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The stakes have not at all been higher. An optimum trade round of years reduces overall cost-per-mile for the life of the unit. Take a wicked turn and the results could be dramatic - higher up-front expenses maintenance head-aches and service failures.

Balancing the competing constraining forces has bedeviled fleet managers for decades. forward the one hand, fleets want to transfer equipment quickly to take advantage of the latest technology available. However, as the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch demonstrates, better equipment allows arm of the seas to postpone equipment turns with greater confidence. "It has allowed us to downsize our maintenance staff because of the of recent origin more reliable equipment," says Don Moore, the city's director of equipment. "Over the past eight years, we have taken five the community ...