutions for your fleet.

Maximize your truck bed storage space

Maximize your truck bed storage space