This video follows me carrying out brake testing on a truck and trailer setup with all nine axles, preparing a 100ft ...
A viral Carwow test pitted a Hennessey Mammoth 1000 TRX against a Porsche 911 and Nissan Z. While the sports cars stopped shorter, the heavy truck's braking performance was shockingly close. We dive ...
What if you could find out in 10 minutes or less precisely how each and every one of your tractor-trailer's brakes is working? You'd know how much force they're producing to stop the rig, individually ...
It's a moment none of us ever want to be put in-a panic stop. With no warning, you slam on your brakes and hope for the best. For those of you driving big lifted trucks with large wheels and tires, ...
I consider brakes the single most important system on a truck. Yet few drivers or even fleet maintenance personnel have ever had the opportunity to see what brakes can really do. I had such an ...
If you’re reading this, chances are that you change your engine oil religiously, like every six months or 3,000 miles, because that’s what has been ingrained into our car guy/girl souls since before ...
10 Four Truck Repairs is offering 200 free roller brake tests in October and November to mark its 20th anniversary. The initiative promotes heavy vehicle safety and compliance for Australian fleet ...
A recent test is demonstrating how railroads can show yarded trains who’s “the boss” when it comes to the status of air brakes. Brake-Boss™, a digitized air brake train tester, was recently installed ...
As Tesla raced to meet a self-imposed and closely watched deadline for production of its Model 3 electric sedan, the Palo Alto firm stopped putting the cars through a standard auto-industry braking ...