Fifth wheel care
The Kenworth Customer Service Center offers a wealth of advice regarding fifth wheel care. First and foremost, think safety when you are inspecting your fifth wheel. There are several things that a driver can do: •Keep the fifth wheel lubricated. •Make sure that it is still connecting properly to the trailer. •Verify that a sliding
Help from a nonprofit
Cascade Sierra Solutions (CSS) is a non-profit organization that works with both public and private partners. It is also a three-year Affiliate Member of the SmartWay Partnership but is somewhat different than most other non-profit SmartWay affiliates, which are “Trade and professional associations; membership; nongovernmental organizations; academic institutions and governmental agencies who educate their constituents
Multiple components can influence truck handling
Change is a constant. Never has this been more obvious than in the increasing diversity of vehicle sizes and the configurations and the service conditions they are expected to endure. The days of a typical trucking fleet composed of just linehaul tractors and smaller delivery trucks are rapidly disappearing. Truck brands, many new to the
Wheel end bearing choices
Manual, pre-adjusted, unitized—what you need to know about wheel ends
Optically engineered LED WhiteLight Hook-Up Lamp from Grote
Grote Industries says it has released the market’s first purpose-built Hook-Up Lamp. Unlike traditional hook-up lamps that often cause a bright spot at the center of the beam pattern with usable light rapidly diminishing as the beam spreads, Grote’s new LED lamp creates a controlled, 250-lumen beam pattern that focuses brighter, more usable LED WhiteLight across the entire work area. The 12-volt (.6-amp) lamp is rated for 50,000 hours of service, emits less heat than incandescent lamps and draws significantly lower amperage than incandescent offerings.
Right stuff
At Food City, a combination of specifications, proactive maintenance and driver programs are adding up to an industry-leading safety record.
Axle length matters
Currently, there is discussion in the industry that has the potential to affect tire selection. Ironically, tires themselves aren’t really the issue. The use of new generation wide single tires, primarily the 55 Series designed for over-the-road use, replacing traditional dual sets, is at the heart of the issue. In order to maintain approximately the
Chrysler fully commits to light-, medium-duty for 2010
Over the past few months, the opportunity to test drive a series of Chrysler vehicles has illustrated first-hand the wide variety of models that the OEM has available for businesses operating fleets of light- and medium-duty equipment. Provided courtesy of the manufacturer, and supplied by Event Solutions International (ESI), a partner of North American Vehicle
Ken-Tool introduces the Nineteen-Five
Ken-Tool, a maker of tire-service tools, has announced the Nineteen-Five, a tire mounting and demounting tool set it said is designed to make changing 19.5-in. truck tires easier and safer.
This specially designed tool set is designed to take the hassle out of changing 19.5-in. truck tires, which are notoriously difficult to mount and demount due to their thick beads and high ply-rating internal construction, Ken-Tool said.
This year, 19.5-in. truck tires have accounted for more than 8% of new OE vehicle fitments and 10% of all OE replacement commercial truck tires sold, the toolmaker noted.
Hunter offers new leverless rim clamp tire changer
Hunter Engineering Co., a maker of alignment systems, wheel and tire service, brake service and inspection lane equipment, introduced its new TCX575 leverless rim clamp tire changer that the company said combines traditional design elements with advanced capabilities to service everything from simple steel wheels to challenging low-profile tires on large-diameter rims.
The TCX575’s automatic swing-arm saves space over tilt-column designs, Hunter explained, adding that with the push of a button, the swing arm locks to preset wheel diameter and width positions to speed service of same-size wheels.