Jake Schell

Dec 3, 2024 | fleetequipmentmag.com | Jake Schell

Skip to content Main Navigation Advertisement Social Connect Resources Our Brand Family Published: In the world of truck fleet repair, tools are as essential as books in a library. Just as public libraries rely on the Dewey Decimal System to organize books on the shelves, technicians depend on an organized toolbox to ensure they can locate the right tools quickly. The effectiveness of the Dewey Decimal System holds true—until a book is misplaced or stolen. When that happens, the library...

Sep 26, 2024 | fleetequipmentmag.com | Jake Schell

Skip to contentMain Navigation AdvertisementSocial ConnectResourcesOur Brand FamilyPublished: As fleets expand, managers face a host of new challenges—from maintaining equipment and managing staffing to taking on tasks previously handled elsewhere. The decision to grow a business often revolves around whether to expand internally or through acquisitions. A business acquisition provides an established element that can significantly reduce the uncertainties of a business expansion.

Aug 29, 2024 | fleetequipmentmag.com | Jake Schell

Skip to contentMain Navigation AdvertisementSocial ConnectResourcesOur Brand FamilyPublished: Picture, if you will, your life flashing before your eyes. How could so many images take place in mere seconds as a disaster unfolds? Decades ago, while checking out a driveline vibration, I had a truck running on a fore and aft hoist. At a most inopportune moment, the right front support on the hoist decided to slide in, turning the solid four-point system into an unbalanced three-legged stool.

May 29, 2024 | startupbeat.com | Jake Schell

Infinant, a banking technology provider enabling banks to launch alternative growth channels, announced today that it has completed a definitive agreement to purchase Figure Pay’s Card Processing Technology, built by Figure Technologies. The companies will also partner to deliver new card products for Figure Markets as well as Infinant’s banking partners, according to a company statement. Financial details and terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

May 28, 2024 | fleetequipmentmag.com | Jake Schell

Picture, if you will, a duck walking away at a rapid gate. Stepping with its flat webbed feet and legs that are clearly not designed for extensive land locomotion, the duck’s tail maintains a constant “waddle” (a moving from side to side) as the duck propels forward. If the duck happens to accelerate into what could be considered a run, the duck’s tail end appears to lose the clear waddle and transforms to a rapid shake or shimmy.