Home » Fleet Equipment » Components

PAN 22 provided
on three suspensions

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has announced the availability of its patented single piston PAN 22 Series air disc brake on three Meritor trailer suspensions: the new Meritor Trailing Arm air suspension 23,000-lb unit...

Eaton brochures outline
UltraShift PLUS benefits

Eaton Corporation has published two new color brochures that outline the features and benefits of the company’s new lineup of UltraShift PLUS heavy-duty automated transmissions....

Tire Safety Week reminds
industry: Wheel neglect
consequences can be fatal

Even though the driver in a nearby vehicle is a crash dummy, the point from a training video is clear: truck-tire wheel-off events on the nation’s highways can be catastrophic....

Eaton transmission logs
more than two million
miles without repairs

Jackie Tennant, 62, has been an owner-operator for 35 years and accumulated some four million miles of road service....

Carrier Transicold AeroFlex
fairings boost efficiency

AeroFlex fairings, which have demonstrated up to a 7.5% improved fuel economy for tractor-trailer rigs, are available from Carrier Transicold’s North American dealer network....

ArvinMeritor invests
in Brazilian operation

ArvinMeritor Inc will invest about $10 million to build a new axle manufacturing operation in Resende, Brazil, to support MAN’s production of trucks and buses in the region...

BBTS raises prices
on its products

Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, has increased prices on its Firestone, Dayton, and Bandag brand products up to 6%...

Prime Inc reports reduction
in lane-departure-related
accidents with Iteris system

Iteris Inc and Prime Inc, a refrigerated, flatbed, and tanker truck fleet based in Springfield MO, announced that after carefully tracking the effectiveness of Iteris' AutoVue Lane Departure Warning (LDW) system over the past four years...

Prime Lube, Kruse Group
establish partnership
to provide BlueSky DEF

Prime Lube Inc has secured a partnership with Germany’s Kruse Group to become the first Mid-Atlantic manufacturer of BlueSky diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) for distribution across 12 states, the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces....

TMC expands practice
for comparing performance
of aftermarket brake linings

The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American Trucking Associations has expanded an industry practice designed to help equipment owners compare the performance of aftermarket brake linings...