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title: The Onspot Blog - North America | Thomas Kaiser
description: Thomas is the Area Export Manager at the VBG Group Truck Equipment in Germany, incl. the brand Onspot. Thomas has been in the organization since 1994. When not traveling around the world, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter. As a music lover, you may also find him visiting a concert or watching a soccer game.
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# [The Onspot Blog](https://intblog.onspot.com/en-us)
#### About [Thomas Kaiser](https://intblog.onspot.com/en-us/author/thomas-kaiser)
Thomas is the Area Export Manager at the VBG Group Truck Equipment in Germany, incl. the brand Onspot. Thomas has been in the organization since 1994. When not traveling around the world, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter. As a music lover, you may also find him visiting a concert or watching a soccer game.
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## [August. Time to prepare for Christmas travels!](https://intblog.onspot.com/en-us/august.-time-to-prepare-for-christmas-travels)
[Thomas Kaiser](https://intblog.onspot.com/en-us/author/thomas-kaiser), August 25, 2017
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Christmas? In August? Well, not quite, but this time of year many people around the world start reserving their bus tickets for Christmas travels. They are traveling to either spend the holidays in a winter resort or just visiting friends and families. All of these people have one thing in common: they plan and make early reservations to be well prepared and avoid unpleasant surprises.
[Read more](https://intblog.onspot.com/en-us/august.-time-to-prepare-for-christmas-travels)
## [How Onspot helps make an impossible solution, possible.](https://intblog.onspot.com/en-us/how-the-impossible-onspot-solution-was-possible)
[Thomas Kaiser](https://intblog.onspot.com/en-us/author/thomas-kaiser), July 7, 2017
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Onspot automatic tire chains can be used on several different types of vehicles; trucks, busses, coaches, rescue vehicles (like ambulances and fire trucks), and etc. Occasionally, customers come to us for help finding a solution where Onspots can be mounted on a new type of vehicle. One such example, is the Dodge Ram. While a common application in North America, the Ram chassis is a less common Onspot application in Europe.
[Read more](https://intblog.onspot.com/en-us/how-the-impossible-onspot-solution-was-possible)
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