How To Take Care Of Your Semi Truck: Top 3 Tips

If you recently bought yourself a semi truck, you might wonder about how you can care for your new investment. After all, a semi-truck is so much more than just a truck; it’s your service vehicle, sure, but it’s also your mobile office, and sometimes your home on the road. You are bound to meet with clients during pickups and deliveries, and you want them to feel that you’re a professional. Therefore, taking care of your semi truck ensures that you put your best foot forward during that first, crucial meeting.

Another reason to take good care of your semi truck is that it costs a lot of money. You will, therefore, want to keep it in tip-top shape for as long as possible to ensure it runs perfectly for many years to come. Your semi truck is a work-horse and the backbone of your auto transportation business. It warrants being kept in a pristine condition.

To help you care for your truck, we have compiled a list of the best ways to take care of a semi-truck.

Top 3 ways to take care of a semi truck

If you treat it well enough, your semi truck might just outlive you! Here’s how.

#1 Be a Kind Driver

Your driving style can make a big difference to your semi truck’s performance and longevity. Driving smarter instead of harder can help your truck last longer.

Avoid aggressive driving (tailgating), quick take-offs and abrupt stops. This type of driving can negatively affect the brakes, engine, sensors, and hoses on your semi truck. If you think car parts are expensive, wait until you get a bill for truck repairs.

#2 Schedule Regular Vehicle Maintenance Services

Your truck relies on well-functioning mechanical parts, which is why regular maintenance is so important. To keep your truck in perfect running condition, check the following after every trip:

• Check and change oil – transmission, and differential
• Check and replace coolant (if needed)
• Tires
• Charge your electric truck

Although this is a no-brainer, many semi truck owners tend to let these maintenance tips slide, because they are so busy with the business end of running a car carrier company. Thankfully, the new Tesla Semi can drive five hundred miles on a single charge.

#3 Keep Your Semi Truck Clean

If you’re an owner-driver, you probably spend a fair deal of time inside your truck. Keeping it clean inside and out goes beyond just caring for your semi truck. It will help protect your truck’s surfaces and keep you healthier for longer.

Light daily maintenance can help prevent you from living in filth until you’re next able to stop for professional detailing. You will feel better, and your morale will be boosted. Here’s how you can care for your semi truck’s interior:

• Sweep daily, or at least once a week.
• Buy a 12 volt wet/dry vacuum to keep your truck interior clean.
• Use antibacterial wet wipes to clean your interior.
• Get an air purifier to remove smoke, dust, pollen and bad odors from your truck.
• Replace the cabin air filter regularly.
• Avoid wearing shoes when you enter your bunk.
• Wash your clothes as often as possible, and when you can’t keep it in a nylon drawstring laundry bag.
• Invest in a garbage bin.

These tips will help you take good care of your semi truck and yourself while you’re on the road. Be sure to rinse the interior off whenever you’re able to, and give it a good wash whenever you’re at your home base.

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