Hendrickson Archives - Fleet Equipment Magazine
When should you adjust slack adjusters?

Essential maintenance tips for heavy-duty truck slack adjusters in truck safety to ensure optimal brake performance.

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Don’t slack when it comes to heavy-duty truck slack adjuster inspection

The crucial role of slack adjusters in truck safety, understanding legal limits, and the innovative features offered by Motor Wheel

Hendrickson Primaax EX suspension now available on Peterbilt trucks

The Primaax EX platform is designed for vocational, severe service and heavy-haul applications.

Managing wheel-end PMs to reduce unforeseen service events

Trailer service pop quiz: Do you consider inspections “maintenance”? Answer: Maybe you should, according to Greg Dvorchak, Engineering Supervisor – Brake and Wheel-End Division, Hendrickson. “Inspection is maintenance,” says Dvorchak. From his perspective, service needs and preventive maintenance are two different things. Preventive maintenance is done to extend intervals between service or avoid unplanned wheel-end

Avoiding wheel end maintenance complications

Here are the unintended component service consequences that come from fixing related equipment.

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Hendrickson, Freightliner Trucks partner to launch Haulmaax EX truck suspension system

The Haulmaax EX suspension is designed to offer flexibility for trucks that operate in both on- and off-highway conditions.

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Motor Wheel rebrands Crewson automatic brake adjusters

Motor Wheel, a brand of Hendrickson, proudly announces the rebranding of its Crewson automatic brake adjuster product line under the Motor Wheel name. This change will be seamless to customers but aligns the brake adjuster products with the excellent reputation that the industry has come to expect from Motor Wheel and Hendrickson. Along with the

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Hendrickson partners with Tadano to produce Airtek NXT, Roadmaax products

The Airtek NXT front air suspension and dual steer axle system, along with the Roadmaax high capacity rear air suspension systems, are included as part of the chassis enhancements.

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Three heavy-duty trucking aftermarket trends and what they means to you

Hendrickson aftermarket support helps keep fleets rolling productively.

How the heavy-duty trucking aftermarket meets demands

Talking through the latest parts and technology trends impacting the aftermarket.

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Less weight, more strength: How composite spring suspensions apply both benefits

Stronger. Lighter. It’s the dichotomy that nearly all fleets chase when it comes to spec’ing new equipment. This lean, mean spec’ing strategy can boost efficiency and provide equipment longevity. When you think about suspensions for demanding applications, tried-and-true steel spring suspensions spring to mind. (Pun intended.) But what if there was another way–a suspension that

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Talking light weight suspension spec for electric trucks

The very nature of electric trucks being simpler, from a component POV, compared with their diesel brethren means that we tend to gloss over the equipment nuances. While the commercial vehicle segment is still wrapping its arms around electric truck applications, so too are we starting to understand the spec’ing strategies that come with an

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