Hunter Highlights Vol. 101

Upstate New York’s harsh winters and abundant snowfall have until recently made brake safety inspection a difficult and inefficient task for the Niagara Frontier Transit Authority. But that all changed when Hunter B400T Heavy-Duty Brake Testers were installed at each of the NFTA’s three municipal bus maintenance facilities. NFTA operates more than 370 city busses, vans and trolley-busses throughout the Buffalo/Niagara Falls metropolitan area. Hunter technology has not only brought NFTA brake testing indoors, but also greatly improved the accuracy and speed of the process. In a 30-second drive-through test the Hunter B400T measures actual brake performance at each wheel, brake balance of all wheels and provides other brake system and vehicle performance data.

Hunter Product Manager Pete Liebetreu (left) Hunter Heavy-Duty Sales Representative John Campbell (center) and NFTA Bus/Rail Equipment Engineer Jeffrey Sweet with brake balance results visible on the B400T console screen.