As temperatures rise in the summer months, so does the amount of strain placed on your wheel ends. According to industry data, summer-related wheel-end failures increase by up to 30% during peak heat ...

While a truck is the mule that pulls the cart, if your cart is broken, it doesn’t matter how big the carrot is — that mule ain’t moving. A good maintenance program needs to ensure that your trailer is ...

Good preventive maintenance practices will help keep any trailer, much less flatbed units, up and running for longer productive time periods. So East Manufacturing recently put together a list of ...

Greasing wheel bearings can get very messy very quickly, in a very kindergarten kind of way. The trick is to embrace the ooze, because greasing is the fun and easy part. The hard bit comes when ...

Years of reliable service doesn't come without a price. And in the case of our 18-foot Carson flatbed trailer, that price typically rears its ugly head in early spring, just before the busy jeeping ...

What stresses affect tire performance. How to select trailer tires. How to manage heat, load, and wear on tires. Maintenance routines for trailer tires. Advances in tire materials and testing. The ...

In his 47 years as a technician, Tony Morthland remembers a time when preventive maintenance on trailers was only performed at three-month intervals. Later, it extended to four months, and nowadays, ...

The sensors are tiny in wheel-end monitoring systems, but they are powerful. The TraX from Gothenburg, Sweden-based SKF looks different but functions very similarly to ConMet's PreSet Plus SmartHub.

Could a boat, horse or RV trailer just be sitting on the side of your house all winter long and suddenly, when used one weekend of the year, have a wheel come flying off? – Ron The trucking industry ...

Trailer wheel locks are a sight you always dread unless you put them on yourself. They are handy so you can lock up your car, truck, boat, trailer, etc. You know that when you set the wheel boot, no ...