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PHOTOS > Vintage Jeep trucks display 3 eras of company’s glorious pickup past at SEMA

Rumors have heated up that Jeep is set to launch a pickup version of its Wrangler, but the folks at Omix-ADA brought to the 2015 SEMA Show this week a reminder that Jeep, years ago, was already a player in the pickup segment. The 1955 Willys 4×4 pickup truck in the gallery above, and its 226-cubic-inch […]

November 2, 2015

Technology

BrandMotion’s 360° Vision system brings à la carte overhead views to most pickups

Though the SEMA show hadn’t officially opened its doors quite yet Monday, that didn’t stop the Equipment World team from poking around a bit inside the Las Vegas Convention Center as exhibitors hurried to put the final touches on their booths. One of the companies we ran into at a preview event for the media was BrandMotion, […]

November 2, 2015

Construction Equipment

The Bulldog 4×4 is a beastly go-anywhere fire truck with mounted water cannons (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

As we explained in a separate post from earlier today, we’re at the SEMA show this week providing coverage over the course of the next few days of the latest pickups, work trucks, truck concepts and aftermarket parts. All the big names in truck making are at SEMA each year and they typically bring along […]

November 1, 2015

Construction Equipment

We’re at the SEMA show. That means it’s Truck Week

For the next four days, the Equipment World team will be reporting from the show floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center with full coverage of all the cool new pickups, work truck and truck aftermarket products on display at the annual SEMA show. Today (Monday) we’re getting a sneak peak at what the show has in […]

November 1, 2015

Construction Equipment

This Ford F-150-shaped corn maze is neat, but the real star is its F-450 pumpkin cannon (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

Each year the folks at Leaders Farms in northwest Ohio choose a theme for their famous corn maze. This year, Brad Leaders got a bit of inspiration from the new Ford F-150. After all, he’s been using a Ford as his primary pumpkin firing apparatus for years. “Brad was reading a magazine last winter and […]

October 29, 2015

Construction Equipment

First Drive: 2016 Ram 3500’s big Cummins power, improved cab impress in test track run

It wasn’t too long ago that if you needed to tow a 30,000-pound payload, you needed a Class 5 or 6 truck to get the job done. Today, all you need is a Ram 3500 pickup truck. The truck maker invited Equipment World out to its test track in Chelsea, Michigan, to give its 2016 trucks a […]

October 21, 2015

Construction Equipment

Allison 4700 automatic among new options for Kenworth work trucks

Kenworth has added Allison’s 4700 RDS 7-speed automatic transmission with optional second “deep reverse” as an option on its Kenworth’s T880, T800, W900, and C500. The transmission is part of the Allison rugged duty series, which Kurt Swihart, Kenworth marketing director, says is ideal in applications calling for an increase in overall transmission ratios. […]

October 15, 2015

Construction Equipment

Chevrolet partners with Navistar in return to medium-duty work truck market. Why they did it and what to expect

By James Jaillet General Motors and Navistar have reached a long-term agreement to develop and assemble medium-duty, conventional cab Class 4 and 5 commercial vehicles, confirming rumors of late that the two were set to strike a deal on medium-duty vehicles. There will be two versions of the trucks produced in the partnership—one Navistar-International branded […]

October 12, 2015

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PHOTOS: Custom, crane and HD trucks and vans cram ICUEE (with some sweet UTVs too)

More than anything else at the International Construction & Equipment Utility Expo every two years, there are trucks. So many trucks. Most of them are of the shiny white variety with either a crane or bucket mounted to the back. But there are also lots of cool custom pickups to see along with some very […]

October 1, 2015

Construction Equipment

Integrated drivetrains speak a language all their own, giving fuel-conscious work truck owners even more reason to love AMTs

One surprising trend over the past few years has been the unprecedented market share growth of automated manual transmissions. Many OEMs now are reporting AMT take rates that would have seemed improbable when the first units appeared on North American shores. Volvo, Daimler Trucks North America and Paccar all report AMT specifications in more than […]

September 2, 2015

Construction Equipment

Ford recalls certain F-650, F-750 models due to seat belt defect

Not long after finalizing the transition of its work truck manufacturing from Mexico to the U.S., Ford has announced a recall on certain F-650 and F-750 trucks for a seat belt issue. The recall applies to approximately 26,400 2011-2013 and 2015 model year F-650 and F-750 trucks sold in North America. Ford says the seat […]

August 25, 2015

Construction Equipment

Dump truck bed lifts while driving, destroys overhead highway sign

Today’s dose of dumb comes from a highway somewhere in Saudi Arabia. The immediate question the video below raises is how is the driver unaware of that lifted bed? If it’s long enough to completely decimate a 20-foot-high highway sign, that thing is creating some significant noise and wind resistance while in motion. Sure there […]

August 21, 2015