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Tag: gross vehicle weight rating

Construction Equipment
Doosan intros 19-ton DX170LC-5 excavator for easier transport, high performance
Doosan’s new 19-ton DX170LC-5 crawler excavator is designed for easier hauling from job-to-job by reducing the need for a special transport permit, the company says. Doosan had small to mid-size contractors in mind when adding the new model, which is geared toward handling such jobs as residential basements and commercial-building footings. With a weight of […]
August 8, 2019
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Construction Equipment
Understanding your pickup’s max payload capacity and how helper springs make a smooth ride of a heavy load
Hauling 55-gallon drums of diesel, a bed full of pit run gravel or pallets of undercarriage parts are an every day occurrence for many pickup drivers who multitask around heavy construction, aggregates, landscaping and other businesses involved in moving dirt, sand and rock. We use pickups as a tool to haul loads and tow trailers […]
April 1, 2014
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Pickups
ALPHABET SOUP
GMC has a veritable alphabet soup of models and its own language of acronyms.
November 19, 2012
Safety
Safety Watch
Safe hauling Learn your load limits when trailering heavy equipment The accident: Going down a busy Interstate, a construction supervisor was hauling a backhoe on a trailer. The backhoe flipped off the trailer, falling onto a minivan. Both the minivan and backhoe slid down an embankment, with the backhoe landing on top of the minivan. […]
November 2, 2011
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Pickups
Tech Q & A
The editors of ProPickup answer questions about new HD GM wheels and causes of tire chunking, feature a half-ton diesel update plus more.
October 9, 2011
Pickups
TECH Q&A
The ProPickup editors answer questions about DEF, tune up tank mileage, diesel MPG and a warning message.
August 9, 2011
Safety
Trucks
Short Stops? Changes to the stopping distance regulations are here. But manufacturers say they’ll easily clear the bar. By Jack Roberts The first phase of National Highway Traffic Administration’s new stopping distance regulations for heavy trucks become law on August 1. At first glance, the stopping distance regulations seem daunting: Passenger cars in the United […]
July 2, 2011
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Pickups
Heavy Load
Trailer overloading may harm both your load and the traffic around you.
July 10, 2009
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