Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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severe service | equipment & news Air and fluid leak detection The TP-8697HD kit from Tracer Products includes the OPTIMAX3000 super-high- intensity blue-LED leak detection flashlight with an inspection range of up to 20 feet. EZ-Ject A/C dye injector with hose and couplers, two EZ-Ject universal A/C dye cartridges with co-solvent-free Fluoro-Lite dye, an 8-ounce bottle of Dye-Lite All-In- One concentrated oil dye, an 8-ounce bottle of Dye-Lite coolant dye and fluorescence- enhancing glasses complete the package. Tracer Products, tracerline.com Ridewell's new 5-inch-diameter disc brake axle is available with Wabco PAN 22 air disc brakes. The axle has a parallel spindle, a hub-piloted 11.25-inch diameter bolt circle and long stud for aluminum wheels. It has an axle beam rating of 23,000 pounds with the 0.59-inch wall and 25,000 pounds with the 0.75-inch wall. Ridewell, ridewellcorp.com Disc brake axle Wireless weight For almost half a decade, Champagne & Marx Excavating has pulled Michigan Specials – double- dump tractor-trailer rigs capable of moving 50 tons of payload – for road prep, foundation digging and other commercial and industrial projects. Excavators use dump doubles rig to fight MS Second-generation Champagne & Marx Excavating President David Marx of Saginaw, Mich., approach- es the fight against multiple sclerosis personally. His daughter, Christine Davis, a company vice president, deals daily with the condition, an auto- immune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord and comes in various forms and severities. Symptoms can range from difficulty speaking to loss of movement. The company recently outfitted the 2012 The Smart Scale system features a wireless handheld receiver to maximize payloads and avoid overweight tickets in field loading appli- cations. The system allows a driver to monitor loading from the cab, loading station or a safe distance from the truck. The system is available for both air-ride and mechanical suspensions. TruckWeight, truckweight.com NEWS IN BRIEF: higher axle ratings, horse- power and torque config- urations for construction, refuse, fire service and emergency applications. Power options include the Cummins ISL9 engine with REPTO func- 46 OVERDRIVE APRIL 2012 Kenworth T800 daycab and double dump trail- ers pictured with a special graphics package that reflects the company's commitment to MS research. "Join the Movement" is splashed on one trailer, the MS logo and "OrangeYaCurious.com" (the address of a Michigan MS info and donation site) on the other. "We've had nothing but wonderful comments about our MS truck and it has driven awareness and donations," says Davis, whose drivers line up to drive the special T800. "But our choice was easy," she says. "Tom Lavrack, who has been with us since 1986… [has] always been behind our MS efforts and always seems to be first to donate to the cause. When we told him we'd like him to drive the MS truck, he asked if he could take it home with him. He wanted to get it all polished up. He's as proud of the truck as we are." tionality, front axles up to 20,000 lb., rears up to 46,000, up to 11 5/8-inch frame rails, the Bendix ESP stability system and Hendrickson, Reyco and Chalmers rear sus- pensions. The Peterbilt 320 is available with traditional as well as alternative- fueled hydraulic hybrid powertrains. Options include Sheppard HD94 and SD110 steering gears and other features. Visit peterbilt.com. Navistar's International MaxxForce engines rank highest in cus- tomer satisfaction in J.D. Power's 2011 U.S. Heavy- Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Study, and perform particularly well in four factors: engine reli- ability and dependability, engine warranty, vibration at idle and average fuel economy. Visit maxxforce.com.