Semi trucks continue to rely on drum brakes as their primary braking system due to their reliability under heavy loads. This ...

If there’s one thing on commercial vehicles that operations and maintenance professionals need to understand, it’s braking systems. Not getting a truck to start rolling on time will cause delayed ...

Modern trucks come equipped with advanced technologies, yet many still rely on drum brakes, a design that has been around for more than a century. Drum brakes remain widely used in the trucking ...

Below, we'll take a look at some recent advancements in drum brake technology and a few EV's that use it, as well as a look ...

So I attended a press conference yesterday to learn that Mack Trucks is now offering Bendix‘s ADB22X air disc brakes the steer and drive axles of its Pinnacle Axle Forward and Axle Back tractor models ...

ConMet, a provider of lightweight component technology for the heavy-duty transport industry, announced a new brake drum family known as CastLite, which is said to provide over 25 ...

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 ...

We take it for granted that our braking distances extend when towing a trailer—especially a heavy one. But does this have to be the case? General Motors aims to challenge that paradigm by making the ...

Excessive brake heating of trucks on downgrades is a cause of continuing concern for the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). Brake failure on downgrades characteristically takes a ...

Most modern cars stopped using drum brakes years ago, adopting disc brakes for their improved performance and heat resistance. Those sound like pretty good reasons, so you'd think they'd be just as ...