Fontaine Fifth Wheel offers lightweight slide bracket
Fontaine Fifth Wheel’s LWB lightweight slide bracket assembly replaces its ATB slide. Lighter than its predecessor, the LWB bracket’s smaller footprint uses steel reinforcement in key areas to avoid sacrificing capacity or strength.
Mack rolls out suspensions with proprietary axles
Mack Trucks launched its Twin Y Air Suspension, with a new Y-shaped high-strength steel design, which is offered with proprietary Mack axles. The OEM also announced the availability of Mack proprietary axles on its mRide spring suspension.
Meritor Builds 10 Millionth Trailer Axle in N.A.
Meritor recently celebrated its 10 millionth trailer axle made in North America at its Frankfort, Ky. manufacturing facility. The milestone axle will be installed on a trailer manufactured by Wabash National and will ultimately become part of the Werner Enterprises fleet.
Gabriel adds to shock coverage for 2013
Gabriel said its truck, trailer and bus shocks product line now covers more than 3,000 OEM part numbers and more than 2,000 competitors’ aftermarket part numbers – exceeding the nearest competitor’s listed offerings by more than 50%.
Meritor Aftermarket launches new product series
Two new series of products launched by Meritor include the Meritor AllFit all-makes family and the Meritor Green remanufactured lineup. The company also expanded its offerings under the new AllFit series to include Meritor shock absorbers, suspension controls and its all-makes drivetrain.
Timken rolls out wheel bearings and hub kits
Available for popular axle and hub designs, Timken 454-Series wheel bearings support the 2-inch outset loads created by wide single tire and dual-tire applications, and are offered in both manual and pre-adjusted configurations.
Maximize fuel economy with fleet tires
Maximizing vehicle fuel economy continues to be the hot button issue for just about every line-haul and regional fleet when it comes to deciding which tires to run on steer, drive and trailer positions.
Vehicle aerodynamics and the future
While truck and engine manufacturers are working to boost fuel economy and reduce emissions in the face of looming regulations, it’s a timely opportunity to recap aerodynamic devices and the benefits they offer fleets.
Mack selects JOST fifth wheels
JOST International will now supply fifth wheels as a standard feature on Mack Trucks Pinnacle, Titan and Granite models.
Hendrickson launches Parts Look Up System
Hendrickson has introduced PLUS, “Parts Look Up System,” which the company said is designed to provide a fleet, repair center, or distributor with serviceable parts information for Hendrickson truck and trailer suspension systems.
Truck tires and fuel, a complex relationship
The real life fuel efficiency of new truck tires is typically quantified by rolling resistance, the amount of power/energy required to push the tire down the road under a given load, inflation and speed conditions.
Reducing tire-related roadside service calls
It is well documented that the No. 1 cause of roadside service calls is tires – and a roadside service call is very costly. Here’s how to significantly minimize roadside service calls.