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Ready to roll? Stephen Petit hosts RollAudio, a podcast for owner-operators, fleet managers, drivers -- anyone in trucking who knows it's not what you earn, it's what you keep. Primary Format : Travel Also Listed as: Transportation City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown Country : Unknown Country : UN User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Add to iTunes Text Only listing of RollAudio Podcasts Trumix.com listings available of RollAudio Podcasts Click Here to Update the directory of this podcasts programs.

Trumix.com listings available of RollAudio Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Tips for maintaining your factory-installed HVAC Tips for maintaining factory-installed HVAC. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tips for spec'ing factory-installed HVAC Tips for spec'ing factory-installed HVAC for your truck. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | MeritorWABCO OnGuard-An extra split second Podcast 9 of 9 to support the introduction of Meritor WABCO's OnGuard Collision Safety System. There's no substitute for a skilled, alert driver. OnGuard, Meritor WABCO's collision safety system, can give the driver the split second he needs to control his vehicle in an emergency. Here's Jon Morrison, president and general manager of Meritor WABCO. www.meritorwabco.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | MeritorWABCO OnGuard-WABCO collaboration Podcast 8 of 9 to support the introduction of Meritor WABCO's OnGuard Collision Safety System. Collision safety systems have a proven track record in Europe and elsewhere, in large part because of WABCO, Meritor WABCO's parent company. Jon Morrison, president and general manager of Meritor WABCO, explains how knowledge gained there helps customers here in North America. www.meritorwabco.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | MeritorWABCO OnGuard-Reliable and proven Podcast 7 of 9 to support the introduction of Meritor WABCO's OnGuard Collision Safety System. You can say that OnGuard, Meritor WABCO's collision safety system, applies reliable, proven vehicle control technologies in a new way. Jon Morrison, president and general manager of Meritor WABCO, talks about why antilock braking is paving the way for active safety systems. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | MeritorWABCO OnGuard-Familiar components Podcast 6 of 9 to support the introduction of Meritor WABCO's OnGuard Collision Safety System. One of the surprising things about OnGuard, Meritor WABCO's collision safety system, is how straightforward it is in terms of hardware and maintenance. Here's Mark Melletat, manager of marketing and customer support at Meritor WABCO. www.meritorwabco.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | MeritorWABCO OnGuard-Building blocks Podcast 5 of 9 to support the introduction of MeritorWABCO's OnGuard Collision Safety System. OnGuard, Meritor WABCO's collision safety system, is the next step in a progression of vehicle control technologies. Alan Korn, director of engineering with Meritor WABCO, talks about the relationship between collision safety systems and other control systems on the vehicle. www.meritorwabco.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | MeritorWABCO OnGuard-Reducing false alarms Podcast 4 of 9 to support the introduction of MeritorWABCO's OnGuard Collision Safety System. False alarms are a common complaint about radar-based collision warning systems. OnGuard, Meritor WABCO's collision safety system, uses advanced algorithms to lock onto relevant objects. Alan Korn, director of engineering with Meritor WABCO, explains why precision is so important. www.meritorwabco.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | MeritorWABCO OnGuard-Active safety Podcast 3 of 9 to support the introduction of MeritorWABCO's OnGuard Collision Safety System. OnGuard is an active collision safety system, not a passive system. Alan Korn, director of engineering with Meritor WABCO, explains the difference. www.meritorwabco.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | MeritorWABCO OnGuard-Intuitive to use Podcast 2 of 9 to support the introduction of MeritorWABCO's OnGuard Collision Safety System. One of the great things about OnGuard is how intuitive it is to use, as well as the valuable feedback it can offer the driver. Here's Bryan Murphy, senior project engineer, at Meritor WABCO. www.meritorwabco.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | MeritorWABCO OnGuard-Driver acceptance Podcast 1 of 9 to support the introduction of MeritorWABCO's OnGuard Collision Safety System. One question fleets have about OnGuard is how their drivers will feel about it. Here's Mark Melletat, manager of marketing and customer support at Meritor WABCO. www.meritorwabco.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Full Stop Ahead There was a time when few people were concerned about brakes on the steer axle because they weren't a regulatory requirement. Today, the steer axle is the focus of a proposal to shorten stopping distances of commercial trucks. (This show originally aired on LandLine Now, XM satellite radio channel 171.) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Factory-Installed Power Systems There are roughly 40 different idle-reduction products available for class-8 commercial trucks today, all promising to power climate control systems and appliances without using the big motor under the hood. But what if you could do all that without running an engine at all? This year, most of the major truck OEMs will release some type of onboard power management system -- good news for truck buyers who want the advantages of engine-off power but not the drawbacks of aftermarket APUs and g ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Waking Hours: Technology to Monitor Fatigue An interview with Enno Jakobson of Challenger Motor Freight on technologies designed to help drivers stay alert on the highway. The show airs this week on LandLine Now, XM radio channel 171. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Resistance Movement: Fuel-Efficient Tires Tire manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to minimize rolling resistance, the drag effect that tires have on your truck. The simplest approach is to use a shallower depth of tread. Following the rollout of a new line of fuel efficient tires, Donn Kramer of Goodyear explains how new compounds and tread designs mean you don't have to compromise tire life for the sake of fuel economy. Time: 7:31; size: 6.9 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Exit music is "After the Storm" ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Air That I Breathe Do your part to clean up the environment: change the fresh air filter on your cab's HVAC system. The filter not only keeps these contaminants out of the cab, it stops them from interfering with the performance of your heater and air conditioner. Also: Tips for claiming back the GST when you're operating in Canada. Time: 7:50; size: 7.2 Mb. Includes interviews with Mark Williams of Red Dot Corp., and Scott Taylor of TFS Group. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Exit music is "Rumble ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Turnover-and-Over-and-Over Again The average annual driver turnover rate at truckload carriers is more than 130%. Two researchers dissect the formula behind the numbers. Time: 6:55; size: 6.3 Mb. Includes interviews with Linda Gauthier of the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council and Julie Rodriguez of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. Both organizations offer studies into why turnover rates are so high. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Exit music is "Sugar Mountain" by Casey Desmond. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mr. Idle Free While most truck owners want to reduce engine idling, hear from one owner-operator who's running 100% idle-free -- without sacrificing comfort or breaking the bank. Time: 8:07; size: 7.4 Mb. Sources: Robert Jordan. Also, Brian Lawrence of Xantrex Technology answers a question about sine wave inverters and sensitive electronics. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Exit music is "Tonight" by Zach Ashton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | APUs: Little Engines That Can The big engine under the hood isn't built for sitting still. That's why truck owners are turning to auxiliary power units, or APUs, for a seamless source of energy when the truck isn't moving. Time: 8:42; size: 8 Mb. Includes an interview with Will Watson of Auxiliary Power Dynamics, maker of the Willis APU. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Exit music is "Spectre Swing" by This Spy Surfs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Look! Up In the Sky! It's GPS In the United States, there are about 1.3 million GPS-enabled devices today monitoring vehicles and workers in commercial trucking. That number is expected to quadruple by 2009. So the chances are good that some fleet you contract to is going to ask you to put a GPS device in the cab with you, if they haven't already. So what is GPS and how is it changing the way fleets manage trucks? Look up in the sky on this week's RollAudio. Time: 7:50; size: 7.2 Mb. Includes an interview with Kip Hough ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Fuel Tax Factor These days, truck owners are doing anything they can to save a buck on fuel. But before you strip off your bug deflector, plot your fuel stops and find out what you really pay for a liter or gallon of diesel fuel. How? Strip out the state or provincial fuel tax. Time: 7:38; size: 7.0 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Exit music is "Title and Registration" by Death Cab for Cutie . Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tire Maintenance for Owner-Operators You don't have to be a big fleet to have a formal tire maintenance program. Owner-operator Grant Sheldon is a self-described tire fanatic. But his basic tire regimen is something anyone can do, and the results can be better fuel economy, fewer surprises on the road, and a long-lived tire casing. Time: 8:12; size: 7.5 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Exit music is Homemade Hurricanes by Amplifico. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Positive Energy: Power Inverters A sleeper-cab today has space for a microwave, TV, laptop computer, a coffeemaker -- but where do you plug in all this stuff? A quality power inverter is your three-pronged solution. Interviews with Bruce Purkey of Purkey's Fleet Electric and Brian Lawrence of Xantrex Technology. Time: 7:00; size: 6.4 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Exit music is Machinery by Might Could. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Better Deal Some "extras" on your truck won't add to the bottom line and just aren't worth paying for. But there's another place to look for extras you'd be better off without: in your finance contract. Steve Mulligan of TFS Group, an accounting firm for trucking companies and owner-operators, explains. Time: 7:33; size: 8.7 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Highway Heroes Doug Crawford's actions on August 25, 2005, earned him the lifelong gratitude and friendship of the man he saved, as well as recognition as the 2005 Goodyear Highway Hero award winner. When you come upon an accident scene, what is your legal obligation to stop? Mike Langford of Scopelitis, Garvin, Light & Hanson explains. Other links: Goodyear's Highway Hero nomination information. Time: 7:47; size: 7.2 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Speed Controls: Pushing the Limits With debate over speed limiters picking up momentum, researchers are looking at ways GPS and onboard computers can play a more active role in monitoring and even controlling truck speed. Show notes: Learn more about Manu Kumar and Taemie Kim's prototype dynamic speedometer. Read about the latest study of intelligent speed adaptation at the University of Leeds. The Ontario Trucking Association has more information about its call for mandatory speed limiters at its web site. Time: 7:21; s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | What's Stopping You? Every supplier of replacement brake linings has its own special recipe for making them. How do you know which one is the right mix of performance, longevity, and value? This show includes interviews with brake consultant Allan Wright, who wrote one of the best books I've seen on air brakes (now two chapters in a free manual distributed by the British Columbia government), and John Younger of the Altec brake lining group at Carlisle. Time: 6:55; size: 8 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Ed ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Borrower Be When you buy a new truck, you're really working two separate deals: spec'ing the vehicle, and then spec'ing the money to pay for it. Steve Mulligan of TFS Group, an accounting firm for trucking clients, offers advice about how to get loan-ready. Time: 7:10; size: 6.6 Mb. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | There's a Cool Breeze Blowin' You know it's spring with the A/C tune-up coupons hit your doorstep. Take that offer, because recharging the air conditioning system is not a do-it-yourself job. Time: 5:28; size: 7.5 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Looking Out for No. 1: Winter Fuel It's tempting to fill up down south when you're dispatched into a cold climate, figuring you can always fill up with winter-blend fuel once you arrive. Doing so, however, could put your trip on ice. Time: 4:06; size: 5.6 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | You Got a Receipt for That? With tax rates as high as they are, it pays to get a receipt for every single business expense. But those little slips of paper are hard to track if your office is a truck cab, and if you can't properly document an expense, you risk losing that claim. Steve Mulligan of TFS Group, an accounting firm for trucking clients, talks about a cheap, simple, effective way to organize receipts in the cab. Time: 6:00; size: 5.5 Mb. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Them's the Engine Brakes If using an engine brake were as simple as flipping a switch, we'd stop right here. But it's not, and there's no better time to talk about how to use an engine brake than now, as rain and snow make pavement slick. Time: 2:02 Size: 2.0 Mb. Take two minutes for a RollAudio Check Call. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | GPS & Privacy If you can track your vehicle, you also can monitor the behavior of the guy driving it. Or can you? Vehicle tracking and privacy on this week's RollAudio. Time: 8:08 Size: 7.5 Mb Slackstring's "Lend Me Your Love" courtesy of Podsafe Music Network. Theme music is "Under a Sky" by Edie Carey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |