Torque-Tight ROI

While mandated by the US DOT, a physical walkaround of a truck prior to operation is vague on specifics. This has led many fleets to implement their own procedures and requirements.

A number of fleets have had lug nut failures in the past and now require drivers to physically touch each lug nut to verify it is at “minimum hand tight.” This procedure is costly for fleets and operators.

 

Single Truck + Trailer ROI

Let’s look at just one power unit with one trailer to see how the math works at the smallest scale:

• Power unit = 60 nuts
• Trailer = 40 nuts
• Total = 100 indicators

At $0.42 per indicator, investment per truck+trailer set = $42.00

Walkaround savings per day:
• 2 minutes for the PU + 1.5 minutes for the trailer = 3.5 minutes
• Driver cost = $55/hr = $0.92/min
• 3.5 minutes × $0.92 = $3.22 per day saved

Payback = $42.00 ÷ $3.22 = ~13 days

For a single truck+trailer, Torque-Tight™ pays for itself in less than two weeks of operation. After that, every inspection is time and money saved.

 

500 Trucks + 1500 Trailers ROI

 A number of fleets have had lug nut failures in the past and now require drivers to physically touch each lug nut to verify it is at “minimum hand tight.” This procedure is costly for fleets that employ hourly drivers. For this example, we’ll examine a mid-sized fleet with 500 power units and 1,500 trailers.