Dual-flow lube filters
Baldwin Filters has redesigned its dual-flow lube filters used on Cummins, ISM, ISX and Series 600 engines to provide low initial restriction to protect engines during cold startups. The High Velocity Dual-Flow line of lube filters provides improved engine protection during high idle time, harsh operating conditions and extended service intervals, the company says. The new design includes a new, heavy-duty steel baseplate and a new steel retainer welded to the media pack end cap, entrapping a post seal. The patent-pending, stacked element design utilizes a high-efficiency full-flow element with 100 percent synthetic Microglass media and a partial-flow element with cellulose media designed to minimize flow restriction. A venturi-type cone balances the flow between the elements, taking advantage of the positive filtering properties of each, and maximizing filter performance from cold starts to normal operating conditions. Baldwin says the new design departs from the previous serial-flow concept to employ a parallel-flow path that increases capacity by 10 percent and reduces initial flow restriction by 30 percent.

Tipper trailer
J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers’ ClassicLite aluminum tipper trailer weighs 11,940 pounds, allowing waste haulers to maximize payload. The trailer is 48 feet long and has a 115-cubic-yard capacity. It’s built with a combination of high-strength alloys, featuring an offset heavy-duty lightweight fifth wheel assembly manufactured with special steel alloys that have yield strengths of up to 175,000 pounds. It also has a new reinforced front bulkhead design, lighter weight aluminum landing gear, new aluminum sub-frame suspension and high-strength mechanically stretched aluminum sidewalls.

Lowboy trailer
Rogers Ultima Series lowboy trailers are now available in production models of 35-, 50-, 55- and 60-ton capacity. Cambered mainbeams, fabricated with 100,000-psi and 130,000-psi materials, reduce the trailer’s tare weight while maintaining strength and durability. Available accessories include wheel wells, self-adjusting front folding ramps, full center decking and removable swinging side brackets. Users can cost-effectively maximize hauling configurations by using Ultima’s detachable rear frame, interchangeable decks and detachable axles. Rogers No Foot self-lifting gooseneck, which quickly and easily raises or lowers the front of the deck under full load without a ram foot contacting the ground, is standard equipment.

More air dryers
SKF/Chicago Rawhide recently announced the expansion of its air dryer product line to include 31 new products, doubling its prior air dryer product coverage. The additions to the product line include new and remanufactured air dryers, cartridges and service kits to provide coverage for numerous applications. The newly expanded product line includes three additional cartridges, nine additional dryers and 16 additional service kit part numbers. Chicago Rawhide also introduced three new maintenance kits for the AD-2, AD-4 and AD-9 dryers.

The gladhand FedEx uses
A combination swing away/shutoff gladhand has been developed for FedEx by Sloan Transportation Products. This patent-pending gladhand currently is being installed on 2004 FedEx production trailers. The product includes an integral shut-off valve that prevents contaminants from entering the air delivery system. Polyurethane gaskets ensure a positive seal, and the 45-degree angle makes coupling and uncoupling faster and easier, the company says. Sloan engineered this gladhand as a single unit with fewer components, which decreases wear and increases durability. Drivers will no longer need to use a dummy coupler to seal the gladhand.

Quality management book
Thomson Delmar Learning has published Shifting Gears: Applying ISO 9000 Quality Management Principles to Trucking. The manual uses real-world case studies to present quality management principles.

Dry ice monitor
Sensitech’s TempTale 4 Probeless Dry Ice Monitor records, monitors and archives temperature data for dry ice shipments. The device monitors temperature environments as low as -82 degree C and operates without external probes or wiring. High-alarm and low-alarm settings are factory-programmed to trigger single, continuous or cumulative time out-of-range events.