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ies with limited time lost driving back with an empty tank. The balance of the company's oil
delivery trucks are single rear-axle chassis International 4400 models, with smaller capacity tanks; they are used in the zones that are less dense with customers, and farther from the depot.
The shorter chassis of the higher-capac-
ity trucks enables them to go anywhere their six-wheeled counterparts can go, Papenfuss said, but the larger load capacity and shorter wheel base results in somewhat more tire wear, or "scrubbing." Papenfuss works with Commercial Tire & Recapping
Co., Norwalk, Conn., to manage the tires. The larger load also forces suspension components to work harder, so those parts need to be monitored more closely, Papenfuss observed. As the one and only mechanic looking after ten fuel oil trucks, 15 or so service
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The tank trucks are equipped with
Onspot automatic tire chain systems. The devices, mounted to the vehicles' suspen- sion systems, are activated as needed by the driver flipping a switch in the cab. The Onspot devices lower from the suspen- sion to spin out lengths of chain that pass between the tires and the road surface to bite into ice and snow for enhanced traction, according to information on the supplier's website. When the driver no longer wants to use the automatic chains, he flips the switch and the devices retract.
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