POLL: What will be your response to mandated ELDs?

Dec 16, 2015

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Owner-ops adapt conservative approach to ever-expanding diesel service intervals

With engine manufacturers recommending oil change intervals in newer equipment as long as 75,000 miles, owner-operators largely play it safe, with more than half still changing oil in less than 15,000-mile intervals. At once, there's maintenance savings in extended drains, and better fuel mileage can help you get there.

Owner-operator Raiko Graveran might be the 'nicest dude in all of trucking,' a version of which has been said by more than one truck showgoer who's found him and his 1995 Freightliner FLD 120 parked up. Here he's showing off fairly recent wins at the Old Town Rig Down event in Nacogdoches, Texas. Look for Graveran out at the Stars, Stripes and White Lines event this week in Atlanta.

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