Lufthansa Technik is warning of an imminent shortage of landing-gear legs from 2010 as manufacturers struggle to secure enough high-grade steel to meet demand. Karsten Stein, director sales and ...

There is probably no better workout in trucking than manually hoisting a loaded trailer that is resting a foot below the frame of the tractor assigned to pull it. But it’s hard to appreciate the ...

Landing gear can make a driver’s job that much easier at the beginning and end of a haul, depending on how well the components are protected and how well they work together to take some of the effort ...

It’s a good idea to pressure-wash the chassis and landing legs frequently in winter. SAF-Holland recommends an anhydrous calcium extreme pressure grease for the job – the low-temperature grade rated ...

This Tech Tip is the second in a series to be issued by SAF-Holland. The following steps are recommended by SAF-Holland for lubricating your landing gear. We recommend that you follow your specific ...

Ireland-based Prime Transport Solutions (PTS) will be offering its pneumatic landing gear, PTS50, in the U.S., following a successful launch in Europe. “We are on the receiving end of requests from ...

Holland’s Atlas FastGear landing gear is engineered to provide a speed of 1.8 turns per inch of travel in high gear for faster cranks to the ground. Two models are offered: Atlas FastGear, weighing ...

“Landing gears are made retractable in all modern high-speed airplanes. The drag of fixed ‘under-carriages’ used in old-type, and still in small and slow airplanes, is avoided in this manner.” Thus ...