Tag: axles

Channel 19
Sliding trailer tandems sticking? Pack wheel chocks in the side box (or elsewhere)
Do you carry a set of chocks? Though they haven’t been required equipment for most truckers for years, plenty pullers still carry a set — or a four-by-four or other alternative — for this and other purposes.
July 15, 2019
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Business
Meritor’s axles standard equipment on Wabash trailers
Meritor axles will be standard equipment on Wabash National Corp.’s dry and reefer trailer products, Meritor announced, among other details of a three-year agreement that takes effect at the first of the year.
December 11, 2018
Business
Reid Ribble, come on down… You’re the next contestant on ‘Will I Live to See the Other Side of that Bridge?’
Congressional move to increase truck weight on the national highway system to 91,000 lbs. with a sixth axle — truckers as guinea pigs in safety experiment? …
September 13, 2015
“Remember to have your guinea pigs spayed and neutered!”
Business
Detroit hits production milestones
Detroit Diesel Corp. this week celebrated the production of its one millionth Detroit axle at its Employee Appreciation Day. The annual employee recognition event was held at the company’s headquarters in Redford, Mich. “Our Employee Appreciation Day celebrates the hard work and dedication of our employees, who are the heart of what makes our products […]
June 30, 2014
Equipment
Meritor unveils plan for ‘intelligent’ axle
Meritor says its new 17X Logic Drive system offers signifiant enhancements in fuel economy for trucks in long-haul applications
May 23, 2014
Channel 19
Roundup: I-5 bridge collapse weighing heavy, operators flying the flag
Many of the same issues are in the political foreground today around highway regulation and funding as were being debated in 2007 when the Minneapolis I-35W bridge fell, with sometimes overheated rhetoric.
May 28, 2013
Many of the same issues are in the political foreground today around highway regulation and funding — the use of tolls v. fuel taxes, whether to increase or otherwise further limit truck weight — as in 2007 when the Minneapolis I-35W collapse led a discussion of funding issues I wrote for Truckers News.
Channel 19
PHOTOS: Meritor trailer axle plant
A photo gallery and more, providing a window into the Frankfort, Ky., manufacturing facility where Meritor’s 10 millionth trailer axle was recently produced.
February 9, 2013
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Equipment
Meritor produces 10-millionth trailer axle
At its manufacturing facility in Frankfort, Ky., company representatives and guests gathered to commemorate the milestone and celebrate the company’s long history.
January 31, 2013
10 millionth trailer axle
Overdrive Extra
Meritor demos SMARTandem, expects growth in 6×2 axles
Meritor anticipates the demand for 6×2 packages will increase about 15 percent in the next five years.
December 7, 2012
Meritor offers demo of its SMARTandem at Fletcher, N.C., plant.
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