For more than 40 years, Red Dot has been providing custom HVAC units and components for construction, mining, agriculture, forestry, military, commercial freight, and emergency service vehicles. Story angles include operator comfort; cab design; maintenance tips; shop tools; extreme HVAC applications; all-makes parts; and Red Dot’s advanced engineering and test facilities. Media contact: Stephen Petit
Dec 15, 2009 | Categories: Maintenance, Spec'ing One of the biggest challenges for heavy-duty mobile HVAC engineers is how to deal with underhood heat. The engine box on trucks is smaller and more densely packed than it ever has been. Add a hotter-running diesel engine (the result of emission controls) and a smaller grille area, and the thermal environment can get downright nasty.
Aug 10, 2009 | Categories: Spec'ing Suppliers to heavy-duty trucks and off-highway equipment have been vocal in the debate over a replacement for R-134a even before regulations for commercial vehicles have been drafted.
Feb 12, 2009 | Categories: Maintenance, Spec'ing A heater for your truck or heavy equipment is a simple system but poor performance can be hard to diagnose. Here are two troubleshooting tips to put near the beginning of your diagnostic process.
Jan 20, 2009 | Categories: Company News, Products, Spec'ing Red Dot Corp. introduces the Red Dot Precleaner/Filter/Pressurizer with Gideon® Technology, a powered filtration system designed to protect operators from harmful particulates and extend HVAC service intervals on machines with enclosed cabs. Applications include mining, construction, crash/fire/rescue, and other severe-service operations.
Jan 8, 2009 | Categories: Spec'ing When you design air conditioning systems for military vehicles, the objectives that guide a job are similar to those for a piece of construction equipment or a commercial truck in civilian service: effective and reliable, able to fit the space limitations of the cab, and so on. But then there’s the war threat.
Jan 7, 2009 | Categories: Customer Story, Spec'ing Red Dot’s R-6100 A/C unit is ideal for garbage trucks and other vehicle used in waste collection, where uptime, a low profile, and operator comfort are the keys to being productive.
R-6100, garbage, refuse, rooftop A/C, waste Red Dot vice president Gary Hansen helps truck owners make choices that improve the accuracy of temperature control and long life of their HVAC system. Click here to listen.
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