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Pickups

Test Drive: 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4×4’s new Duramax engine brings big punch

Chevrolet’s 2017 Silverado 2500 is such a major upgrade from the last generation of the Bowtie’s heavy duty trucks that we decided to break this Test Drive up into two parts. Part 1 takes a look at street performance, the interior and four-wheel-drive. Part 2 next week will examine towing, information & entertainment systems, 4G LTE […]

April 12, 2017

Pickups

Ram unveils 1500 Copper Sport limited edition, new 2-tone Laramie Longhorn scheme

Ram has recently added two new attractive hues to its truck lineup. One is exclusive to a limited run of 1500 Sport pickups while the other is the new two-tone paint scheme for its Laramie Longhorn pickups. The 2017 Ram 1500 Copper Sport is adorned in the truck maker’s new radiant Copper Pearl paint along with polished […]

April 4, 2017

Construction Equipment

Ford recalls 2017 F-250 for parking brake defect, F-450 and F-550 for driveshaft replacement

Ford has issued two separate recalls impacting three of its heavy duty pickups. The automaker is recalling approximately 52,000 2017 Ford F-250 pickups for unintended vehicle movement while in park. The recall affects F-250s equipped with gasoline-powered 6.2-liter engines built at the Kentucky Assembly Plant between October 9, 2015 and March 30, 2017. The Ford reference number for […]

April 4, 2017

Vocational

Duramax engine will power GM/Navistar’s new Class 4/5 work truck

General Motors’s all-new Class 4/5 commercial truck—which is being developed jointly with Navistar and set to debut next year—will get a GM Duramax engine under the hood and will be matched with an Allison transmission, the company recently announced. RELATED >> Chevrolet partners with Navistar in return to medium-duty work truck market. Why they did it and […]

March 28, 2017

Vocational

Yeti F-550 Super Duty a go-anywhere service truck with a cold custom look

While the company’s Hemi-Hellcat-powered 1973 International 1700 stole the show at the Summit Truck Bodies ConExpo 2017 booth, a more understated service truck has already attracted buyers. Sitting just a few feet away from that vintage 1700 Loadstar was a 2016 Ford F-550 with a wild custom look. Built with mining and quarry customers in mind, […]

March 27, 2017

Pickups

Toyota unveils 2018 Tundra TRD Pro Sport signaling refresh for entire lineup

Toyota has revealed its new Tundra TRD Pro Sport where increased performance enhancements have been paired up with new safety features. The new Tundra TRD Sport is available on 4×4 and 4×2 grades in CrewMax and Double Cab configurations and is powered by a 381-horsepower, 5.7-liter i-Force V8. Toyota reports that driving performance is enhanced through the addition of TRD […]

March 23, 2017

Construction Equipment

John Deere’s new 310E, 260E articulated dump trucks redesigned from the ground up

John Deere has introduced two updated models to its E-Series articulated dump truck lineup. The 260E and 310E ADTs feature updated styling, cabs, frames and axles from their D-Series predecessors. Both models run on a John Deere PowerTech 9-liter Final Tier 4 engine. The 26-ton 260E is powered  by a 321-horsepower engine, and the 31-ton 310E has […]

March 17, 2017

Vocational

Hybrid F-150, Super Duty conversions now covered under Ford’s Qualified Vehicle Modifier program

Before the automaker releases a factory-built hybrid F-150, Ford has announced that it is extending its Advanced Fuel Qualfied Vehicle Modifier (eQVM) program to include third-party installation of both electric and hydraulic hybrid powertrains on Ford trucks and vans. Citing a commitment to “being a leader in electrification,” Ford says it wanted to provide commercial and […]

March 17, 2017

Trucks

PHOTOS: The Trucks of ConExpo 2017

While the main areas in terms of crowd draw at ConExpo 2017 in Las Vegas last week were the immense Gold Lot and the packed North Hall, maybe my favorite afternoon of the week was wandering around the South Hall where you could find truck after truck. Custom paint jobs, service bodies, Hellcat HEMI engines […]

March 16, 2017

Technology

Trimble goes mast-free on dozer GPS, puts a telematics tablet in vocational trucks and partners with new OEMs

Trimble has announced it is joining the ranks of manufacturers who offer “mast-free” aftermarket 3D GPS systems for dozers. The hardware for Trimble’s Earthworks for Dozers uses three inertial measurement units (IMUs) to locate the blade of the dozer in space and two GPS/GNSS receivers mounted on the cab of the machine. Contractors and operators […]

March 15, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

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

Dealers

IronDirect launches truck remanufacturing service with Vehicle Reman partnership

IronDirect, the online seller primarily known as a sales platform for Chinese-made heavy equipment, has partnered with Tyler, Texas-based Vehicle Reman, which you can read more about here, to create IronDirect Reman Trucks. The service, announced at the 2017 ConExpo in Las Vegas, will offer a quick turnaround time (as fast as 48 hours) on pickups […]

March 14, 2017