Many truck drivers have experienced brake fade. Technically, brake fade happens when “the condition in which the thermal capacity of the braking system has been exceeded and the system operates at reduced effectiveness.” More simply, it’s pushing the brake pedal and not having things go the way you expect.
So, why does this happen, and what can you do about it?
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Buying truck parts online is more complicated than a Prime impulse purchase.
There’s no debate: Online truck parts buying is happening, but not without its challenges. Truck part purchasing demands the correct specs. When you have websites offering a single, blurry product image, with specs that are kind of correct, you roll the dice on an attractive price for a part that may or may not fit.
The decarbonization potential of hydrogen-fueled powertrains in the heavy-duty trucking Industry.
Putting together a strong truck tire service program is a marathon, not a sprint.
With insurance and preventative maintenance part of the package, financing a truck means more than handing over the cash for the keys.
If you’re not doing the right maintenance on your trucks, you will start to get fault codes, sometimes at inopportune times.
In some parts of North America, it’s already time to break out the shovels and ice scrapers. While the first snowfall brings excitement for some, for the people at the wheel of North America’s trucks, it’s time to get ready for what’s to come. Keeping things safely rolling through the cold months means getting prepared
Prevent the horrors of dreaded fleet maintenance downtime with the right data.
As Joe Keene and the Babcox technician team toil away on the Blackwood, Editor David Sickels investigates a different type of automotive connection: telematics.
It’s an ATA MCE tradition that we catch up with Volvo Trucks North America President Peter Voorhoeve. Here’s what he had to say.
