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A new all-in-one vinyl seat repair kit comes with color-matched compounds, tools, and supplies to fix tears, holes, and punctures that kids won't be able to pick.
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The IPA Mobile Tire Pressure Equalizer can accurately read tire pressure and inflate up to five tires at the same time. Company officials say accurate tire pressure can help in achieving the best fuel economy and tread life possible.
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The Tire Comparator provides an easy method of ensuring mated tires are within tolerance.
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Seon Design Inc.’s Explorer DX-HD mobile digital video recorder (DVR) can record at 30 frames per second simultaneously on all 13 channels, according to the company.
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Norgren air intake throttles are designed specifically for heavy-duty diesel engines in commercial vehicles.
Read More →The following questions cover commonly missed issues in school bus maintenance. For the budget-minded director or fleet manager, making sure that technicians get these types of items right the first time is important in keeping costs down.
Read More →Company officials say the program incorporates the latest industry recommended practices and procedures for maintaining commercial truck and bus tires and wheels. Each program will fit a fleet’s specific operations, outsourced tire maintenance and product preferences.
Read More →With the new Indiana State Police web portal, parents and others can easily retrieve up-to-date information from the agency's school bus inspections. The site contains records for more than 30,000 inspections and will automatically update within days after future inspections are conducted.
Read More →Twenty-six school bus mechanics competed for top spots in the Texas Association of School Bus Technicians’ Texas Best Technicians Competition. First place in the inspector division went to Kevin Vollweiler of Frisco Independent School District. Allen Wilcox of Denton Independent School District took first place in the technician division.
Read More →Cleveland-based Repros is a provider of large-format color graphics solutions. VP Lou LaGuardia says that “by acquiring Sun Art, we suddenly become experts in the school bus graphics niche market and acquire a more proficient expertise in the fleet and vehicle market."
Read More →Innovative Products of America’s Tire Comparator (Type II) provides an easy method of ensuring that mated tires are within tolerance, helping to ensure better fuel economy and longer tread life, officials say. To use the tool, fleet professionals can hold it against the tire and slide it across the tread for a pass/fail result.
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