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    Radiators and Condensers

    Thank you. Carmine
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    Radiators and Condensers

    Thank you Scott. It seems though that with the increasing focus on energy efficiency and emissions, a new "wave" of better "fluid & thermal management systems" should soon be mounted on the new (more fuel efficient) heavy duty trucks. I suspect that if that happens, the copy-cat radiators (as...
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    Radiators and Condensers

    Thank you, Scott. Do you in general think that a radiator shop was a "good business"? It looks to me that there is no real differentiation between radiators' providers. As you write, you can source them from China or Mexico and they are just reverse-engineering of original ones. Do you know...
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    Radiators and Condensers

    Thank you. If you don't mind, six years ago did you select the new radiator to be installed or you left it to the shop to select it for you? There was time to "shop around" or just went with whoever had it available in the shortest time-frame?
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    Radiators and Condensers

    Thank you! The one additional question that I am trying to answer is how many times during the lifetime of a truck I should expect a radiator to be replaced. I was reading on some industry reports that every 2/3 years a radiator fails and can be expected to be replaced on a Class 8 truck. But it...
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    Radiators and Condensers

    I am doing a research on radiators and condensers for heavy duty trucks (6,7 and 8). I would be really grateful to learn about how radiators are selected, when need to be replaced. Based only on price? Is there any differentiation between suppliers? Are warranties comparable? How long does a...
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    Learning about Radiators and condensers for heavy duty trucks

    I am doing a research on the radiators and condensers for heavy duty trucks (6,7 and 8). I would be really grateful to learn about how radiators are selected when need to be replaced. Based only on price? Is there any differentiation between suppliers? Are warranties comparable? How long does a...
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