WHY BRAKES FAIL: Brake Imbalance A brake performance problem that probably account for most accidents involving brake failure is brake imbalance, which can be caused by deficiencies that affect some of the brakes in the system but not others. Brake imbalance can also happen by having mismatched brake system components that cause some brakes to work harder than others. Brake […]
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Over the past few days, two major accidents involving trucks occupied the front pages of the mainstream media. Both accidents resulted in substantial fatalities! In both cases too, the mainstream media reported that the trucks’ brakes had failed. In the accident that occurred at Oshodi, a tipper loaded with sand and said to belong to a Pentecostal church was reported […]
Continue reading »Ever had to delay your journey to avoid the heavy concentration of trucks in traffic at a time of the day? Maybe yes or probably no! Today, we demystify this phobia by bringing you a video that teaches how to survive with trucks on the road. Here’s hoping we will pick one or two learning points. Happy viewing!
Continue reading »Asked to make a choice between aggressive and conservative driving technique, which would you rather go for? Save the answer for now as you take some time to go through the short video presentation that we bring to you today. You may let us have your feedback in the comments section after watching the video. Thank you.
Continue reading »Our presentation today is on Truck Safety Inspection or Safe-to-load inspection. Do enjoy the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtbfaO8OGU
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Prevention is better than cure….so says a popular idiom! This idiom couldn’t be truer in the context of the haulage services industry. Cure or Corrective Maintenance, as in the case of waiting for the disaster to hit and then seeking for palliative measures can be very costly, destabilizing, frustrating, time consuming and energy-sapping. Prevention obviously seems to be a better […]
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Picture this: A fully loaded truck left your base somewhere in the Ikorodu axis of Lagos with a cargo scheduled for delivery somewhere in Maiduguri. Three days later just before lunch, you got a call from your Fleet Manager that the Driver lost two tractor tyres in transit…..and wait for this; the tyres were bought new just a day before […]
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