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This ’73 International 1700 with a 700-hp engine is one Hellcat of a service truck
Despite the fact that there are thousands upon thousands of people milling about the halls and lots of ConExpo on a given day of the show, you typically don’t see many pileups at booths. There’s a lot of heavy equipment to see so folks generally give everything a once over and move along. That is […]
March 14, 2017
Construction Equipment
Jeep’s Red Rock Responder is the pickup/Wrangler hybrid we’ve always wanted, one of 7 off-roading concepts (PHOTOS)
No. 14 Story in 2015 « No. 15 No. 13 » [imagebrowser id=226] This week at the Easter Jeep Safari, an annual nine-day off-road trail event in Utah, Jeep unveiled 7 concept vehicles. And while several of them are excellent, there’s one in particular that we’d be pretty psyched to see go into production. The […]
April 2, 2015
Construction Equipment
Stellar’s compact TC series crane offers service trucks big reach in a small package
With a small installed footprint but a large extended reach, Stellar’s new TC series of hydraulic cranes offer service truck operators lots of lift capability without hogging space in the truck bed. A tall mast telescoping design, the TC series offers up to 18.6 feet of hydraulic reach. These “T-boom” type of cranes have traditionally […]
April 2, 2015
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Service Truck Trends: How to spec your next truck for maximum productivity
With the recession a distant memory, contactors are buying new equipment again and one of the categories of equipment to benefit from the recovering economy is service trucks. There’s more confidence in the economy today and contractors are putting more hours on their trucks, says Brian Heffron, product specialist at Palfinger. “With new private and […]
April 2, 2015
Construction Equipment
Heavier front axles give Kenworth’s T370 more brawn in construction applications
Kenworth announced it will begin offering heavier front axles on its T370 Class 7 work truck. The truck maker will now offer 18,000-pound and 20,000-pound front axles on the T370 when equipped with the 350-horsepower PACCAR PX-9 engine. The heavier axles will allow owners and operators to, “put more weight on the front ends in fuel hauling, dump, […]
March 4, 2015
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: Trucks of every trim, tint and trade throng World of Concrete 2015
[imagebrowser id=191] One of the cool things about World of Concrete each year is that there’s never a shortage of interesting trucks to see. Pickups, service trucks, haulers, pump trucks, mixers—you name it, it’s there and in just about every paint job you can think of. The gallery above contains just about every truck we […]
February 5, 2015
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: 2014 Trailer Directory: The best trailers and service truck accessories of the year
[imagebrowser id=155] Each year, Equipment World spotlights some of the latest and greatest trailers and accessories available. In this year’s roundup, we feature a range of trailers designed to haul a variety of equipment, including specialty and custom models—with a few trailer and service truck accessories included for good measure. Click through to see new […]
December 8, 2014
Construction Equipment
GEAR: Knapheide Utility Rack for service trucks handles long items such as pipe and conduit
Handle lengthy items not generally suited for service trucks with Knapheide’s Utility Rack, which is useful for pipe, conduit, ladders and more. Featuring square and rectangular steel rube construction, the utility rack has a 1,000-pound rating load and accommodates forklift loading from either side. The rear swing-away and center removable cross sections enable loading taller […]
July 25, 2014
Business
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By Equipment World Staff Banks tighten up on construction loans With financing becoming more complicated for some contractors and dealers, many are asking, “Why?” The Associated Equipment Distributors filed a request with the Federal Reserve Board to learn about policies on construction lending, but the Board said they did not have “information specific to that […]
September 5, 2011
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