Bestpass partners with Idealease
Bestpass recently partnered with Idealease, a prominent commercial truck leasing and rental company, to provide Idealease’s customers with its Leased Equipment Toll Solution, a toll management service, that includes seamless re-billing, nationwide toll coverage and single-source payment. According to Bestpass, Idealease locations will be able to manage and re-bill toll transactions to customers without reviewing and processing
Truck orders hit near record levels in January
Preliminary data from both FTR and ACT Research Co. shows a record-setting month for truck orders in January, with numbers not seen in over a decade. According to ACT, the industry booked 80,400 units in January for Classes 5-8, which has only been surpassed by March 2006 by ACT’s estimation—a month which, ACT notes, was
Watch: Heavy-duty Aftermarket Week—On the show floor
Las Vegas played host to the 2018 Heavy-Duty Aftermarket week recently, and the show offered a bevy of press announcements. (Click here for all the news from HDAW 2018.) Here are some of the highlights. Meritor announced a new product portfolio strategy with distinct aftermarket brands that includes multiple price points. The portfolio offers Mach
Meritor launches aftermarket air spring product line
Meritor Inc. announced the launch of a new line of aftermarket air springs to cover a wide range of commercial vehicle applications. Meritor said its air springs are engineered to accommodate higher load-carrying capacities, deliver improved road handling and offer more protection to drivers and cargo from shocks and vibrations. “The springs are made with robust
Haldex ModulT air disc brake now offered by Hendrickson
Hendrickson has recently added the Haldex ModulT air disc brake as a product offering for trailer applications. Features of the Haldex Air Disc Brake ModulT, according to the company, include: Features a unique combination of low weight and high performance for a broad field of applications. The single-tappet mechanism provides excellent pressure distribution. The result
Bendix offers remanufactured brake shoe
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is offering a remanufactured brake shoe with the same friction and coating specs on its original equipment (OE) brake shoe, as well as an extended, five-year warranty against rust jacking. The warranty matches that which Bendix offers on its OE shoes. To help vehicle operators maintain performance of RSD-equipped vehicles (those
The importance of engine lubrication
Engine lubrication is an important aspect of the overall health of your engines and trucks. Fleets may have questions about their engine oils, such as how application impacts their choice of oil and what they can do to keep the engine oil and filtration system in good shape. We talked with Kevin Adams, director of
Avoiding lighting problems and CSA citations
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) lighting violations or safety concerns often result from intermittent flickering of lights, diodes being out on LED lights, voltage drop on double or triple trailer configurations and non-functioning lights on the trailer. “Just one inoperable lamp can make a law enforcement official suspect that the vehicle, the driver and the fleet
The importance of keeping your axle vents in good condition
Axle vents are something few people ever think about, but they play an important role in keeping the axle in operating condition. Axles generate a lot of heat running down the road. As the axle increases in temperature, the air pressure inside the axle likewise increases. To accommodate the increase in air pressure resulting from
Truck-Lite to offer LED fog, auxiliary driving light kits
Truck-Lite Co. has added SAE-compliant LED fog light kits and an LED auxiliary driving light kit to its Truck-Lite by Rigid product offering. Based on the D-Series from Rigid Industries, the 3 x 3-in. fog lights are designed as plug-and-play replacements for the International ProStar model years 2008-2017; the Volvo VN model years 2008-2017; the
