Four-wheel drive and diesel engines are two of the most common options ordered in ¾- and 1-ton trucks—but that wasn’t always the case. For decades, American-made pickups relied on two-wheel drive to ...

Freightliner Trucks has announced that factory-installed Meritor front drive axles – which allow for an All Wheel Drive (AWD) option – are now available for immediate delivery on Business Class M2 106 ...

Traction is pretty much doubled between tires and street (or dirt, rocks, mud, snow, and so on) by driving four wheels instead of two. Let’s start with the basics of an American-built pickup we’ve ...

How does four-wheel drive work? A conventional, two-wheel drive car will drive one axle, using a differential to handle the difference in wheel speed when going around bends or driving over surfaces ...

The lowly and often taken-for-granted wheel bearing hasn’t really changed much in design or function since the dawn of the automotive age save the move to incorporate them into wheel hub and bearing ...