Treat your Diesel

Diesel fuel turns to gel when it gets cold, if it gels your truck won’t run! Best practices are to use an anti-gel fuel additive once temperatures fall to 40 degrees and below. Always add the anti-gel before you fuel up, this way it properly mixes. Be sure to use the correct amount of additive to fuel ratio. Fuel purchased from HUB is pre-treated with anti-gel additive.

Watch out for Ice

The ice doesn’t have to be packed on the road to be dangerous, a thin sheet is all it takes to make driving hazardous.  If there is no spray coming from the tires in front of you and the road looks wet there is likely black ice. A reflective road can be a destructive road!

Drain your air tanks

Daily draining of air tanks is a good preventative measure all year long, but when temperatures are at freezing or below it’s a must. If you do not drain your air tanks you risk ice forming in the lines. Always check for excessive oil when draining the air tanks as this may be a warning sign that should be reported to your maintenance facility.

Watch where you park

Avoid leaving trucks in flood prone areas where water and ice can form when bad weather is predicted. If this unexpectedly happens and water is above the lowest lug nut, do not start it! Additionally, avoid parking trucks where heavy snow and ice can fall on the top of trucks. The weight of the snow can cause the roof to cave in.

Check your wipers

Always check for operation of wipers & washer fluid. Ensure that the wipers remove solution without streaking. Do not use water in the washer fluid holding tank! Be sure to clear snow and ice off wipers before operating!

Keep your distance

Always leave extra room between yourself and the vehicle in front of you. Be careful of ice when driving over bridges and on entry/exit ramps.

By: David Winzelberg January 5, 2022

Farmingdale-based Hub Truck Leasing & Rental has acquired Public Service Truck Renting, which is headquartered in Long Island City.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The acquisition will allow Hub Truck to combine its facilities in Brooklyn and Newark, New Jersey with Public Service’s Long Island City and Newark locations, according to a company statement. The combined company will be operating over 2,600 trucks in the tri-state area.

The two management teams will be joined together and led by Lance Kaufman, CEO of Hub Truck, while Andrew Sommer, Public Service’s current president, will become Hub’s executive vice president.

“Public Service is an ideal partner to help us accelerate our growth plan and increase our market share,” Kaufman said in the statement.

Established in 1957, Hub Truck Rental Corp. is the New York metropolitan area’s largest full-service commercial truck leasing and rental company, according to the statement. Hub is a member of NationaLease, which is composed of over 165 independent truck leasing businesses across the U.S. and Canada, including Public Service Truck Renting. Public Service has operated as a family-owned commercial truck rental and leasing company since its founding in 1956. With over 600 trucks, PSTR rents and leases commercial vehicles of all sizes by the day, week and year.

“We want our employees to think and act like owners,” Sommer said in the statement. “Our PSTR team is excited about joining with Hub and offering expanded transportation logistics and geographic coverage.”

The “service bureaus” are attempting to collect data and payments from HUT registrants. One of the email blasts which registrants are receiving includes the NYS logo and does not provide a disclaimer that they are a service bureau as opposed to a government entity.

NYSDTF is also receiving reports that in responding to these “service bureaus”, registrants are being asked to provide their taxpayer PIN to OSCAR. This is something that an approved Service Bureau should not be requesting.

NYSDTF is in the process of developing communication to be issued to all HUT taxpayers to make them aware of this fraudulent action. To ensure that they are reaching as many carriers as possible.