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TEESSIDE-BASED Bulmer Logistics is cutting its fuel bills by regularly checking tyre pressures.
24th May 2007, Page 7
24th May 2007
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— TEESSIDE-BASED Bulmer Logistics is cutting its fuel bills by regularly checking tyre pressures.
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The company has built regular pressure checks into its • maintenance and tyre contracts and has added this task to staff duties at depots. The projected saving of 0.15mpg would translate to £183,000 a year across its 244-strong fleet.
MD Jonathan Bulmer says when the firm came to renew its tyre contracts its discovered that many of its tyres were running at incorrect pressures: "They ranged between 50% under-inflated and 20% over-inflated.Lots of the overinflated ones were in new trucks."
The initiative is part of a range of efficiency measures by Bulmers, including extensive driver training.