One advantage fleets enjoy with air disc brakes is decreased inspection intervals and reduced maintenance costs, with a shorter time required to change out pads ...

When the brakes are applied, circuits send compressed air from the storage tanks to front and rear service chambers that push the brake shoes into the brake drums, thus slowing down the vehicle. Semis ...

At the 2014 World of Concrete exhibition in Las Vegas, Mack Trucks unveiled an air disc brake option for its vocational truck line. Work truck customers looking for superior stopping performance in ...

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Interest in air disc brakes is growing among Class 8 truck buyers, say Kenworth officials. The company recently began offering Dana Spicer ESD225 air disc brakes on T600 and T800 ...

As autonomous technology and electric truck adoption advance, brakes need to change. Autonomous vehicles and battery-electric trucks are no longer figments of engineers’ imaginations. They are poised ...

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 ...

Peterbilt will make front-axle air disc brakes standard across its entire Class 8 truck and tractor line. The announcement capped a highly upbeat press briefing Wednesday, March 30, in which Paccar ...

Kenworth Truck Company said Tuesday that factory-installed Bendix ADB22X front and rear air disc brakes are now available for new Kenworth T370 medium duty conventional trucks. “This new Kenworth ...

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 ...

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