Freightliner Trucks announced that factory-installed Meritor front drive axles, which allow for an all-wheel drive (AWD) option, are now provided for immediate delivery on Business Class M2 106 and ...

According to Kenworth, its T370 models can now be spec’d with Fabco FSD-18A and FSD-20A front drive axles paired with an all-new Fabco TC-548 transfer case for exceptional durability. The two front ...

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 ...

Freightliner Trucks has announced that factory-installed Meritor front drive axles, which allow for All Wheel Drive (AWD), are now optionally available on its Business Class M2 106 and 106V models.

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 ...

Poclain's Sterling demonstrator has its tag axle fully extended so the drive axle is off the ground and its wheels are spinning and spewing dust. Yet the truck moves ahead under power from the ...

A drive axle is essentially a half axle, so named because it does half of the job, extending from a transaxle or differential to one of the wheels. Its twin on the other side completes the set.