For exam preparation or other courses at community colleges or private driving schools that culminate with students taking the CDL exam, this preparation manual offers extensive learning aids, vocabulary listings, glossary of terms, and sample quizzes to reinforce the topics presented in the text. Each chapter provides supplemental reading with insights into today's transportation industry and life on the road as a professional driver. This manual follows solid learning principles of repetition...
From lumbering house-shakers on solid tyres to smooth turbo-power in the 1970s, the lorry has come a very long way in a remarkably short time. In the early competition between steam, petrol and electricity, the internal combustion engine had more or less won by the 1920s, after proving itself in the First World War, when all-wheel-drive arrived in quantity and thousands of new drivers were trained. The book traces the developments that created the modern truck in the 1960s and 1970s - tilt cabs,...
Today's Technician (Today's Technician) (Ultimate Series Experience)
by Barry A. Hollembeak and Jack Erjavec
The best-selling book/shop manual package in our landmark Today's Technician series, the third edition of Automotive Electricity and Electronics continues to equip its readers with the most in-depth discussion of basic theory, safety, tools, and major automotive electrical/electronic systems (e.g., charging, starting, ignition, lighting, accessories, instruments, and computers) available anywhere! In response to user feedback, we've added more information about voltage, current, and resistance i...
Freightliner Coronado notebook (Truck Notebooks, #8)
by Notebook Factory
Log-Truck Driver Work Log (Key Work Logs/Work Log)
by Key Work Logs
High-Density Press Laborer Work Log (Key Work Logs/Work Log)
by Key Work Logs
Introduces the tractor trailer, allowing the reader to count its parts using the numbers from one to ten, and its wheels using the numbers to eighteen.
This outstanding new book provides up-to-the-minute coverage of heavy duty trucks, power trains, steering, suspension, brakes, and accessories. Explanations are provided on a system-by-sytem basis and include diagnosis, troubleshooting, and servicing procedures for all types of heavy duty truck systems. Detailed coverage includes electrical systems, transmissions, torque converters and automatic transmissions, drive shafts, heavy-duty axles, steering systems, wheels and tyres, brakes, suspension...
Intended for the commercial enthusiast, this collection of about 140 previously unpublished photographs features 30 different sections, each illustrated by four photographs. Most types of product carried by road are illustrated, and captions accompany the photographs. Organized by subject matter, this book covers parcels carriers, refrigerated transport, timber haulage, quarry products, outsize loads, and vehicle recovery etc.
