In choosing brake systems for a commercial fleet, there’s no wrong answer whether air disc brakes are a right fit versus drum brakes. There are plenty of advantages for both; drum brakes are ...

Adoption of air disc brakes for trailers is slowly trending upward as some fleets look beyond the tractor to improve stopping power and enhance safety, industry experts said. Meanwhile, manufacturers ...

Adoption rates for air disc brakes (ADB) have climbed more than 100 percent in the last five years and show no signs of slowing down with penetration reaching 10 percent in 2013 and expected to close ...

Back in 2012, Wylie Wilson, owner of Wylie Wilson Trucking in Red Wing, Minnesota, thought he’d give air disc brakes a try on some new trucks, just to see how things went. “We were running all drum ...

LOUISVILLE, KY. Peterbilt Motors Co. announced it is making air disc brakes standard on all its Class 8 truck models. Noting the new federal stopping-distance rules going into effect this summer, Bill ...

XTRA Lease, a national over-the-road trailer equipment rental and leasing supplier, is installing air disc brakes on more than 6,000 of its dry van and reefers purchased in 2018. XTRA Lease is using ...

Many of the larger vehicles on our roads have one intriguing thing in common: They can make sudden, loud, gas-escaping hissing noises. These noises, admittedly, have made this writer jump — on more ...

At the 2014 World of Concrete exhibition in Las Vegas, Mack Trucks unveiled an air disc brake option for its vocational truck line. Work truck customers looking for superior stopping performance in ...

Kenworth has announced it will make Bendix ADB22X front air disc brakes standard on its Class 8 tractors and trucks. The Bendix ADB22X air disc brakes have a two-pin floating caliper design that ...

Air brake systems are made up of many separate parts, all of which must be in good condition to provide reliable operation. Inspections catch problems early. In addition to visual driver inspections, ...

Our first tango with disc brakes back in the 1980s didn't go well. What's the euphemism? Ahead of the market. Materials weren't up to the challenge, they were difficult to package, and were generally ...