If the heart of a hydraulic system is the pump than the blood would be the oil. That oil needs a home where it can be cleaned and cooled on a constant basis—that’s where hydraulic reservoirs come in.

We continue to see significant change in how PTOs are mounted, including unique transmission specific 10-Bolt mounting apertures from manufacturers as well as apertures on the top, bottom, and rear sections of some transmissions.

With the changing landscape of the work truck industry, innovation in the truck manufacturing process must be present. Customers need trucks and hydraulic components that can keep up with the strenuous work that they do so they can accomplish the…

You can grow new business organically, meaning through existing channel and adding product categories or you can knock on doors to find new business. 

Personally, I like knocking on doors. 

The Muncie Power Products sales team received word on Friday afternoon, March 20, all travel moving forward was to be canceled or postponed until late April. How can an outside sales team be grounded for over six weeks? Six weeks turned into four…

They often say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. As we near the winter months, now is the time to prepare your plow truck for winter operations. 

New York City, one of the largest cities in the United States, has an estimated 1.6 million workers commuting in and out of the city on any given day, according to United States Census Bureau. With that many people needing to the use the roadways,…

When gathering information on a truck, start by identifying the truck manufacturer class and gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR); this information may be found in the truck model number. We can then ask what engine and transmission the chassis will…

If you ever wanted to know how to cross over a power take-off, but don't know how, Muncie Power Products has made it simple. Use our Crossover Tool on our website to easily switch to a Muncie Power PTO. This video will walk you through the process…

A common troubleshooting issue is noise coming from a power take-off (PTO); however, it is not always easy to diagnose. Hopefully these tips will help you narrow down the root cause of PTO noise.

No amount of planning could have prepared us for the events happening in the world today.

If you have vocational trucks in your fleet, or if you upfit vocational trucks, then you need to have a source for items such as PTOs, hydraulic pumps, motors, control valves, filters, oil reservoirs, cylinders, hoses, and connectors

During the changing environment, Learning & Development had to decide how it was going to continue to operate in this new virtual environment. This was and still is difficult, because as many know, we greatly value interaction in a face to face…

A hot, summer morning at the end of July could not deflate the excitement of breaking ground on a new manufacturing facility.

The end of the Great Depression probably doesn’t sound like the best time to start a new business, right? But that’s exactly what Louis Conne did in July 1935.

There is a lot to consider when planning the optimal way to power a vocational truck application, such as cost, available space, system power requirements, among many other variables. While it seems the vast majority of hydraulically powered work…

The F20 is a 10-bolt, clutch shift PTO specifically designed for Ford’s 10R140 10-speed transmission, and is designed to allow a quiet performance.

We recently released new videos that remind us of our roots and feature our people. Our intent was to remind ourselves of why we exist and how we view our relationships as we live out our lives together.

This new, extremely versatile Omni-System™ Plus Controller drives numerous snow and ice applications and comes equipped with a variety of advancements. 

The new Omni-System™ Controller provides the ultimate balance between performance, economy, convenience, and safety while being intuitive and extremely easy to set up and operate.