If Santa ever tells you “You’ll blow the tire out, kid,” you tell him that not so long ago, the industry found that by stiffening up the sidewall of an over-the-road tire, the reduction of elasticity or deformation will increase fuel economy. The more elasticity built into a tire, the more energy is consumed as the tire goes through the process of deforming and returning to its original shape.
Even one is too many for safety minded fleets who like to keep their trailers rolling productively.
The headline is a question that's on a TMC taskforce docket, and one that Al Anderson, vice president of sales and marketing at Peterson Mfg. Co., has a keen interest in.
"We haven't finished the recommended practice yet, but we're trending towards some percentage of LEDs being out before it's not legal anymore, which therefore [means] it's not safe anymore," he said, standing inside the Peterson Mfg. Co. show trailer at this year's TMC show held in New Orleans. "Keeping trailer lights lit is vital to uptime because you're not going to get a violation, you're not going to get an infraction, you're not going to be put out of service by CVSA. It is just very critical to keep everything illuminated like it should."
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