What to Consider When Choosing Lift Axles
Photos: Jim Park There are many things to consider when adding liftable or steerable axles to a truck to increase payload capacity. Liftable and self-steering auxiliary axles can help add…
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Plus.ai: Autonomous Trucks Possible in Lower 48 by Year’s End
Photo: Plus.ai Plus.ai has already conducted testing of its autonomous trucks in 17 states and says it will be capable of doing so anywhere in the continental U.S. by year’s…
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How Trucking Fleets Can Escape the Insurance Squeeze
Illustration: HDT/Armie Bautista There’s no simple way to slip the grasp of rising insurance costs — it takes everything from running safely to shopping smartly. Even if a trucking fleet…
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Taking Stock of Cybersecurity with Carrier Logistics’ Kevin Linardic
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Trucking companies can be targets for cyberattacks. Living and working in an online world means being painfully aware that electronic doorways we want sealed can be blown…
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Smart Fleet Strategies to Manage Tolling
Photo: Gettyimages.com/Johnrob The acceleration of the transition to all-electronic tolling confronts fleets with added practical and cost considerations. It could be said, if glibly so, that where trucks roll, tolls climb.…
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How to Rein in Rising Insurance Costs
Insurance is one of those things you may not really think about until your business needs it. That is, unless you’re facing skyrocketing premiums or, worse, shrinking access to coverage…
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Tire Maintenance: It’s Not Just Checking Tire Pressure
This truck demonstrates uneven treads on dual tires. Photo by Les Smart. Have you read articles on tires until you are blue in the face? Perhaps there will be a…
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What You Don’t Know About Your Wheels Can Hurt You
If you don’t use the proper tools, you’ll never know how much – or how little – clamping force you have on the wheels. Photo: Jim Park Wheel installation is…
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Tight, but Not Too Tight With Wheel Bearing Adjustments
Photo: Jim Park Properly adjusted wheel bearings minimize irregular tire wear, reduce the potential for wheel separation, and may help improve fuel economy. Somewhere between the thickness of a human…
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How to Prevent Wheel-End Fires
Getty Images Wheel-end fires often make the news, with dramatic clouds of thick black smoke. Millions of dollars’ worth of equipment and cargo goes up in smoke every year because…
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