Monday, July 22, 2013 at 11:31AM Do you tend to crave more junk food in between meals when you are driving for a long period of time? Sometimes we reach for sugary unhealthy snacks and that are not good for our hearts and not to mention our overall health. Below is an article that provides some viable options that can be satisfying and convenient.
Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 9:08AM There are a number of suits being filed against Pilot Flying J truck stops and things are still looming over the company name. The company is owned by the Cleveland Browns owner, Jimmy Haslam who has agreed to pay the trucking companies that were cheated out of their fuel rebates. However, Jimmy Haslam is denying any wrongdoing.
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Monday, July 15, 2013 at 9:27AM Did you know that the world's largest tractor was actually created by the French in 2005. They named it the Tractomas TR 10x10. The tractor itself had a tare weight of close to 40 tons and a total vehicle weight of 71 tons! Putting the overall weight of the Tractomas TR 10x10 at about 600 tons.
Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 10:49AM Have you ever wondered if those tires on the highway are from retread tires or from new tires? We have and it made us curious to check out what people are saying about the safety of retread tires. Retreads have not been prevalent in the passenger vehicle market, but that is primarily because the price of new tires has ahs shown that there is no significant savings buying retreads.
According to the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau, "Retreads do not come apart any more easily than new tires." Executive Director David Stevens says, “It’s always been a public perception problem." It is obvious the industry needs to do a better job of educating the public on retreads.
Stevens also thinks that the industry needs to do a better job of informing and educating the public. Research commissioned by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration found that the proportion of tire debris from retreads compared with new tires “is similar to the estimated proportion of retread and [new] tires in service. There was no evidence to suggest that the proportion of tire fragments/shreds from retread tires was overrepresented in the debris items collected.” “The evaluation of available crash data shows that vehicle crashes related to truck-tire failure and truck-tire debris are very rare events that account for less than one percent” of traffic accidents.
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