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Pickups

Chevrolet launches Truck Legends, an exclusive truck club for loyal customers

In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the first Chevrolet truck coming in 2018, the company has launched a club and community for those it considers among its most loyal truck customers. Membership in Truck Legends, as the community is called, is free but limited to those who have racked up more than 100,000 miles […]

September 14, 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

Dealers

BigRentz launches QuickRentz notifications allowing rental locations to claim orders instantly

BigRentz, an online network that fulfills rental requests from more than 7,500 equipment rental suppliers across the U.S., has introduced a feature that will allow those suppliers to instantly claim an order. The feature, dubbed QuickRentz, will send an email and SMS message to rental locations that opt to participate notifying them instantly of a […]

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

Construction Equipment

Elliott Equipment Co. intros D105 digger derrick

Featuring what the company calls a best-in-class digger system with 20,000 lbs.-ft. of torque, Elliott Equipment Company has introduced the D105, its new ANSI 10.31 digger derrick. Mounted on a tandem axle chassis, the D105 has a four-section proportional steel boom with a 107-foot sheave height. The machine boasts a 41-foot digging radius, 16-foot dig […]

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

Dealers

Thunder Creek makes V&H Trucks its construction market dealer for Wisconsin

Fuel and service trailer manufacturer Thunder Creek Equipment has named V&H Trucks Incorporated as its construction market dealer for Wisconsin. V&H will sell and service the full line of the Iowa-based manufacturer’s DEF and service products, including multi-tank trailers and service and lube trailers. “As demand for our newest construction products has increased, we searched […]

September 13, 2016

Construction Equipment

Hyundai to manufacture Case CE, New Holland-branded compact excavators in new CNH Industrial deal

UPDATE: A previous version of this article stated that CNH Industrial does not currently manufacture a compact excavator line. It does and these new models will replace that lineup. We regret the error and the copy has been updated to reflect this correction. Hyundai Heavy Industries and CNH Industrial today announced a partnership that will […]

September 12, 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

Dealers

Terramac adds Linder Industrial Machinery to North America dealer network

Crawler carrier manufacturer Terramac has added Linder Industrial Machinery Company to its North America dealer network, with coverage in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. “Linder has an outstanding reputation for customer satisfaction through their extensive sales and aftermarket support programs,” says Terramac President Andrew Konopka. “We’re excited for them to join our growing dealer […]

September 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

Crafco purchases manufacturing facility and land in Naples, Texas

Pavement preservation equipment manufacturer Crafco has signed an agreement to purchase a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and 50 acres in Naples, Texas. The company will use the location to produce its highway maintenance and preservation equipment in addition to its specialty roofing and waterproofing products. Crafco chose the location, it says, because it is “strategically located” in […]

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