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Vocational

Mack working to integrate WheresMyConcrete’s real-time mixer data into telematics service

Mack Trucks has announced that it is working to connect real-time concrete mixer data into its telematics service through a partnership with WheresMyConcrete. WheresMyConcrete is a service that allows mixer fleet dispatchers to track delivery and order progress as it happens. The cloud-based software gives dispatchers a 30,000-foot view of the entire operation through order updates, mix […]

September 21, 2016

Dealers

Curry Supply names Wilt director of marketing

Commercial service vehicle manufacturer and dealer Curry Supply has named Heather Wilt as the company’s director of marketing with responsibilities for corporate marketing strategy, advertising, event management, public relations and digital marketing. Wilt most recently served as global director of marketing and communications at an equipment manufacturer focusing on the mining and aggregate industries. Her […]

September 21, 2016

Pickups

Ram unveils very slick 2017 Night Package 1500 with black-out features

Later this year Ram will begin production on a special edition pickup based on the 1500 Sport model. Designed to provide a customized look straight from the factory, the 2017 Ram 1500 Night Package adds several blacked-out features to give a distinctive, and quite pleasing to be honest, look to one of five available shades: Bright Silver […]

September 20, 2016

Vocational

Kenworth intros the T880S, a set-forward front axle configuration

Kenworth is adding a set-forward front axle configuration to its T880 work truck, the company announced Monday at the  National Ready Mix Concrete Association’s (NRMCA) ConcreteWorks show. The new configuration—the T880S—is designed for fleet and truck operators in ready-mix, dump and mobile crane applications. Jason Skoog, Kenworth assistant general manager for sales and marketing, says […]

September 20, 2016

Trucks

Komatsu intros the 980E-4, its largest haul truck yet

Boasting a new dump body design, improved handling, control and performance, Komatsu has introduced to North America its largest mining haul truck yet in the 980E-4. An electric drive truck with 400-tons of capacity, the 980E-4 is designed for use in large-scale mining applications in tandem with big bucket (55-99 cubic yards) shovels like the […]

September 19, 2016

Pickups

2017 Ford F-150 Raptor more capable, versatile thanks to new shocks developed with FOX

In the run-up to the fall release of the redesigned F-150 Raptor, Ford has released details of the truck’s new shocks, developed with FOX suspension, along with a video demonstrating their capabilities. RELATED >> VIDEO: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor shreds smarter with 6 new terrain modes Ford says these new shocks are larger than those found […]

September 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

Hauler invents the GTII, a rear truck blade that spreads gravel as it dumps

Tim Hudson, a North Dakota farmer and gravel hauler, has developed a new and better way to spread gravel, The Dickinson Press reports. “Started getting into some jobs where we couldn’t dump at high speeds,” Hudson told the news agency. “Needed to be able to spread at low speeds, so that’s where I came up with […]

September 14, 2016

Construction Equipment

Test Drive: Backing a Mack Granite with 70k-lb. load uphill no problem with new 14-speed mDrive HD AMT

I learned how to drive on a stick shift. I like driving with a stick. But not in a Class 8 truck, which is where I found myself two weeks ago, standing on the brakes of a Mack Granite dump truck, nose pointed downhill, holding 70,000 pounds of gravel against the law of gravity. My […]

September 13, 2016

Pickups

2015-2017 Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra pickups recalled due to sweeping airbag, seatbelt defect

General Motors is recalling 4.3 million vehicles around the globe, including 2015-2017 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks, over concerns of possible air bag deployment failure. GM reports that certain driving conditions may cause the air bag sensing and diagnostic module software to activate a diagnostic test during which the front air bags and seat belt […]

September 13, 2016

Vocational

Volvo demos FMX autonomous truck in a dark mine by placing CTO in its path

The safety debate over autonomous truck driving just got a lot more interesting thanks to a new video from Volvo which shows one of the company’s top executives daring to stand in the path of one its autonomous FMX truck.   During the roughly two-minute long video, the FMX cab-over concept truck is shown traversing […]

September 12, 2016

Pickups

Test Drive: 2016 Ram Power Wagon an off-road beast that doesn’t sacrifice comfort

Summer got a lot more interesting this year thanks to a test drive in the 2016 Ram Power Wagon. The Power Wagon lineup is built on an impressive four-wheel-drive legacy. Debuting in 1946, the Power Wagon became the first four-wheel-drive truck offered to consumers across the country. After building roughly 255,000 ¾-ton military trucks that […]

September 9, 2016

Pickups

GM, U.S. Army to reveal fuel cell truck based on Chevy Colorado

Detroit and the U.S. military have a long history of working together and that relationship continues as GM and the U.S. Army team-up to reveal in October a fuel cell electric vehicle based on the Chevrolet Colorado. GM and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) will debut the hi-tech, alt […]

September 9, 2016