TB Trailer Axle Payback Analysis Available from Meritor
18 March 1998
TB Trailer Axle Payback Analysis Available from Meritor
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 17 -- Meritor Automotive, Inc.
announces the availability of an electronic worksheet which
performs a cost comparison of Meritor's TB trailer axle with unitized hubs to
a standard trailer axle with conventional wheel ends.
"This PC-based tool allows our fleet customers to see, first-hand, how our
TB trailer axle can save them money in the long run," said Guy Vachon, trailer
axle product manager for Meritor's Worldwide Trailer Products business. "The
worksheet provides a fleet with a custom report based on their own average
maintenance costs."
The easy-to-use worksheet automatically calculates the TB axle payback
when a fleet enters their average seal and bearing routine maintenance costs,
average in-service seal failure repairs and lost equipment productivity costs
over a five-year period.
Each of Meritor's district sales managers are equipped with the payback
worksheet on their laptop computers to perform custom on-site calculations for
fleet customers. The interactive worksheet can also be accessed from
Meritor's worldwide website at http://www.meritorauto.com -- under the Trailer
Products section. In addition, a 3.25" diskette containing a Microsoft Excel
file of the worksheet can be obtained by ordering SP-9864 from Meritor
Automotive, Literature Distribution Center, 35000 Industrial Road, Livonia,
Mich. 48150, or by calling Meritor at 800-535-5560.
Meritor, with 1997 sales of $3.3 billion, is a global supplier of a broad
range of components and systems for commercial, specialty and light vehicles.
Meritor consists of two businesses: Heavy Vehicle Systems, a leading supplier
of drivetrain systems and components for medium- and heavy-duty trucks,
trailers and off-highway equipment and specialty vehicles including military,
bus and coach, and fire and rescue; and Light Vehicle Systems, a major
supplier of roof, door, access control and seat adjusting systems, electric
motors, suspension systems and wheels for passenger cars, light trucks and
sport utility vehicles.
Meritor World Wide Web Site Address: http://www.meritorauto.com
SOURCE Meritor Automotive, Inc.