The emergency and supply lines that stretch between a tractor and trailer offer a colorful reminder that compressed air is the lifeblood of your brake system. The hoses are a respective red and blue, ...

Fleetwood Resource Management (FRM) introduced its Air Brake Cooling(ABC) System, a fade-resistant system which, according to the company, “virtually eliminates” one of the biggest problems facing ...

In countless ways, this hurricane season’s extensive and severe flooding has been devastating for people and property. With truck drivers and the trucking industry so vital to the recovery and ...

If you have ever pulled a heavy load to the top of a mountain, then you know what it's like trying to maintain control of your speed while going downhill. The weight pushes your rig faster and faster ...

Phillips Industries has introduced the Air-Defense System trailer brake in-line filtration system designed to trap debris before entering air lines or brake components. The Air-Defense System features ...

The electronically controlled braking system (EBS or ECBS), also called electro-pneumatic braking or brake-by-wire, has been waiting in the wings for several years. It’s still back there but, ...

It’s impossible to fix something without understanding how it’s supposed to work. Brake system repair decisions can be difficult to make, and costly to execute, without a basic understanding of system ...

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 ...

A train running beyond 1 kilometer from the head to the tail runs over the rails laid out on a vast ground, the "air brake" used in such American freight trains is being modernized at once is. Newly ...

CarriersEdge has released a new series of online courses on air brakes, expanding its library with content based on Techni-Com’s Practical Air Brakes program with content provided by the Commercial ...

One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...