Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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N E W 74 commercial carrier journal | april 2016 Heavy-duty belts Gates has added three FleetRunner Micro-V belts to its heavy-duty belt line. FleetRunner belts are designed for tough applications and to provide superior durability, slip resistance, crack resistance, load capacity and belt life. Gates Corp., www.gates.com, 303-744-1911 Drive tire Toyo's M677 four-groove SmartWay-verified drive tire is built to maximize fuel efficiency for regional and long-haul operations. The tire's lower rolling resistance comes from a silica compound that helps reduce energy loss without sacrificing tread life, as well as large tread blocks designed to resist cuts and chips, a wide deep tread and a closed high-ri - gidity shoulder rib that also delivers extended wear life. Also promoting added wear life is the company's proprietary e-balance technology that helps improve retreadability, while a computer-optimized tread design with deep slits between the tread blocks is engineered to provide added traction. The M677 is available in four sizes: 295/75R22.5, 285/75R24.5, 11R22.5 and 11R24.5. Toyo Tire, www.toyotires.com/commercial, 800-442-8696 Redesigned brackets Hogebuilt has redesigned its suspension-spe- cific 304 stainless-steel brackets by using a patent-pending flush-mount technology that allows the triangle arm to be assembled to the base rather than welded, allowing the bracket to be adjusted to the desired angle while helping to reduce installation time and increasing life. The brackets are available for most Peterbilt, Kenworth and Freightliner suspensions. Hogebuilt, www.hogebuilt.com, 615-988-9747 Portable jump-start machine Purkeys' Capacitor Actuated Portable Starter jump-start machine for heavy-duty ve- hicles is powered by an ultra- capacitor built to store more energy than electrolytic capacitors, accept and deliver charge more rapidly and tolerate more charge and discharge cycles. The device is designed to be hand-towed and can be charged with a wall outlet when not in use and recharged only minutes after a jump start to facilitate quicker reuse. Purkeys, www.purkeys.net, 800-219-1269 LED stop, tail, turn and backup lamp Optronics' redesigned Fusion LED combination stop, tail, turn and backup lamp is 25 percent smaller and includes optimized circuitry that hosts both red and white LEDs on a single board. An optical bridge helps project red LED light from the lens' red area to the clear area while braking, allowing the lamps to use fewer diodes and reduce their heat load. Mounting the six-inch lamp requires a 1 / 2 -inch hole for wiring and four mounting holes to accommodate rivets or screws. The low-profile half-inch-thick lamp mounts to the vehicle's surface to help preserve its structural soundness. Optronics International, www.optronicsinc.com, 800-364-5483