I haven’t had a chance to thank the fine people at Fontaine Fifth Wheel for a visit I and other journalists made to their new facility in Trussville, AL, last week. The trip was wonderful and the ...

Proper fifth wheel maintenance is important to ensure the tractor and trailer stay together. Runaway trailer hits minivan.” That’s what the headline screamed. While the details of why the trailer ...

Fontaine Fifth Wheel has introduced the SmartConnect fifth wheel that confirms it’s locked and notifies fleets of potential maintenance requirements. “Think of it as a fifth wheel with a brain,” said ...

Caterpillar has added SAF-Holland fifth wheels as an option its Class 8 line of trucks. The company’s FW35 models are now available for immediate on-line installation, and is backed by a six-year, 600 ...

SAF-Holland, a global manufacturer of fifth wheels, trailer suspension and axle systems, truck suspensions, landing gear, and coupling products, announced that Navistar has named it as its standard ...

Fifth wheels are responsible for plenty of heavy lifting and pulling in the daily business of trucking, but they’re often an afterthought in the spec’ing process. That big plate with the maw in the ...

SAF-Holland, a manufacturer of fifth wheels, has announced that its Holland FWAL Aluminum Fifth Wheel is now available at all Class 8 OEMs for online installation. SAF Holland says that the FWAL fifth ...

SAF-HOLLAND has been chosen as standard position fifth wheel on International trucks with the company’s FW17 being the standard fifth wheel on International’s new LT Series truck. Manufactured from ...

There are a variety of trailer types on the market today. And their purposes vary greatly, as do the ways they attach to a tow vehicle. In this first part of a two-part series we will cover trailer ...

The rings are used by jet-engine manufacturers such as GE Aircraft Engines, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls Royce’s aerospace division. That is how a man named James Watkins, a Fairview Township resident, ...