Diesel and Heavy Truck
Toolkit’s Diesel and Heavy Truck Training Systems give students real-world access to the technologies and systems found in their future careers/industries, along with practical and realistic training activities and exercises. Toolkit is proud to prepare the next generation of Heavy Truck and Diesel technicians and mechanics for successful careers.
Job Outlook
Careers in diesel and heavy truck fields have been growing steadily and are forecasted to continuing growing in demand through 2030. Diesel service technicians and mechanics (also known as diesel technicians) inspect, repair, or overhaul buses and trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engine.
Because of their efficiency and durability, diesel engines have become the standard in powering trucks and buses. Other heavy vehicles and mobile equipment are commonly powered with Diesel Engines, including bulldozers, cranes, and common construction vehicles.
Job Duties
Diesel and Heavy Truck service technicians and mechanics wear many hats, but working on diesel engines and hydraulic systems is a common job duty. Diesel technicians make major and minor engine repairs, and work on a vehicle’s electrical and exhaust systems to comply with pollution regulations.
Engine maintenance and repair is becoming more complex as engines and other components use more electronic systems to control their operation. For example, fuel injection and engine timing systems rely on microprocessors to maximize fuel efficiency and minimize harmful emissions. In most shops, workers often use hand-held or laptop computers to diagnose problems and adjust engine functions.
Mechanics and technicians also use a variety of power and machine tools, such as pneumatic wrenches, lathes, grinding machines, and welding equipment. Hand tools, including pliers, sockets and ratchets, and screwdrivers, are commonly used.
Employers typically provide expensive power tools and computerized equipment, but workers generally acquire their own hand tools over time.
TOOLKIT Diesel and Heavy Truck
Changing technologies and increasing job roles requires schools to reevaluate their Diesel and Heavy Truck labs to ensure students are receiving up-to-date training aligned with industry needs. Toolkit is here to help schools provide up-to-date and exciting training in Diesel and Heavy Truck technologies with unparalleled training solutions for diesel, diesel hydraulics, Ag Mechanics, and heavy truck simulators.
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Tabletop Hydraulic Excavator Kit
Our brand new tabletop hydraulics excavator kit brings real-world hydraulic principles to life for students to explore hydraulics in an engaging and project-based approach!
Build your excavator and learn the basic hydraulic concepts necessary for industrial skills in agriculture, industrial maintenance, heavy truck, and manufacturing careers.
Build, Create, Dig, and Learn!
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Series-Parallel Circuit Trainer
The Modular Magnetic Training System – MagMat – is a cutting-edge teaching tool designed to help students grasp fundamental electrical concepts and vehicle-specific circuits. Ideal for classroom settings, this system combines hands-on learning with real-world applications, making complex electrical theory accessible and engaging. Learn electrical fundamentals and take your circuit directly to the car, vehicle, tractor, and beyond!
Why Choose the MagMat?
- Interactive and Engaging: Leverage magnetic surfaces like classroom whiteboards to create dynamic and hands-on learning experiences.
- Practical Diagnostics: Teach students how to design circuits, introduce or remove faults like high resistance and open circuits, and understand real-time diagnostics for practical problem-solving.
Key Features of the MagMat:
- Magnetic Circuit Components: Includes printed circuit boards with integrated resistors, LEDs, switches, and wiring diagrams for seamless learning and experimentation.
- Versatile Nodes: Wires, LEDs, switches, and splices allow students to create, modify, and troubleshoot various circuit configurations with ease.
Empower your students with the Magnetic Mat Electrical Training System, the ultimate classroom solution for mastering electrical fundamentals and diagnostics with hands-on practice.
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Werk Wagon Portable Training Center
Toolkit is proud to offer schools and training facilities a completely customizable and mobile solution for workforce training, STEM education, CTE skills development with our new WERK WAGON portable training centers!
Completely customizable, modular and portable training in a whole new way. Our Werk Wagon is perfect for schools looking to bring their training and expertise into the community, or share resources between schools, or with physical space limitations that require larger bond and/or construction money. Toolkit’s Werk Wagons are mobile, portable Workforce Training Centers and simply amazing!
Customizable sizes, dimensions, and physical features allow these mobile training centers to fit perfectly to your needs and to focus on your needed training areas.
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Student-Built 1-Cylinder Engine
Bring real-world engine repair into your classroom with Toolkit’s new Student-Built 1-Cylinder Engine Trainer (EM-045-HN04). This compact, fully functional training system designed to teach core engine fundamentals through hands-on experience where students build and assemble a functional engine!
Powered by a Honda GX35 4-stroke engine platform, this training system enables students to assemble, disassemble, adjust, and operate a real engine safely, bridging the gap between theory and applied skills.
Great system for teaching automotive fundamentals and engine mechanics. Available in a single or classroom pack for CTE classrooms. Includes required tools for assembly.
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FPTI Hydraulics Training System
The MF102-H Hydraulic Training System is FPTI’s flagship “foundation-building” trainer engineered to help learners truly understand hydraulics by connecting theory to hands-on application. Designed by one of the industry’s most respected hydraulic educators, the MF102-H takes learners from the basics of Pascal’s Law and pressure differentials to complex circuit building using real industrial components. Every activity reinforces prior learning, ensuring exceptional retention and skill development.
With six directional control valves, industry-standard port identification, a pressure-compensated axial piston pump, and a complete suite of cylinders, flow meters, gauges, and controls, the MF102-H allows students to build an almost unlimited variety of circuits. Its plug-and-play Flex-Plate system expands its capabilities even further, allowing instructors to teach any pump or valve type, even those not physically mounted on the trainer. Built for decades of classroom service, the MF102-H remains one of the most complete and instructionally powerful hydraulic training systems ever developed.
The hydraulics trainer comes in either single- or double-sided configurations and comes complete with instructional materials for teaching industrial hydraulics.