Also aims to bring all-electric drive axles being developed in China to the U.S. soon. ATLANTA. New single and tandem drive axles are on the way from Dana Inc., as well as an updated version of it ...

Mack Trucks introduced the Mack S852, an 85,000-lb. gross axle weight rating of its proprietary tandem drive axles, which is available for order now. Customers can spec it for specialized severe-duty ...

In today's fuel-focused fleets, nothing on a truck is off the table – no matter how deeply ingrained that component, system or technology might be. A good case in point are 6x4 drive axles. These ...

Hart believes so strongly that heavy-duty tandems are better that the company won’t build a trailer with triples. Really.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Drivetrain components supplier Dana Holding Corp. introduced two new drive axles at the Mid-America Trucking show here, a concept dual-range setup that automatically shifts from a ...

Mack Trucks on Monday introduced its S852 tandem drive axles with an 85,000-lb. gross axle weight rating. Roy Horton, Mack Trucks director of product strategy, said customers in Mack’s export markets ...

Dana introduced its new Spicer S172 series single drive axle for Class 7 and 8 vehicles during a press conference at the Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting in Atlanta. According to Dana, ...

Meritor, Tuesday at the North America Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta, detailed enhancements to its 14X HE linehaul tandem drive axle, and added two more drive axles to its high-efficiency line of ...

As long as there have been trucks, the dominant drive axle system has been the Hotchkiss design, best known as the solid or straight axle. From the late-'40s through the mid-'80s, straight-axle ...

This story appears in the Oct. 24 print edition of Transport Topics. To slow the speed of the engine at cruise — called downspeeding, in which every 100 rpm slowed equates to 1% fuel savings — axle ...

For the most part, while their functions are deceptively complex, we're all familiar with a typical car axle. Being the method by which most cars mount their wheels, axles represent one of the most ...