2/26/21

What To Keep In Your Truck or Car


Mickey shares his Truck EDC setup. Includes a medical kit from D-Dey Response Group, security best, battery jumper, proper vehicle jack, outdoor boots, snacks and much more... F150 Truck Cover by Diamondback.

by: Carry Trainer




2/23/21

Keeping Your Car (and Truck) Sensors Clean | Consumer Reports


Today's cars come with cutting edge technology designed to help keep you safe. Consumer Reports' expert explains how these revolutionary innovations can stop working with one simple thing: dirt.

2/20/21

Kenworth Trucks Factory - How american trucks are made


Kenworth Trucks Factory - How American trucks are made Today, Kenworth trucks are built at assembly plants in Renton, Wash., Chillicothe, Ohio, and Ste. Therese, Quebec, and are available with PACCAR MX-13 engines assembled at the PACCAR Engine Company plant in Columbus, Miss.

2/17/21

How to back up an RV / Trailer "tail swing


The most common piece of advice that is given to new RV owners is to go out to a parking lot and practice backing up around cones. That is good and all but HOW should you setup the cones??? The maneuvers in this video are setup to teach control of the trailer, and build confidence in the driver. The best drivers are confident and relaxed. This link shows diagrams of how to setup each maneuver. Yes these are the same backing maneuvers used to test CDL drivers. If new truck drivers can parallel park a semi truck, YOU can parallel park an RV. http://bigrigcareer.com/cdl-skills-te...

2/14/21

Top 5 Work Truck Safety & Security Trends


With a pulse on the customer needs and innovation in the work truck sector, James Muiter, Product Line Manager at Reading Truck Group, shares his top five industry trends on safety and security.

  1. Operator safety. Employers are carefully considering how to keep their operators injury-free, so avoiding accidents around the truck is just as important as on the road.  Proactive measures on a work truck can include installing safety steps and grips so that the operator can maintain “three points of contact” at all times when entering and exiting the vehicle.  At Reading, we’ve begun to see these concerns migrate from the very largest fleet operators and governments, into corporations and vocational fleet buyers.
  2. Visibility. Keeping the truck and its surroundings well-lit and visible helps protect workers from accidents on the side of the road and keeps crews productive when they’re working after sundown, especially in the winter months.
  3. 360° coverage. Chassis OEMs are bringing safety innovations like 360° cameras, and accident-avoidance technologies like collision warning, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control and blindspot monitoring, which used to be only on luxury cars, into the commercial truck segment.  For example, every Ford Transit is now shipping with lane-departure warning and forward-collision warning camera systems.
  4. Securing tools and gear. A typical work truck now provides at least two layers of ‘locking’ protection.  Compartment doors will use power locks or three-point locking for additional points of contact and pry-proofing.  And these measures can be augmented with a “bar lock” or master locking feature, where a single padlock can secure all of the compartment doors to keep tools and equipment safe.  Additionally, Reading’s remote keyless entry locking system, called Latch-Matic, can now be integrated with the power locks on the chassis.  A driver can now lock and unlock both the body and chassis with a single key-fob.  Using just the chassis fob, for example on a Ford Super Duty or Ford Transit, gives our customers the convenience they have been asking for.  
  5. Ergonomics. For better ergonomics, handles and steps are no longer considered a special add-in, they’re becoming a standard offering across the board.  As an example, fixed steps that don’t have to be manually unfolded by the operator will help meet evolving safety requirements and might even lower insurance costs.

By James Muiter, Product Line Manager, Reading Truck Group as published in Fordpros magazine




2/10/21

Peterbilt's New Model 579 Walk-Around


In this video, Jacob White, Director of Product Marketing, highlights the features, advantages and benefits of the New Model 579. Features covered include exterior design and aero features as well as the interior of the cab and sleeper, including the digital display. This is the official YouTube Channel of Peterbilt Motors Company, a division of PACCAR Inc. Visit us at www.peterbilt.com.

2/07/21

Isuzu Truck Factory - Production


Isuzu Truck Factory - Production Light and Medium Duty Trucks Production facilities and manufacturing truck plants are in South Africa, Kairouan (Tunisie), Sri City, Andhra Pradesh (India), U.S. plant in Janesville, and in UK. 0:00 Frame and chassis assembly 3:05 Cab Welding 3:37 Paint 3:53 Assembly Cab 5:05 Instalation Cab 5:24 Final Assembly 5:52 Testing https://www.youtube.com/c/LikeMoto

2/02/21

Need a Lift? Big or Small - A&T Road Service Gets You There!

Ever wonder how a Big Truck Breakdown gets to the Garage?


This is How!


When Trailer Tractors Break Down and Need a Tow, A & T Road Service has the equipment to get you there! A & T Road Service, the "Ambulance Service for Trucks."

Learn more at: https://www.truckmobilerepair.com/