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Empty backhaul, an opportunity to avoid fuel expended on the road.
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2009-11-01
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Abstract:"An effort was undertaken to determine whether or not vehicle telemetry could provide data
which would indicate whether a commercial vehicle was operating under loaded or unloaded conditions.
With a straightforward method for establishing the load status of a commercial vehicle it becomes possible
to identify whether specific regions or routes have a higher tendency to have trucks traveling without a load.
A catalog of the regions or routes which have a surplus of empty trucks offers the opportunity for load
matching or brokering to utilize these trucks increasing profitability and decreasing total VMT.
The study develops a methodology to determine when a vehicle is operating with a light load or no load. A
summary of load status in various routes and regions is compiled for the fleets in the industry sample.
Conclusions on load trends are drawn and suggested uses and follow-on activities are discussed."
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