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Dave Butcher is a busy man and it’s no wonder. As the current safety specialist and a former driver at Yuba City, California based D&H Transportation, he oversees a diverse fleet of about two dozen trucks.


One part of the fleet serves as an interstate operation moving flatbed freight. The other part operates as an intrastate division, transporting bulk materials. Butcher manages the safe operation of D&H tractors, drivers and nearly 200 trailers of many different types. On top of that, he also helps out moving equipment in the yard, and fills in as a driver on last- minute hauls.


Wearing so many hats for a complex operation means both Butcher and D&H have to keep things running smoothly and efficiently. One way they stay on track is with the Geotab Drive application and Geotab GO fleet tracking devices, paired with a tablet in the fleet’s trucks. In addition to using Geotab for electronic logging device (ELD) capabilities, the fleet uses Geotab products in a variety of other ways.


“The Geotab GO device gives us a lot of maintenance data on the trucks. This includes diagnostic faults that the onboard computer will throw so our mechanic can look at them here in the office. We can then determine if it’s important enough to bring the driver back in or if it can wait until they get back from their run,” Butcher said.


Geotab helps D&H streamline operations in other ways as well, including International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) reporting. Prior to installing Geotab, it would take D&H a week to go through all the driver paperwork, and keep track of the mileage. This was a very labor-intensive and lengthy process, but not anymore.


“The Geotab GO device gives us a lot of maintenance data on the trucks. This includes diagnostic faults that the onboard computer will throw so our mechanic can look at them here in the office. We can then determine if it’s important enough to bring the driver back in or if it can wait until they get back from their run.”


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