TGI‑Connect halved maintenance cycles

TGI Connect says a major Canadian less-than-truckload carrier cut trailer maintenance cycles in half after replacing fixed quarterly service with mileage-based scheduling. (tgi-connect.com) The case study says the carrier had been servicing every trailer four times a year, even though usage varied sharply across the fleet. TGI Connect said that left about 80% of trailers over-serviced while the busiest 20% were not being flagged early enough. (tgi-connect.com) The change depended on trailer-level mileage data collected through TGI Connect’s satellite tracking system. With actual miles on each unit, the carrier shifted service timing from the calendar to how far each trailer had really traveled. (tgi-connect.com 1) (tgi-connect.com 2) TGI Connect said the result was a drop from four annual service events per trailer to two for most of the fleet. The company said annual maintenance savings reached “hundreds of thousands of dollars,” and the investment paid back in less than 12 months. (tgi-connect.com) The basic idea is simple: a trailer that moves less should not be serviced on the same timetable as one that runs hard every week. TGI Connect’s maintenance brochure says mileage reports are designed to show which trailers are over-serviced, which are under-serviced, and when each unit is actually due. (tgi-connect.com) TGI Connect is using that example to sell a broader maintenance product. Its April 2026 brochure says one customer with 3,000 trailers cut the equivalent of 1.5 months of maintenance costs, producing $1.3 million in savings. (tgi-connect.com) The company’s argument is that trailer fleets still relying on time-based intervals are spending too much on low-use equipment and reacting too late on high-use assets. A recent TGI Connect post says many operators either lack per-trailer mileage data or have not built it into maintenance workflows. (tgi-connect.com) TGI Connect did not name the carrier in the case study, and the savings figures come from the vendor’s own marketing materials rather than an independently published audit. The example still shows how telematics data is being used to rewrite preventive maintenance schedules one trailer at a time. (tgi-connect.com)