TAMPA, FL. Textar T3070 is the first air disc brake pad specifically designed to work in tractor-trailer combinations that mix disc and drum brakes, according to TMD Friction Inc. Announced at the ...

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 ...

Meritor gave equipment editor Jim Park the rare opportunity to put brake configurations to the test. TORONTO, Ont. — I consider brakes the single most important system on a truck, yet few drivers or ...

Shock absorbers have been around in one form or another since the early 1900s, but those drivers wouldn’t recognize the sophisticated dampers used on street or off-road vehicles today. A shock ...