Timesaving truck maintenance tips.

Construction Equipment, November, 1997 by Sturgess, Steve

Tips to keep trucks out of the shop and on the road, or get you home if you have a problem Sifted from the accumulated wisdom of truck fleet maintenance personnel around the nation, here are 34 maintenance tips that range from time-saving suggestions to life-saving advice. In the following, we cover the truck by its major systems, zeroing in with ideas that can keep a truck running or, if all else fails, allow it to limp home.

They could even potentially save a life - if the alternative is a truck stranded at the side of the road in sub-zero temperatures with no way to start the engine. Also included are some suggestions for the shop technician, in some cases warning of potentially lethal conditions when servicing trucking equipment. These tips can act...