Service & Repair
Suspension system service: Knowledge is power
Class 7 and 8 truck and trailer combinations are heavy.
A Class 8 commercial truck weighs more than 33,000 lbs. Its Class 7 counterpart weighs in between 26,000 and 33,000 lbs. Combined with a full trailer in tow, on-highway trucking rigs can tip the scales at up to 80,000 ...
Fontaine Fifth Wheel combines rebuild kit
Fontaine Parts Connection says its new Major Rebuild Kit combines six kits into one to streamline the repair process and ...
TMC task force looking at reusable filters
ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) has charged a task force with qualifying questions for the evaluation of cleanable and reusable filtration devices.
An increasing number of fleets and independent operators are looking at reusable or cleanable filters as a way of saving on maintenance costs. Filter outlays can ...
Mitchell 1 offers free online product training
Mitchell 1 has launched a new online Truck Product Training Center offering easily-accessible weekly training sessions for the company’s truck repair information and truck labor estimating products. The free sessions cover product features and include real-world example lookups, followed by Q & A with the Mitchell 1 truck ...
Fleet Engineers VMRS codes now available via website
Fleet Engineers says it has made Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards (VMRS) codes available for its products on the Fleetengineers.com website.
The list is in PDF format.
VMRS was developed to establish a standard coding system for universally tracking equipment, maintenance costs and functions, and provides a vital communication link between ...
NGVi training course piles on the natural gas knowledge
An Ozinga cement truck is fueled with CNG during the NGVi training event June 4, 2013 in Des Plaines, Ill. The training course talked fleet managers and service providers how NG vehicles work and how they need to be maintained.
There is a conventional wisdom that natural gas ...
Freightliner group buys Texas service center
The Around The Clock Freightliner Group, LLC, has acquired the Howe, Texas based Diamond Service Center.
"We continue to expand the ATC Group’s support services in the region," John Miciotto, the President & CEO of the Around The Clock Freightliner Group, says. “With the addition of this location in the Howe/Sherman ...
Tire lifter from Kiene Diesel
Kiene Diesel Accessories has developed a Tire Lifter.
Kiene says the lifting tool allows one person to lift mounted 22.5, 24.5 and 300 lb. super single tires, safely and easily. When not in use, Kiene says the portable tool folds into a compact 49 in. package that can be ...
PacLease creates maintenance telematics device
PacLease has launched the next generation of its PacTrac Fleet Management telematics system.
According to PacLease, the new version now offers fleets improved communication with drivers and more real-time diagnostic data from vehicles, among other features.
To keep fleets connected with their drivers and vehicles, the telematics system features universal ...
Stertil-Koni research IDs 7 steps to safe lifting heavy trucks
Stertil-Koni, the leader in heavy duty vehicle lifts, Monday announced what its research has shown to be seven key steps that should be observed prior to lifting heavy duty work vehicles in commercial maintenance facilities.
In making the announcement, lift industry veteran and Stertil-Koni president, Dr. Jean DellAmore, said, ...
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