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Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils new D6 dozer with electric drive; The baddest Ford Super Duty builds at SEMA 2018; First 1,000-hp crate engine; Hennessey brings V8 back to Ford Raptor; New crane certification rule in place

OSHA: Crane operators must be certified by crane type by Nov. 10 Crane certification requirements by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will take effect November 10, but crane operators will only have to be certified by crane type – not rated lifting capacity. OSHA released guidance on its crane rules November 5, indicating […]

November 12, 2018

Construction Equipment

Mopar intros the first 1,000-hp crate engine ever: a HEMI with 950 lb.-ft. of torque

This HEMI with 950 lb.-ft. of torque features an improved supercharger with a high-efficiency rotor mounted on an aluminum block for weight savings.

November 8, 2018

Pickups

PHOTOS: Ford’s striking new Ranger makes a splash at SEMA 2018

Check out the gallery of the various Ford Ranger builds seen while walking the show floor at this year's SEMA show.

November 7, 2018

Pickups

Hennessey brings V8 back to Ford Raptor with 758-hp 2019 VelociRaptor

This year’s model churns out 758 horsepower (vs 450 hp for the EcoBoost) thanks to Hennessy’s 2.9L supercharger, and is mated to a Ford 10-speed transmission.

November 6, 2018

Pickups

PHOTOS: The baddest Ford Super Duty custom builds at SEMA 2018

Check out some of the best Ford Super Duty custom builds from the annual SEMA show held in Las Vegas.

November 5, 2018

Pickups

Honda unveils a Ridgeline x UTV mash-up at SEMA called the Open Air Concept Vehicle

Honda introduces its brand new open air vehicle in the Ridgeline UTV. Check out the features of the Honda Ridgeline UTV right here on Equipment World.

November 1, 2018

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils Next Gen excavators; Chevy unveils Colorado ZR2 AEV; <75 hp engine technology; Inside Cat 988K XE development; The best GM trucks of SEMA 2017

Cat unveils 3 20-ton Next Gen excavators: ‘Platform for the future’ boasts new hydraulic tech, remote start from phone app How cool is this: An excavator that you can start with an app on your smart phone. That’s just a tiny fraction of the digital razzle-dazzle Cat showed us last week in the most significant […]

November 28, 2017

Pickups

PHOTOS: The best Chevy and GMC trucks of SEMA 2017

Because Chevy treats the annual SEMA show like a testing ground for concepts, there’s always a lot of cool stuff to see when it comes to GM pickups at the show. But there’s plenty of great truck builds outside of the official OEM fare so we’ve rounded up all the great GM builds we saw […]

November 24, 2017

Pickups

Chevy unveils Colorado ZR2 AEV, a Duramax-powered rock crawler

Chevy has taken lessons learned from overland expeditions and off-road racing and applied them to the Colorado ZR2 AEV Concept. The truck illustrates Chevy’s commitment to the Colorado as a major platform for the automotive brand moving forward and how in the last several years it has embraced testing and introducing new concepts to its […]

November 23, 2017

Pickups

SEMA 2017 brings out the best tricked out trucks, automotive artistry

Another SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) has come and gone, October 30 to November 3, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. SEMA is an association of the manufacturers of aftermarket car and truck parts and their annual show has become an amazing demonstration of the creativity and skills of America’s automotive artists and craftsmen. And […]

November 17, 2017

Pickups

PHOTOS: The showstopping custom vintage trucks of SEMA 2017

Over the last several years we’ve seen pickups slowly take over more and more floor space at the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. And this year it felt like we saw more vintage trucks than in years past. In the gallery below I’ve collected my favorite classic truck builds from SEMA 2017. If you […]

November 15, 2017

Vocational

The Duke is a ’72 Chevy C50 transformed into one bad work pickup

As I walked across the central show floor at SEMA earlier this month, I heard something from behind that made me turn around as I stepped into the Chevrolet booth. “F***ing awesome,” said a random guy out of my line of sight. The phrase was said at a volume that indicated not so much someone […]

November 14, 2017