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Tips for trucks with AoA.(Brief Article)
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Steering and Turning
* Greater force is needed to turn the steering wheel when the truck is not moving or moving slowly.
* At higher speeds, the truck will under-steer. That means the amount the vehicle turns will be less than what the steering wheel is turned.
* Reduce speed prior to negotiating turns to make steering safer.
Braking
* Allow for greater stopping distances. The extra weight from the AoA means it will take longer to stop the truck.
* Do not park the truck on a grade of more than 30 percent (16.625[degrees]). The parking brake may not hold. ...
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Making the truck fit the job.(Product Update)
Magazine article from: Concrete Construction
; For the concrete contractor, the work truck can be an extension of the office. Some may even argue that the office is an extension of the truck. But, whether it is a shiny clean foreman's truck or the scraped and dented equipment truck, having...
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Hauling a higher tonnage: Komatsu launches 960E-1 ac electric drive mine haul truck; largest truck in lineup with 360 ton payload.(MINING EQUIPMENT)
Magazine article from: Diesel Progress North American Edition
; ...of 0 tons, the 960E-1 ac electric drive truck is the newest and largest introduction...1 expands Komatsu's electric mine haul truck offering to six trucks, ranging from 145...introduced its first ac electric drive mine haul truck in 1996 with the 930E. Today, the 930E...
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Death of driver puts spotlight on safety rules, truck mechanism.(City/Region)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...crushed by the compactor of the garbage truck he was driving, one Sanipac employee said...deadly reminder for drivers to turn off truck engines when completing a routine but potentially...him dead, crushed by the compactor in his truck. The accident has caused Cantrell's son...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Woman injured when car and truck collide head-on.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; ...Route 140 near the Gardner city line. The truck burst into flames as it ran off the road...on the scene of the accident, said the truck was burning out of control. He said he first tried to get to the truck, but the heat of the flames drove him back...
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Truck rolls over at Auburn exit ramp.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; Byline: Craig S. Semon AUBURN - A truck for a Brooklyn luggage manufacturer and...54, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was driving the truck for ATC Luggage Inc. when he took the Route...back seat of a police cruiser until the truck, a Mitsubishi Fuso, was towed out of the...
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Military testing fuel cell hybrid Class 8 truck.(Technology Of Clean air)
Magazine article from: Diesel Progress North American Edition
; ...develop a fuel cell hybrid-electric Class 8 truck. Under the multiphase program, the vehicle...Montemayor, principal engineer on the SwRI truck project. We're finding that many of the systems onboard a Class 8 truck have been designed historically for simplicity...
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Valley special effects studio going on stage for concert.(Media & Technology)(specially built Ford F-150 truck)
Magazine article from: San Fernando Valley Business Journal
; ...responsible for a specially built Ford F-150 truck that will kick-off the concert by transforming from a truck to a music stage, complete with lights, speakers...something like a transformer robot that made the truck turn into a stage and we thought it was crazy...
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Engines, transmissions and axle ratios define a truck.(STREET SMARTS)
Magazine article from: Diesel Progress North American Edition
; A truck is a truck is a truck--or is it?. In the case of Class 7 and 8 trucks, what a truck is depends more than anything on the configuration of the engine, transmission and axles. Class 7 trucks are, for the most part, heavy two-axle straight vehicles...
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Fire chief pushes for tower truck; Spencer's current ladder beyond repair.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; ...SPENCER - The fire department's 1983 ladder truck is no longer certified, and while it can...come to replace it with a $975,000 tower truck paid for by a debt exclusion that would...Chief Parsons said of the current ladder truck. We get 15 structure fires a year, and...
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Bigger and stronger: Liebherr redesigns T 282 haul truck; now includes 3650 hp engine option.(mining equipment)(Liebherr Mining Equipment)
Magazine article from: Diesel Progress North American Edition
; ...Equipment Co. has redesigned its 360 ton T 282 mining truck into what it is calling the largest two axle diesel electric truck in the world. With a 400-ton payload, the new T 282B haul truck has an impressive 3650 hp option which the company said...
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