Perching bottle jacks on timber blocks or using loader pallet tines to lift farm machinery ready for wheel removal may have been the standard practice of yesteryear, but today’s heavy tractors and ...

What is a wheel and axle mechanism? A wheel and axle mechanism is a simple device you make when you connect one or more wheels to an axle. They are used to help things move. A wheel is a round, flat ...

One of the facts of life in hauling heavy off-road machinery is the high cost of tearing one down into movable pieces and reassembling it at the user’s site. These efforts can add many thousands of ...

Two key factors determine how fast a properly sized wheel loader can load trucks—the trucks' position relative to loading face, and how well the operator fills the bucket with each pass. Construction ...

Accuride has enhanced its Steel Armor wheel protection with a new epoxy e-coat for improved durability, now standard on all steel wheels. Hendrickson's new Steertek NXT axles offer weight savings and ...

Difficult doorknobs, funnel races, water wheels and pinwheel power! Difficult doorknobs, funnel races, water wheels and pinwheel power! The Curious Crew learns that a wheel and axle consists of a ...

Flick through the marketing bumf for a new four-wheel-drive vehicle and it will generally give little indication as to the type of off-road running gear in place. There are plenty of terms such as ...