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Construction Equipment

How a convoy of Ram pickups will serve as the backbone of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

Though the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will only require the brute strength of one Ram 3500–rated at 31,210 pounds of towing capacity–a host of the truck maker’s 1500 and 2500 pickups will be put to work Thursday along the 2.5-mile parade route. Ram recently landed an exclusive partnership with Macy’s making it the official truck […]

November 25, 2015

Construction Equipment

Toyota’s Tundrasine limo pickup can transport your whole crew to the jobsite in style (PHOTOS)

During the SEMA show we saw a lot of rather complicated concepts. Whether it was Toyota’s minivan-meets-Tacoma “UTV” concept, Honda’s next-gen Ridgeline racer tease or Nissan’s land speed record racing Titan, truck makers go to great lengths to impress attendees of the show. But one of the more impressive concept trucks at the show this […]

November 23, 2015

Construction Equipment

Daimler Trucks execs offer insight on new DD5, DD8 medium duty engines, autonomous trucks

The principle leaders of Daimler Trucks along with Roger Penske fielded questions from the media Friday following the North American launch of the company’s new medium duty diesel engines today, touching on a variety of products. The new DD5 and DD8 engines, the production of which Daimler plans to move to Detroit, now give Daimler a […]

November 23, 2015

Construction Equipment

Daimler to move medium-duty engine manufacturing to Detroit

Daimler Trucks announced this morning its plans to transition manufacturing of its new medium duty engine lineup to its Detroit brand headquarters. The $375 million investment will create 158 jobs at the Redford, Michigan, facility which will begin production of the Detroit DD5 and DD8 medium duty engines in 2018. Daimler said initial manufacturing of the engines will […]

November 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: The coolest trucks (and a few cars) from SEMA 2015 in one gallery

A couple of weeks ago we scoured the show floor at SEMA in Las Vegas and came back with a hefty bag of headlines. We saw lots of newsworthy pickups during our three days at the show and you can catch up on all those headlines in our SEMA 2015 hub by clicking here. But […]

November 19, 2015

Technology

Work trucks get a tech tune-up thanks to smarter transmissions, telematics

Technology isn’t just electrons and algorithms. It’s metallurgy and frame rails and a host of other details. Truck manufacturers use these tools to develop, produce and service what they sell. Some techniques for improving fuel efficiency in line-haul trucking don’t carry over well to vocational applications. Skirts and other aerodynamic features don’t help much on a […]

November 17, 2015

Construction Equipment

The Bandit is the 700-HP, Hemi-powered Jeep pickup of our dreams (PHOTOS)

Though the Captain America Wrangler inside the South Hall was certainly the coolest custom Jeep we saw at this year’s SEMA show, if we could have driven just one away, it would probably be the Bandit. Built by Dallas shop Starwood Motors, the Bandit is a conversion of a 2012 Wrangler into a full-fledged pickup. According to the […]

November 13, 2015

Construction Equipment

This 1956 Ford F-100 is pickup on the outside, Corvette on the inside (PHOTOS)

When we happened upon this beautiful vintage pickup at the SEMA show last week, it was the look of the thing that drew us in.  The ’56 Ford F-100 is a beautiful truck even without a nice coat of paint, but this one, magnificently restored with its striking Porsche “Platinsilber” coating and wood plank truck bed […]

November 11, 2015

Construction Equipment

Shelby unveils its 700-HP F-150: equal parts off-roader and race truck (PHOTOS)

No. 12 Story in 2015 « No. 13 No. 11 »   If driving an F-150 Lariat, among the most luxurious in the F-Series lineup, doesn’t do it for you, maybe driving one that’s insanely fast will. Introduced at this year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas last week, the 2016 Shelby F-150 squeezes 700 horsepower from […]

November 10, 2015

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS > The best vintage pickups and truck rods from SEMA 2015

While the latest models and concept trucks are certainly our primary attraction to the SEMA show, the scores of beautifully-restored (and some less-so) trucks on the show floor are always an amazing bonus. In the gallery above, we’ve collected some of our favorite vintage trucks from this year’s show. There’s everything from hot rods, original […]

November 10, 2015

Construction Equipment

Kenworth adds 40-inch sleeper option to T880 work truck

A 40-inch sleeper option is now available on the T880, Kenworth’s flagship work truck. The 40-inch sleeper provides a compact, yet comfortable sleeping environment with plenty of storage, saving 260 pounds over the company’s 52-inch sleeper. And to help cover body builder equipment for all applications, the sleeper’s height—from the bottom of the frame rails to the […]

November 10, 2015

Construction Equipment

Kia chopped up a minivan and made a pickup for photo safaris (PHOTOS)

Kia does not make pickups, and though the Korean automaker’s SUVs have become quite popular here in the U.S., it’s not exactly known for producing trucks capable of traversing rugged terrain. And, honestly, this here creation Kia showed off last week at the SEMA show in Las Vegas isn’t exactly a pickup or an SUV. It’s […]

November 9, 2015