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One Broken Support Can Hold Up an Entire Shipment A semi-trailer parked at a loading dock or truck yard relies on its landing gear to support the front end. When…

When Neutral Ground Is Hard to Find Your car will not start, so getting it moved seems like the obvious next step. Then you try the shifter and discover that…

Putting the Recovery in Gear A semi crash can turn a normal highway trip into a complicated roadside situation within seconds. Traffic may continue moving around the truck while the…

Treading Carefully A driver hits a chunk of recap on the highway. The steer tire shredded, took out the brake line, and bent the fender back into the wheel well.…

A Breakdown in More Ways Than One A loaded box truck loses power near Oakdale with two deliveries still on the schedule. The driver pulls over, calls dispatch, and starts…

Heavy Thinking Before Heavy Moving A bulldozer does not care that the shortest route is under construction. Neither does a loaded dump truck with a bad axle. Around here, I-35W heavy…

Parked and Powerless There's a particular kind of quiet to a parking garage at the end of a long day. Footsteps echo, fluorescent lights hum overhead. And most drivers assume…

When Parked Doesn't Mean Preserved A car sitting in a driveway or garage is exposed to time the same way a car on the road is exposed to miles. The…

The Curve, the Load, and the Lean We spend a lot of time around big rigs, and we run Hwy 52 semi towing calls, so we think about rollovers in…

Wipe the Slate Clean Every January, we say it’s time for a clean start. For us, that includes our vehicles. Winter grime, holiday clutter, and daily wear sneak up fast.…