Watch: New technology to decrease a truck’s emissions & better fuel economy
In November 2018, the EPA announced the need to update nitrogen oxide emissions standards in heavy-duty trucks with its Cleaner Trucks Initiative. According to the initiative’s overview found at epa.gov, heavy-duty vehicles are the largest contributor to mobile source emissions of nitrogen oxide, and they are expected to be one of the largest mobile source
Watch: Believe it or not, here are the true truck tire costs of fuel efficiency
Here’s the thing: Tire manufacturers could churn out heavy-duty truck tires that are far more efficient than what’s available today, but you probably wouldn’t want to equip the trucks in your fleet with them. Click here to watch more of FE’s On the Road video series.
Watch: The right axle choices for vocational trucks
Many applications – especially vocational trucks – have modified components based upon the specified intended service, and there’s no exception for axles. Click here to watch more of FE’s On the Road video series. Application is the alpha and the omega of equipment spec’ing. Consider the differences between a flatbed hauling materials to a construction
Watch: OEM or aftermarket scan tools?
The heavy-duty environment is very specialized, which requires fleet managers to be well-versed in the market and the need for a truly specialized tool to perform the repairs to grow the overall revenue of their shops. Fleets generally have two options for scan tools: original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and aftermarket. Click here to watch more
Watch: It’s all about the brakes – the future of trucking safety
Your truck’s brakes are arguably the most important safety system on the truck, and they’ve come a long way in the past 100 years. From how Clessie Cummins came up with the idea of the engine brake to advanced safety systems that employ radar- and camera-based technologies that allow for adaptive cruise control and even
Watch: Stave off winter’s effect on your truck’s wheel ends
Truck drivers have a lot to watch out for when they’re out on the roads in winter so the right wheel-end practices in the shop can help deliver peace of mind when it comes to their brakes. Click here to watch more of FE’s On the Road video series.
Watch: Truck electrification’s ‘messy middle’
2020 was a pivotal year for the emergence of electric trucks onto our roads, but for all the hype, electric trucks aren’t going to meet all application needs. It will take time for a nationwide infrastructure to be built and for battery life to be improved. This leads us to a period of time the
Don’t miss what FE has planned for 2021
So, I think it’s safe to assume that we’re all extremely glad to turn the page on 2020, right? Though a resilient trucking industry managed to power through, this was not a fun year for anybody. Being able to put this year in the rearview mirror and put our hopes in 2021, which brings with
Watch: Do fuel additives in trucking really work?
Fuel additives – the most wonderful topic of the year! You see the advertisements, you see the charts and statistics, but when it comes down to brass tacks, do fuel additives really work? Click here to watch more of FE’s On the Road video series.
Watch: An electric axle trucking carol
Axle innovations keep getting better and better, so there are no “bah humbugs” to be had when it comes to the future of eAxles. Axle manufacturers have been working on eAxle solutions for years, it’s nothing new per se, but as time moves on and electric trucks become more popular, engineering innovation only gets better
Watch: The importance of tire sidewalls – A truck tire Christmas Story
If Santa ever tells you “You’ll blow the tire out, kid,” you tell him that not so long ago, the industry found that by stiffening up the sidewall of an over-the-road tire, the reduction of elasticity or deformation will increase fuel economy. The more elasticity built into a tire, the more energy is consumed as
Watch: Should truck driver-facing cameras die hard?
Driver-facing cameras is one of those topics that is hotly debated, and will probably continue to be debated until darn near the end of time. So today, I’m not trying to convince you of anything, I just want to look at a point/counterpoint argument as to whether or not driver-facing cameras are worth using, and
