Rolling Service Originally designed as a roving bar cart, this tiered chrome-and-glass table (below) makes the rounds. Use it as an end table, a serving cart, a portable nightstand, or a display surface for favorite objects. Its size (less than 20 inches diameter) makes it a good fit almost anywhere. Star-Studded Casters Home-improvement centers stock wheels (casters) in different styles and sizes. Match the wheel size and type to your furniture and the surface it will be rolling on. Also check labels for the number of pounds casters will support. Hard rubber wheels work best on concrete or ceramic tile floors; soft rubber is good for resilient flooring; metal wheels work almost anywhere; and plastic wheels or spherical ball types are best for carpeting. The larger the wheel, the easier it rolls. Stem casters have a shank that slides into a hole in the base of the furniture. Drill the hole to snugly receive the shank, then pound the wheel in place with a rubber mallet. Make sure the spot you''re drilling is thick enough to receive the shank and won''t crack when the caster is pounded in place. Furniture legs can be reinforced with a metal cap to prevent splitting.

2. Automatic slack adjusters (ASA). A self adjusting slack adjuster is a ratchet wrench built into a manual slack adjuster. The ratchet drive rotates slightly during either a brake application or during brake release depending upon the design. When brakes are in proper adjustment, the ratchet decouples. As the lining wears, or as the drum expands, the ratchet drive continue to adjust to combat the additional stroke length.There are two design approaches to brake sensing. One method senses clearance or load sensing and adjusts at the early part of the brake application. The second method senses stroke and adjusts at the end of the brake release stroke. ASAs are mandatory on all new air-brake equipped tractors and trailers in the US.3. Antilock Braking Systems. ABS systems are designed to prevent tractor jackknifing or trailer sluing. Electromagnetic sensors, mounted on wheel ends or inside the axles, sense wheel rotational speed. An electronic control unit (ECU) monitors the information from all the sensors and compares the wheel speeds. As the vehicle decelerates, the ECU senses when any wheel is decelerating too rapidly, indicating that the wheel is approaching lockup. When this happens, the ECU sends a signal to solenoid valves that reduce air pressure in the brake chamber. When the wheel deceleration rate changes, air pressure is restored. The sequence occurs in microseconds. End result is smooth stopping of semi-combination vehicles in a straight line. ABS is now mandated on all new tractors and trailers built in the US.

As negotiations begin, find out the course''s tournament per-player fee. Expect to answer a number of questions: How many people are playing? What day of the week and time of day do you want to hold the event? (Morning rates will always be lower than afternoon rates.) Which format will the tournament use?If you know you will have a full field that day (144 players), ask the course representative how much it would cost to purchase the course for the day or half the day. Many clubs offer a discounted rate, generally anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000, depending on the time of day and the venue''s standard rates. Compare the buyout price to the per-player fee.

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