The emergency and supply lines that stretch between a tractor and trailer offer a colorful reminder that compressed air is the lifeblood of your brake system. The hoses are a respective red and blue, ...

Air brakes have a long history of reliable performance in the medium- and heavy-duty truck markets, yet these systems cannot be ignored without costly consequences. A good inspection process and ...

The Mining Safety and Health Administration offers some pretty sobering statistics and investigations. Take one recent incident, for example. A 50-year-old haul truck operator was fatally injured ...

The Chicago Rawhide Turbo-2000 air dryer is designed for use with turbo-charged air compressors and contains turbo boost even when in the purge cycle. Water on the road is not the only moisture you ...

In 1992, commercial vehicle air brake systems took a tentative step into the future when antilock braking systems were mandated by the federal government. Some truckers had a hard time trusting the ...

VMAC now offers an under-hood air compressor system for Ford’s best-selling Transit vans. The Underhood Lite air system features a two-speed, thermally protected compressor that is installed onto Ford ...

If there’s one thing on commercial vehicles that operations and maintenance professionals need to understand, it’s braking systems. Not getting a truck to start rolling on time will cause delayed ...

When selecting an onboard air compressor, start with the basics. Determine how much pressure (psi) and flow (cfm) is required, then determine the duty cycle. “Ask yourself what you will be doing with ...

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rake manufacturer Haldex said it signed a license and manufacturing agreement with a subsidiary of Chinese manufacturer Asimco Technologies to manufacture a ...

Fleets are quite familiar with the challenges winter weather poses to truck operations, for not only do snow and ice make highways hazardous to navigate, the chemicals used to help remove them from ...