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A Fresh Look - The Modern Bypass Filter

Bypass oil filters have been around the industry for a long time, often used as much for additional oil capacity as for filtration.

But in this era of increasing pressure to reduce labor costs (and to conserve petroleum resources), bypass filters are getting a fresh look.

HEPO Filters offers some background on the evolution of today's bypass filtration products and some thoughts on how this technology can help your maintenance operations.

Go to TruckSavvy.com Home page and read the feature article on Bypass Filters.

What's Your Take - TruckSavvy Polls

Sometimes we would like to know how the TruckSavvy.com Community feels about certain subjects, so we have added a page for polls to TruckSavvy.com.

Take a moment and let us know how you feel about our poll subjects...and check back occasionally to see what the industry thinks.

Go to TruckSavvy.com home page and click on Polls.

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Step By Step - Maintenance Forms Help Ensure Quality PMs

The cornerstone of a good PM program is a clear and concise PM form.

Well thought out procedures and good documentation help you manage a quality PM program and serve as a quality control tool.

Mechanex Division of Snider Tire has developed a series of PM forms that you can use as is, or as a model to help you develop your own PM program.

Go to TruckSavvy.com Quick Clicks! and click on Maintenance Forms to find these printable forms.

Do you have equipment you no longer use, overstocks of parts collecting dust or tools that are surplus to your needs?

Or do you need equipment, tools or parts that are hard to find locally at a reasonable cost.

TruckSavvy.com can be the solution to both of these problems..

The Savvy Pro Auction is an on-line auction service that will advertise your surplus parts, tools, equipment and what have you to the thousands of Truck Professionals who look to TruckSavvy.com each month for the information they need.

Using the SAvvy Pro Auction is Easy:

1. Go to TruckSavvy.com Hom Page and click on Auction in the menu on the left side of the page. 

2. To list or bid on an item, you need to register and log in (using your selected User Name and Password).

3. To list an item for sale, fill out the online listing form (click on sell, at the top of the auction page), then review and upload your listing.

To bid on an item listed, simply follow the directions on the item screen.

For a limited time, you can list your items for no charge and only pay a small auction fee when your auction is completed.

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• '98 Freightliner and '96 Kenworth Conventionals

• '91 Model Flxible Bus

• A Selection of Monroe Heavy Duty Shock Absorbers

• 1949 Allis Chalmers Model B Tractor

• And more...

Turn your unwanted parts, tools and equipment to cash with the Savvy Pro Auction.  Go to www.TruckSavvy.com and click on Auction.

Savvy Pro Cool Stuff - New Products Techniques and Ideas

Taking Brake Safety to the Next Level - MGM e•S3™ Next Generation Brake Stroke Indicator

The next generation of MGM Brakes e•STROKE® System technology, e•S3™, provides quick, accurate brake stroke status reading for any air-braked vehicle with exposed push rod brake chambers.  The new system has more capabilities for collecting and disseminating the information and which now includes brake lining wear.

As with previous systems, a dash mounted “warning light” notifies the operator a fault has occurred and e•S3™ System faults can be displayed, via J-1939, on the vehicle’s instrument cluster or on the system’s e•DT , which can be mounted in the cab where the operator can see the fault clearly displayed.

The e•DT can also serve as a hand-held diagnostic tool that can be connected to the vehicle diagnostic port to view all the data stored in the CCM: (up to 126 incidences of each fault, per wheel).  The stored data can also be downloaded, via a diagnostic port, to a laptop computer, where it can be analyzed in detail, enhancing the system’s usefulness as a prognostic and/or diagnostic tool. Now, because e•S3™ tracks brake
application pressure with every actuation, over-stroke faults can be analyzed in terms of brake pressure applied; an intermittent dragging brake can be identified and addressed before it becomes a more serious and costly problem.

e•S3™ is compatible with most lining wear sensors so lining wear issues can be identified, thus reducing component wear while prolonging the intervals between relining.

To learn more about e•S3™ and the entire MGM Brakes e•STROKE® System, click on Cool Stuff on TruckSavvy.com home page and then click on the MGM Brakes graphic.

Productivity, Efficiency and Safety - Stertil Koni Expands Lift Offerings

 Stertil-Koni USA, Inc. has announced the acquisition of two companies to expand their product line and provide superior support to North American heavy duty lift customers.

Stertil Koni's parent company, Stertil B.V., acquired ALM Corporation based in Streator, Illinois.   ALM is a 23 year old manufacturer of vehicle lifts noted for quality manufacturing.   ALM's acquisition will facilitate Stertil-Koni's goal of manufacturing in the United States and providing global outreach for the full range of Stertil Koni's product offering.

Also, Stertil BV has acquired the assets of Fleet America Service Technology, a Maryland corporation responsible for the development and fabrication of the ECOLIFT, an innovative shallow pit designed heavy-duty inground scissor lift.  This patent-pending multi-scissor lift offers the optimum in axle based vehicle lifting. 

Click on Stertil-Koni at TruckSavvy.com Cool Stuff to learn more about the productivity, safety and efficiency benefits available from Stertil-Koni USA, Inc.

Got Spills? - Clean Up Easy as 1, 2, 3 with QuiKleen™ Spill Kits

QuiKleen™ Absorbents are a fast and easy clean up solution for liquid spills in the shop, office or on the road.

QuiKleen™ Absorbent is environmentally safe, fast and effective and comes in a variety of packages, including complete spill kits designed to be stored in your vehicles.

QuiKleen™ granules abosrb more liquid, more quickly than traditional clean up products and it's reusable.

To learn more and order a free sample of QuiKleen™ Absorbents, go to Savvy Pro Cool Stuff and click on QuiKleen™ (Note:  you can order QuiKleen™ products on line at TruckSavvy.com Fleet Commerce).

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Savvy Pro Training - Everybody Talks About It...

Training is a lot like the weather, everyone talks about it, but...

Well we're doing something about it.  TruckSavvy.com Online Training provides links to training resources on the internet.  From manufacturer supplied material to Training Services, we will keep you informed of new developments in training help.

We've changed the layout of our Online Training page to make it easier to use.  Let us know what you think of the new format and if you come across a training resource you would like to pass on to others, let us know.

Welding 101 - Hobart Welder Training

Need some refresher materials for welding training, or want to design a course for beginner welders?  Hobart provides some excellent resource materials, ready for printing or viewing on line at their web site. 

There are also links for ordering operating manuals for Hobart Welders and some handy welder safety guides.

Click on Online Training on our home page and click on Hobart Welders (Welding 101) under the "Other Sources" heading to use these excellent materials.

Let's Move On To... - More Welding Training

Additional welding training videos are available at Tonyswelding.com.

Produced by a welding instructor, the series of videos covers ARC Welding, MIG Welding, TIG Welding, Oxy-Acetylene & Welding Fabrication. and can be used for basic welding classes as well as a refresher for experienced welders.

To take advantage of these outstanding training tools, go to TruckSavvy.com Online Training and click on Welding Videos under the "Training Video List" heading.

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