Challenge
Crane Freight and Cartage (CFS) is a full-service commercial transportation and warehousing provider headquartered in Houston. Since its founding in 2009, CFS has quickly grown its fleet and service offerings. With 24 strategic locations across the U.S., CFS works with a wide variety of customers, including those in energy, professional sports, air transportation, and automotive industries seeking local, regional, and national transportation services. CFS operates nearly 400 commercial vehicles across its locations, which range from Class 8 trucks to delivery vans to accommodate the specific needs of its customers. Approximately 80% of its fleet consists of Class 8 trucks, which can haul a diverse mix of freight with its dry van, reefer, drop deck, and flatbed trailers.
With much of its fleet running regionally and cross-country, CFS is proactive in identifying fleet management solutions that can help the company operate more efficiently by reducing operating costs, driver downtime, and administrative tasks associated with long-haul operations. A few of the solutions the company is keen on are toll management and weigh station bypass services through Fleetworthy’s Bestpass and Drivewyze solutions.
Solution
For CFS, utilizing a weigh station bypass service is a solution the company has relied on for several years to increase operational efficiency by reducing the amount of time drivers spend pulling into weigh stations and the operating costs associated with them. According to Liz Prasek, CFS Safety & Compliance Manager, CFS previously used PrePass for the service and switched to Drivewyze’s PreClear solution in 2019 so drivers could receive the service through an integration with its ELD provider and gain access to a larger network of weigh stations online with Drivewyze. Drivewyze currently has more than 900 fixed and mobile weigh station sites in 48 states and provinces in its network.
Additionally, in the office, there are many tasks and responsibilities associated with managing a large fleet dispersed throughout the country. With the majority of CFS trucks operating in areas where multiple tolling authorities are present, the company has relied on toll management solutions provided by Bestpass to simplify the processing of tolls received. According to Bill Mentzer, CFS Product Manager, CFS began using Bestpass in 2012, shortly after the company began making cross-country runs in states where tolls are present.
Results
On average, company trucks activated with PreClear bypass more than 1.6k weigh station sites, for an average of 13 bypasses per truck. The estimated monthly cost savings associated with bypassing weigh stations is more than $14,300.
With Bestpass Toll Management, CFS is able to efficiently monitor where trucks are receiving tolls and how those tolls are paid. In addition to receiving access to Bestpass’s discounted toll rates, CFS is also able to spend more time focusing on other administrative tasks.
How has Fleetworthy impacted your business?
“We were happy to hear that Drivewyze and Bestpass are now part of a combined company and look forward to seeing how the company will integrate its services to complement each other. Both Drivewyze and Bestpass are great services we’ve relied on to ease the pain points of our operation.”
Liz Prasek, Safety & Compliance Manager, CFS
