At Select 1 Group we drive heavy trucks for a living. It’s our passion, actually. That’s why we are a premier hauler of specialty vehicles and a renowned provider of custom mobile exhibits and logistics. An important tool of our trade is the rubber we ride on. We rely on safe tires and spend a...
In many ways, the world is getting smaller. Sometimes that’s convenient while at other times it’s annoying. In one way, though, partnership with companies in many other countries helps Select 1 Group maintain unmatched levels of service for it customers. The Switzerland-based International Organization of Standards (English acronym ISO) creates worldwide recommendations for best practices...
The Greek word Isos means equal. Which is the whole point behind ISO, the English acronym for the Switzerland-based International Organization of Standardization. ISO creates worldwide standards covering “almost all aspects of technology and business,” according to the Organization. The group, founded by 25 civil engineers in 1946, has blossomed to include mutually agreed-upon standards...
On a sunny day in Tempe, Arizona, a small group of professional truck drivers gathers around two instructors. Ron Fyffe, S1G Driver Services Manager, and Mike Hubler, the training group’s Lead Mentor, are about to take them through their paces to see how they shape up as S1G drivers. “We try to keep the groups...
We all know trucking companies that have to interview many potential drivers because they experience a lot of driver turnover. Some seemingly hire anyone who can keep the wheels between the ditches and put them on the road with minimal training. Select 1 Group views drivers – and driver training – a lot differently. Because...
When the New York International Auto Show began in 1900, automobile were often still called “horseless carriages”. Men in top hats and derbies drove the sputtering early gasoline-powered vehicles, electrics and steam cars into the old Madison Square Garden. Ladies in long dresses and big hats watched from cane-backed chairs in the Garden’s box seat...
When Kia’s much-anticipated new entry into the luxury automobile market, the K900, hits show room floors soon, Kia dealers and sales people will be ready, thanks to a coast-to-coast-to-coast road trip by Select 1 Group. The 41-day Kia Training Tour saw three of S1G’s top specialty vehicle transport drivers bring the exciting new cars to...
Spring Training is an annual rite of passage for Major League Baseball players, management and team executives. So is the “kid gloves” treatment of their often high-ticket vehicles hauled by the Select 1 Group. Again this spring, S1G’s transport and logistics experts made possible the safe, efficient and hassle-free movement of cars, trucks and SUVs...
After months of preparation and expectation, the new look of Select 1 Group’s trucks was unveiled in a spectacular Arizona setting. The first truck to be wrapped in S1G’s new-look design was the subject of a professional photo and video shoot at South Mountain Park in Phoenix. A media crew from SouthWest Post captured the...
When spectators blew in – sometimes literally – to the 106th Chicago Auto Show last month they had a dramatic rendezvous with three unusual, award-winning network television stars: the “zombie killer” cars featured on AMC’s hit series, The Walking Dead. The cars arrived in cold and windy Chicago in the transports of Select 1 Group....
