The HANOR Company
Jun12
Spotlight Project: Remanufactured Trucks for The HANOR Company We were excited to work with the HANOR Company on their recent remanufacturing projects. They first contracted with us to have their Ford F-550 remanufactured. They were so pleased with the process that they had their Ford F-150 remanufactured a month later.
DOT grant program
May29
Texas shop’s 48-hour, half-cost truck remanufacturing leads to a DOT grant program Tom Quimby | May 29, 2018 Jim Camp says he can sleep better at night knowing that he’s saving tax payers tens of thousands of dollars through Vehicle Reman. Camp, who’s the director of transportation at the East
Save fleets half the cost
May27
Vehicle Reman continues to save fleets half the cost of new vehicles Tom Quimby | May 27, 2018 Jim Camp says he can sleep better at night knowing that he’s saving tax payers tens of thousands of dollars through Vehicle Reman. Camp, who’s the director of transportation at the East
Reman Smart Decision
May26
How Remanufacturing Fleet Vehicles is a Smart Financial Decision Once a fleet vehicle gets so many miles on it, repairs and maintenance start adding up fast. Eventually the vehicle hits a tipping point where the expense of the repairs exceeds the value of the vehicle or the risks of safety
Cheaper Than New. Better Than Used.
May10
Remanufacturing | Cheaper Than New. Better Than Used. Why remanufacturing vehicles makes sense Picture this scenario: You’ve got a vehicle with over 200,000 miles on it that has seen better days. Numerous things are wrong with it and you’re wondering if it’s even worth it to get it repaired considering
Last Mile Logistics
Apr03
It’s not hard to miss discussions on last mile delivery or autonomous driving. Our Class 1 to Class 5 reconditioning and remanufacturing are well suited to both use cases. Many last mile contractors have not yet realized the significant transfer of maintenance responsibility they’ve received from their customers. At present,
Recyclable & Reusable
Jan29
While traveling to see family over the weekend, we had occasion to stop for a BBQ sandwich. Three things struck us about the printing on the bottom of the paper sandwich bag: We’re thankful for the reminder to reuse (which we did) and recycle the bag (h/t to http://novolex.com/). We
UPS Lesson: 20 Years & Millions Of Miles
Jan11
UPS can hold school on minimizing fleet vehicle costs per mile – 20 year service life and millions of miles on their package cars. We couldn’t possibly get through the whole book here. However, there is one clear lesson: rebuild your engine, transmission and suspension when they wear out –
Diminishing Return: Something To Think About
Jan09
Fuel economy has increased and tailpipe emissions have decreased so much in recent years, we’re now squeezing blood out of a turnip – that’s Agrarian for Asymptotic. Asymptotic is Math for Declining Marginal Utility – you’ll know it when you look back and realize you’re past the Point of Diminishing Return.
Hello World…
Jan04
One thing that has become clear is that we need help getting the word out about remanufacturing and reconditioning vehicles. Hopefully, you’ll find a topic here that interests you; if so, help us to spread the word about alternative vehicle opportunities via reconditioning and remanufacturing. There are several options to
A licensed Professional Engineer from Texas A&M, Latham spent a career in and started two firms in industrial automation with significant exposure to the automotive sector. On founding what is now VR in 2005, the company provided reman services to the US Army’s Red River Army Depot. Now, focusing on the civilian sector, his goal is to supply an alternative automotive product and reduce operators’ expense and thereby reduce the automotive debt burden in the country.
Belden has over 30 years’ experience building and leading professional sales teams in information technology and fleet telematics companies. Among his many awards at IBM, Belden was in the top 5% of managers in his division. That experience led to growing TRCA, a startup telecomm hardware company, from $0 sales to over $5MM in 6 years. His technology/telecomm background was a natural fit for his own company, Zepco Sales and Service Inc. Zepco designed and marketed the first vehicle event data recorder running on Microsoft Windows in 1992. Zepco was an industry leader selling and installing automotive data recorders, mobile video recorders and GPS tracking hardware and software in fleets across the U.S.