Hopefully last month's look at the stone basics of tires helped shed some light on the four things you may abuse the most on your truck. This month we turn our attention to wheels, rims, hoops, ...
A quick glance at a truck or trailer wheel doesn’t exactly trigger thoughts of high technology. With the exception of different surface treatments, they look much like their counterparts that have ...
Back in 1984, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a regulation requiring that truck wheels be stripped of rust and debris before mounting a tire. Easier said than done, the ...
Roughly three million semi-tractors make up a significant portion of America’s logistics backbone. When you’re working, sleeping, or playing, truckers from sea to shining sea are driving to keep ...
Let’s not kid ourselves: Most Americans treat their pickup trucks more like fashion accessories than they do work vehicles. As such, trucks need to have wheels that look the part, and neither ...
Who wants bling when they’re hub-deep in mud or snow? Yeah, you might like pretty shinny stuff, but chrome don’t get you home. When the doo-doo is deep you want parts you can depend on, and that holds ...
Bearing failures are less common than fastener-related separations, 26% compared to 65%, say several investigative reports on wheel separations. The causes of wheel separation are well known. They ...
We've often said that tires and wheels make the 4x4 truck or SUV. This is true both in terms of looks as well as performance on-road and off-road. Our 2020Four Wheelerand Pickup Truck of the Year (OTY ...