GUIDING AGAINST BRAKE FAILURE Managing Truck, Trailer and Load Control your speed whether fully loaded or empty. Empty, large combination vehicles take longer to stop than fully loaded ones. A truck with a trailer is usually heavier, larger, and requires more driving skill than a truck by itself. Thus, drivers required to tow a trailer need more knowledge and skill […]
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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 […]
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METHODS OF ESTIMATING A MOST OPTIMAL REPLACEMENT CYCLE SIMPLISTIC REPLACEMENT PLAN The simplest replacement program and the one requiring the least amount of analysis is to replace a vehicle after a specific amount of time. It is not rocket science to count up how long the truck has been in service and determine ahead of time what time you simply […]
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
Continue reading »Our feature documentary today focuses on the Automatic transmission system. Do enjoy the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR_BhHxQlzY
Continue reading »Today, we present you a documentary on how the diesel fuel injector works. Better understanding will ordinarily breed better handling. Enjoy watching the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbjDH7fr_J8
Continue reading »EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS Many will say that the success or otherwise of any haulage business has more to do with the quality and specifications of operational assets. They are right! Every asset or vehicle deployed in the execution of haulage business has its peculiarities, uses and suitability for the job at hand. It is therefore important to understand how […]
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FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM With fuelling accounting for 30% (if not more) of the operational cost of most haulage businesses, it will make a lot of sense to state that a policy geared towards reducing fuel consumption or getting better mileage for same volume of fuelling will most assuredly impact positively on haulage operational efficiency and performance. Within the haulage industry […]
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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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