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Pickups

Toyo’s Open Country C/T jobsite pickup tire has held up well after 17,000 miles

Last Fall, Toyo Tire U.S.A. sent me a set of their new-at-the-time Open County C/T tires (245/70R17), which I promptly mounted to my personal F-150 and have been piling on the mileage ever since. In the last nine months—and nearly 17,000 miles—these tires have seen everything from the open highway (from southwest Alabama to Nashville, Tennessee, […]

July 17, 2017

Pickups

Ram unveils new Big Horn Black, Sport HD packages for 2018

For its pickups’ 2018 model year, Ram will introduce new Big Horn and Lone Star Black packages as well as a new Sport version. Big Horn and Lone Star Black packages will be available for 2018 Ram 1500 trucks. Lone Star Black will be available in Texas only. The new Big Horn Black is offered […]

July 14, 2017

Pickups

3.0L found in Land Rover SUVs will reportedly power Ford’s 2018 F-150 diesel

Ford’s 2018 diesel F-150 will reportedly be powered by the 3.0-liter diesel engine used in Jaguar Land Rover vehicles. Ford manufactures the turbocharged V6 diesel engine used in Range Rover and Land Rover SUVs at its plant in Dagenham, United Kingdom. “Ford also says the engine is designed, tested, and engineered specifically for use in […]

July 13, 2017

Vocational

Dump truck overturns at stoplight, injures several

Brake failure may be to blame for a frightening dump truck crash at a busy intersection last week in Kennesaw, Georgia. Video below posted by WSB-TV shows the truck plowing into several vehicles that had stopped at an intersection around 2 p.m. Wednesday on Barrett Parkway near Interstate 575, about 15 miles northwest of Atlanta. […]

July 13, 2017

Safety & Compliance

Pipeline contractors request short-haul exemption from ELD mandate

By Matt Cole   An association representing the pipeline construction industry – including truck drivers who contract to haul equipment for pipeline construction projects – and a specialized equipment fleet are seeking exemptions from the electronic logging device mandate set to take effect on Dec. 18. The Pipe Line Contractors Association (PLCA) is requesting the […]

July 12, 2017

Pickups

Ford unveils one-of-a-kind F-22 Raptor with 545 hp

If you know some of Ford’s history then you’re probably aware that Henry Ford also had a big interest in aircraft and even went so far to help his son, Edsel, build an experimental plane in 1909 six years after the Wright brothers had taken to the skies. Though Edsel’s plane crashed, Henry Ford’s interest […]

July 11, 2017

Pickups

Ram’s 2018 Tungsten Edition half-ton, HD pickups are its “most luxurious” yet

Billed as the truck maker’s most lavish pickups yet, Ram has unveiled the Tungsten Edition for its Limited 1500, 2500 and 3500. The unique design of the truck borrows from both Ram’s Limited and Sport models. So what makes these trucks so opulent? For starters, the headliner is suede, and the majority of the truck’s cabin […]

July 6, 2017

Vocational

Fassi intros F345A, F345RA XE medium-duty knuckle boom cranes

Fassi has introduced two new XE knuckle boom cranes in its medium duty range. The new F345A xe-dynamic and F345RA xe-dynamic cranes have a maximum lifting capacity of 33.4 tm with a maximum hydraulic horizontal outreach of 20.5 m, which can be increased to 26.7 m in a configuration with six telescopic booms combined with […]

July 5, 2017

Class 7-8

“Disruptive” electric tractors might end up hauling heavy trucks in the opposite direction

A couple of years ago, you were probably being inundated by the sheer volume of headlines proclaiming natural gas as trucking’s great disruptor. Then diesel prices – the ultimate disruptor – dropped and have held under $3 per gallon for more than a year. One of my Facebook friends recently posted a query, asking his […]

July 4, 2017

Components

Michelin’s new X Multi D tire lasts longer, supports high-torque applications

Designed for a wide variety of applications, the new Michelin X Multi D tire introduced this week features a number of innovative design features. The rubber in the tire is not a uniform compound, but rather a co-extruded rubber compound that combines a top layer of scrub resistant rubber with a bottom layer at the […]

June 30, 2017

Pickups

Hennessey’s 605-hp VelociRaptor can flat out embarrass the stock Raptor

John Hennessey didn’t mince words following his ¼-mile run in a stock 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor. “This truck is bad ass,” Hennessey said in a video of acceleration testing for the truck. “We all kind of expected that anyway, but I was not expecting 0 to 60 in 5.3 seconds. I was not expecting horsepower […]

June 29, 2017

Pickups

Diesel-powered Chevy Silverado 1500 spied in testing

ICYMI: The Silverado is going diesel! https://t.co/tPSeyOoCsc pic.twitter.com/F17fDNdRoz — Off-Road.com (@OffRoaddotcom) June 24, 2017 Looks like even Death Valley provides no escape from spy photographers. A heavily camouflaged, diesel-sipping Silverado was photographed at a fueling station there at Death Valley National Park. Looking at the pictures posted on autoguide.com, it’s plain to see that the truck […]

June 28, 2017