2021-08-24T07:25:37+00:00
Electric Trucks Are Coming. What Does that Mean for Brakes? If you own an electric car, you probably know that much of the braking is accomplished with regenerative braking, which uses the kinetic energy of the car to regenerate the battery’s charge. This uses an electric drivetrain to both power and slow down a vehicle. …
2021-08-24T06:59:00+00:00
Air disc brakes are steadily increasing in popularity in the heavy-duty industry and due to the high-temperatures, it’s relatively common to see component failures in the air disc brake caliper. Traditionally, most truck-owners try to buy rebuilt calipers or have them rebuilt with rebuild kits which include new seals, tappets, boots, guide pins and other…
2021-08-24T06:54:07+00:00
As many of you have probably noticed, there is a lot of movement in availability and pricing in heavy-duty truck parts and it might not get better for a while…. This article is more specific to brake parts (and more especially brake drums and rotors) because that is what we know, but we think that…
2020-09-20T06:24:18+00:00
There are signs that trucking market continues to perform at a level higher than the overall economy. Perhaps because the shopping that consumers have been doing throughout the COVID-19 crisis has been mostly about products/goods and supplies rather than service and travel-oriented spending, keeping the trucking industry quite busy. This period of volume growth for the…
2020-07-16T06:04:00+00:00
After 3 disappointing months, we can take a small sigh of relief in seeing the volume of North American Class 8 orders increase. In June, the second highest numbers were reached this year. No one can say if this is the beginning of a consistent trend or rebound, but for now it’s positive. Preliminary net orders jumped just…
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