Blogs

• Beating The Blitz - lights

  Posted August 23, 2019

  By Tom Quimby You don’t want to be this guy. His truck sits inside the inspection barn in Sneads, Fla. as a Florida Highway Patrol trooper looks up and sees that three of the marker lights on top of his rear trailer door are not working and one has a broken cove...

• Beating The Blitz - Tires

  Posted August 23, 2019

  While brake issues land more trucks with out of service violations than any other component, tires and wheels are close behind. During last year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) International Roadcheck blitz, 19 percent of the 11,910 vehicles...

• Beating The Blitz - Brakes

  Posted August 23, 2019

  A truck sits and waits on costly roadside service along I-10 at the weigh station in Sneads, Fla. While the tractor is fine, the trailer it’s hauling has enough brake violations, including a leaking air chamber, to place it out of service (OOS) during a Level 1 in...

• Beating The Blitz - Suspension

  Posted August 23, 2019

  Each year during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) International Roadcheck blitz hundreds of trucks are placed out of service (OOS) because of suspension violations. Last year alone, roughly 500 trucks were sidelined with expensive roadside suspension repai...

• Beating The Blitz- Steering

  Posted August 23, 2019

  Obviously, a steering system consists of several moving parts that are up against the day-to-day grind of demanding duty cycles that can include rough roads and extreme temperatures. With that in mind, what are some of the typical points of failure? “Power steeri...