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Construction Equipment

Ford, GM will co-develop nine- and 10-speed transmissions

Ford and General Motors have announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to work together in the development of nine- and 10-speed automatic transmissions. The new transmissions will be built in both front- and rear-wheel-drive variants for cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks. The end goal is unsurprising: to improve performance and fuel economy. As […]

April 16, 2013

Construction Equipment

Truck Trend names Silverado/Sierra 2500 HD best work truck

Truck Trend has released its 2013 Best in Class rankings and a few of the categories should be of particular interest to readers here. For starters, the site named the Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra 2500 HD Best Work Truck. That category is reserved for regular cab, 3/4-ton, two-wheel-drive pickups. Truck Trend says that it feels like […]

April 8, 2013

Construction Equipment

Ram Trucks looking to “upset” pickup sales pecking order after sales increase 25%

The news that Ford, Chevrolet and Ram, in that order, hold the top three spots for pickup sales for March shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. However, as Truck Trend points out in its roundup of how each automaker fared over the year between March 2012 and March 2013, the numbers indicate that an […]

April 5, 2013

Gear

GM announces pricing for 2014 Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra 1500

Back in December, we got our first look at GM’s first redesign of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra in seven years. And now we know how much they’ll cost, the type of power they’ll put out and what kind of mileage you can expect. The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 will start at $24,585. That includes […]

April 2, 2013

Construction Equipment

Automakers prepare for truck war as housing and construction industries recover

As the housing and construction industry recoveries slowly build momentum, NPR reports automakers are preparing for an all-out truck war to reap the profits. The media outlet recently paid a visit to Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan plant where 7,500 of the company’s popular F-150 pickups roll off the assembly line each week. The F-150 has been […]

March 7, 2013

Technology

Chevy and GMC 2015 pickups will have 4G LTE, Wi-Fi built in

General Motors announced this week that its 2015 Chevrolet and GMC pickups will have the ability to connect to 4G LTE wireless data networks built-in. The first carrier partnership announced by GM is with AT&T but the automaker says it will announce more carrier and supplier relationships in the coming months. The data connection is built […]

February 26, 2013

Construction Equipment

Poll: Which light duty pickup should go diesel next?

Last week, Chrysler announced that later this year it will begin offering a half-ton pickup with a diesel option in the 2014 Ram 1500. This Ram will offer a new, 3.0-liter EcoDiesel engine, with the 8-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission. It’s a move that truck owners have been asking automakers for for years and it seems it will […]

February 21, 2013

Gear

GEAR: 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray

The C7 Corvette was revealed Sunday and Chevrolet says this is the most powerful standard model Corvette ever with the new 6.2-liter, LT1 V8 engine providing an estimated 450 horsepower and 450 foot-pounds of torque. The 2014 C7 Corvette accelerates from 0-60 miles per hour in less than four seconds, yet is also the most […]

January 14, 2013

Construction Equipment

New GM trucks: evolutionary style, revolutionary under the hood

By now every car and truck buff in the country has weighed in on the new sheet metal pressed into service for the 2014 Sierra and Silverado trucks from General Motors. And you either like it or you don’t. The real news here is what’s under the hood. GM designed and built the three EcoTec3 […]

December 17, 2012

Gear

GM unveils 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500, GMC Sierra 1500 pickups

At a special event in Detroit this afternoon, General Motors unveiled the 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 and 2014 GMC Sierra 1500. The pickups boast GM’s first redesign in seven years. GM says the Chevy Silverado 1500’s new design is more “muscular,” yet much more aerodynamic, blending design cues from past Chevy pickups with a more […]

December 13, 2012

Gear

New in-bed pickup truck tank eliminates corrosion

Prevent rust and corrosion in your fuel tank with the Model 5010060 polyethylene in-bed diesel fuel tank from Titan Fuel Tanks, available for Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford and GMC diesel pickup trucks. Composed of military-grade cross-linked polyethylene, the tanks are unaffected by the corrosive properties of diesel and biodiesel fuels and additives that would adversely affect […]

December 3, 2012

Equipment

GM debuts bi-fuel trucks

The order books are open and they're coming down the assembly lines as we speak: the 2013 Chevy Silverado HD and GMC Sierra 2500 HD bi-fuel pickup trucks.

November 8, 2012