Thu September 26, 2013
Truck Utilities Celebrates 50 Years With Open House
Truck Utilities welcomed guests to its open house to celebrate 50 years of business on Sept. 18 at its Maplewood, Minn., location. Those who attended were treated to a pig roast catered by Divine Swine out of Lakeville, Minn....
Tue September 24, 2013
Pyle Equipment Launches Truck, Utility Auction
Pyle Equipment Auctions, West Virginia’s largest remarketer of heavy equipment and fleet surplus, is launching a monthly truck and utility auction. This sale is a collaboration between Pyle Equipment and Mountain State Auto Auction, the regional leader in automobile remarketing, and will be held the fourth Thursday of each month....
Wed September 18, 2013
Kenworth Offers T680 Aerodynamic Steel Bumper
Kenworth now offers an aerodynamic steel bumper as an option for the Kenworth T680. The two-piece, steel bumper has a rugged, durable design for a higher level of protection in the event of bumper impacts, while retaining the aerodynamics and aesthetics of the Kenworth T680’s current standard composite bumper....
Wed September 18, 2013
BlackBelt Maxx All-Season Multi-Purpose Body Is Ideal for Municipalities
Municipalities utilize a number of truck body styles and equipment for material hauling and snow and ice control duties. Combination bodies have come closest to delivering a single body style capable of doing it all and being relied upon as an all-season body....
Wed September 18, 2013
The Cat 777G Off-Highway Truck Delivers on Performance
The Cat 777G off-highway truck features enhanced performance, production and fuel efficiency in the 100-ton (91 t) size class. The 777 was first introduced by Caterpillar in 1977 and has proven to be a workhorse for mining and large earthmoving customers....
Wed September 18, 2013
CIM Program Seeks Donations for World of Concrete Auction
The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program — a business intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management — is seeking donations for its ninth annual auction to be held at the World of Concrete....
Mon September 16, 2013
Terex Unveils Fuel-Efficient Generation 9 Articulated Truck Range
The new Generation 9 range of Terex articulated trucks are powered by Scania engines, which are renowned for high uptime and reliability, underpinned by a worldwide service network. Back-to-back testing with the new Generation 9 Tier IVi TA300 and the previous model (Tier III TA300) demonstrates that the new range is not only more productive but also more fuel efficient, according to the manufacturer....
Mon September 16, 2013
Doosan DA40 Articulated Dump Truck Offers Improved Performance
Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment has launched the new DA40 articulated dump truck (ADT), the first in a new family of Doosan ADTs offering increased engine power and torque, higher payloads, lower fuel consumption, enhanced operator comfort and faster travel speeds....
Sat September 14, 2013
Mack Trucks Selects Top Bulldog in Annual Walk the Bulldog Competition
Tom Tenseth of Bruckner Truck Sales of Fort Worth, Texas, earned the right to be top bulldog as the winner of the 2013 Mack Trucks Walk the Bulldog competition. Walk the Bulldog features Mack sales professionals from across the United States competing to determine who most effectively presents the Mack total value proposition....
Wed September 04, 2013
TruckPlanet Moves to Weekly Online Auction Schedule
TruckPlanet, an online marketplace for buying and selling used commercial trucks, adopted a weekly auction format starting with the Aug. 15 featured auction. TruckPlanet will now host over-the-road truck auctions every Thursday at 8 a.m....
