Advanced Oil Filtration Proven to Cut Maintenance Costs

With rising energy costs, installing the “Halex Coil,” which is a magnetic filtration device for your oil filter will save you significant amounts of money on maintenance while extending the life of your equipment.

Your oil filter is doing exactly what it’s designed to do, reach a “satisfactory” level of cleanliness without restricting flow rates. The Halex Coil is designed to enhance the performance of your existing oil filter and is constructed of a rare-earth neodymium magnet, which draws particles that are too small for your oil filter to catch, resulting in cleaner oil.

The Halex Coil easily attaches to outside of your oil filter and performs without changing flow-rate or intruding on internal systems. The device traps 40-90% of iron that would otherwise pass through existing filter medium, and traps 20-60% of nonferrous contaminates, which will improve element efficiency, resulting in fewer service intervals, reducing downtime, emissions, soot, and wear. Built with industrial strength materials, the Halex Coil is available for a 3” filter up to a 7” filter.

THE HALEX COIL HAS A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE AND LIFETIME WARRANTY!

IMAGINE THE SAVINGS ON MAINTENANCE!

GET AN ESTIMATE WITH THE SAVINGS CALCULATOR AT:
http://www.magneticfiltration.com

See the Halex Coil featured in the current issue of Fluid Power Journal:
http://www.fluidpowerjournal.com/FPJND06_HalexFeature.pdf

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Eagle One Tire Detailer Is Faster, Easier Way To Keep Tires Looking Shiny

Will Dress Up To 40 Tires

Finally, a faster, easier way to keep tires shiny without the normal mess. It’s the new and unique one-step Eagle One Tire Detailer.

Tire Detailer, featuring a unique gel formula, achieves a high-gloss, long-lasting shine that lasts up to twice as long as trigger sprays and only takes minutes to apply.

Just squeeze the ergomically-shaped bottle to saturate the foam applicator with the gel and apply directly to the tires - no more spraying and rubbing, no more rags to throw away.

The contoured shape of the Tire Detailer applicator ensures an even application on any size tire with no messy hands or dripping. It will dress up to 40 tires, making it as economical as it is effective.

Product is available at leading automotive retailers. Suggested retail is $6.99.

For further information, visit www.eagleone.com or call 800-432-4531.

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Here’s something you can brag about to your family the next time you get back from Las Vegas.

The city has added two hydrogen fuel buses from Ford Motor to its downtown bus routes. Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman hosted an inaugural launch for the press on Monday.

Las Vegas adds two Ford H2 Ice E-450
buses to its fleet. (Credit: Ford Motor)

The city of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Valley Water District’s Springs Preserve have already been participating in municipal hydrogen pilot programs. The Springs Preserve hydrogen filling station makes its own hydrogen from water and electricity generated by the station’s solar panels.

Now tourists and citizens interested in hydrogen as an alternative fuel source can test out what it’s like to ride in such vehicles themselves. The buses will be part of the City Ride program and offer express rides between the city’s downtown area and the Las Vegas Premium Outlets shopping district.

The Ford E-450 model, referred to as the Ford H2 Ice, is not a hybrid using hydrogen to power fuel cells, but a vehicle with a 6.8-liter V10 engine that has been converted to run on hydrogen fuel. Las Vegas already has some trucks in its city fleet that were combustion engine vehicles converted to run on hydrogen fuel, but these are the first that will be frequented by tourists and average citizens.

The two buses, which are being leased for two years from Ford for $500,000, are being paid for by a U.S. Department of Energy grant that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid helped Nevada to get.

“First, they will encourage people to use public transportation downtown. Second, they rely on clean energy that won’t pollute our air. I am proud to see the city of Las Vegas taking even more steps to reduce Nevada’s reliance on oil,” Reid said in a statement.

Two 500kW diesel engines drive this 28-wheeled truck up mountains as it carries antennae to observe the stars.

That’s all well and good, but to my unscientific, raised-in-the-80’s eye, a bright yellow, 65.5-foot long truck that clocks in at 130 tons and can carry practically its own weight up some of the world’s tallest mountains screams to be remade into a transforming robot and featured in a movie.

A truck driver died early Wednesday when his 18-wheeler overturned on State Highway 14 near Groesbeck, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman said.

Thomas Floyd Hobbs, 59, of Caldwell, was driving north on Highway 14 about 12:30 a.m., when, for unknown reasons, he drove off the right side of the roadway and into a ditch, causing the tractor-trailer to roll, the spokesman said.

The vehicle came to rest upside down, the spokesman said. Hobbs was pronounced dead at the scene.

His body was sent to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy, the spokesman said.

A Wyandanch boy was killed while riding a bicycle he has received as a fifth-grade graduation present. Two other children were critically injured.Dairon Williams, 11, was riding his bicycle on Long Island Avenue in Wyandanch crossing, the street. A Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by a New Jersey man, struck the boy.

In trying to avoid striking the child, the truck driver swerved, but struck a minivan with a Wyandanch family inside. Two children, Melissa Valtrin, 6, and James Lefevre, 5, were critically injured.

Williams died from his injuries. The other two children were treated at the hospital.

New York man found dead in truck parked on N. Lumpkin Road
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a New York man off Victory Drive in Columbus early Wednesday morning. It is the 17th slaying in Columbus this year and the sixth in the last two weeks.

At approximately 2:02 a.m., police responded to the parking lot of 3473 N. Lumpkin Road, where they found John Belfance, 52, of Fonda, N.Y., in an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer dead with a gunshot wound to the left side of the chest.

Belfance was pronounced dead at 2:16 a.m. His body was sent to the crime lab in Atlanta for an autopsy.

Police Lt. Steve Cox said police have no suspects yet.

“We’re following up on some information we have,” he said.

Belfance’s death was the second murder in Columbus in two days, and the sixth in 12 days. The recent spate of killings has many residents in the community frightened for their safety, and police have responded by creating a 19-officer task force to concentrate on high-crime areas.

A police report on the latest slaying said Belfance worked for C.V. Holdings Trucking Co.

An employee with C.V. Holdings said in a phone interview that the New York-based company has manufacturing plants in Auburn, Ala., but that the company would not comment at the time. She declined to give her name.

Damond Wyatt, a crew chief at the Captain D’s near where the truck was found, said truckers sometimes stop in the area to rest and get food.

Big jobs require Big Trucks. That’s probably why Ford’s previous generation of Heavy-duty pickups, the F-250 and F-350, has been such a huge success. Starting with the 1999 model, Ford built the Super Duty models on a chassis significantly different from the F-150’s. FoMoCo took the opportunity to increase nearly every dimension with the change, including a four-inch wheelbase stretch that translated directly into more interior room.

As expected in this class, there are many combinations of engine, drivetrain, cabin size, and bed length as well as special versions for RVs and commercial applications. The regular cab is offered with a long bed; the extended cab has four doors, the aft two hinged at the rear, with a short or long bed; and the SuperCab, with four full-size, front-hinged doors, also is available with either bed. Within those categories are various trim levels: There are too many combinations to list here, but the XL is base–and we do mean base, with vinyl seats and no standard air-conditioning–while XLT is above that and Lariat is at the top. There’s probably a combination of bed, cabin, and door count to fit any need.

Along with the wide range of choices in layout, you get to pick from a variety of engines. A 235-horsepower, 5.4-liter Triton V-8 is standard, with a 275-horsepower 6.8-liter V-10 as an option. The 7.3-liter Power Stroke V-8 turbodiesel makes just 235 horsepower, but has a mammoth 500 pound-feet of torque. For 2000, the 5.4-liter was boosted to 260 horsepower and 350 pound-feet, and in 2001, Ford upped the V-10’s output to 310 horses and 425 pound-feet and the turbodiesel’s to 250 and 505. In 2003, the 7.3-liter Power Stroke’s torque was pumped up again to 525, but by midyear, an all-new 6.0-liter variable-fin turbodiesel arrived, boasting 325 horsepower and 550 pound-feet of torque. Bring on the Sea Ray! Most models could be ordered with a four-speed automatic or a manual–five-speed was standard and six-speed optional until 2002, when the extra ratio was made standard.

Owners have reported a choppy ride, particularly with the 4WD option–which is to be expected in a 3/4- or one-ton truck. There are reports of injection problems on the gasoline engines, notably the idle-air control and EGR valves. Reports also show transmission issues on high-payload diesel versions, so it’s worth carefully checking the service history of any candidate–remember that tow vehicles can lead a hard life, even in a few miles.