Off-Highway Trucks

New York State Backs Down on Rural Large Truck Limits →

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Members of a task force charged with overseeing implementation of new trucking rules said the state Department of Transportation has scrapped a proposal to ban large trucks from seven state highways in the Finger Lakes. The New York Farm Bureau said it’s pleased the DOT reconsidered. Acting DOT Commissioner Stanley Gee announced the decision April 12 to Gov. David Paterson’s Trucking Industry and Community Relations Task Force, saying the proposal would have simply rerouted trucks through neighboring communities. Click for more...

Fiat to Spin Off Trucks, Farm Vehicles →

TURIN, Italy (AP) Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne announced April 21 that the company will spin off its businesses in farm and construction equipment as well as heavy trucks in order to “give birth” to a global auto company that could feasibly build 6 million cars by 2014. “We believe right now is the time to produce the spin off,” Marchionne told analysts after presenting Fiat’s five year business plan. Click for more...

Volvo Trucks Introduces the Volvo FMX →

Volvo Trucks is launching the Volvo FMX. Built specifically for heavy construction tasks, this truck will be available on European markets in September, followed by a global rollout during the rest of the year. “We are extremely proud of this truck and can hardly wait to see it at work for our construction customers,” said Staffan Jufors, president and CEO, Volvo Trucks. “With the new Volvo FMX, we are truly breaking new ground for us and our customers’ operations.” Rugged Look for a Rugged Truck The most obvious change with the new, high-clearance Volvo FMX is its robust, modern exterior. Click for more...

Crews Multi-Stage Amid Frenetic Interchange →

From Construction Equipment Guide... In a couple of years motorists in and around Morris Plains and Parsippany-Troy Hills in New Jersey’s Morris County will reap the benefit of ongoing upgrading work at the busy interchange of Route 10 and Route 53. “As part of this wholly state-funded $7.5 million project, the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] began reconstructing and realigning the interchange at the beginning of November 2009. Click for more...

William Shatner to Present Keynote Address at Work Truck Show 2010 →

William Shatner will draw upon his nearly 60 years in show business to inspire and entertain attendees of The Work Truck Show 2010 and 46th Annual National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Convention. Shatner will be the keynote speaker at the president’s breakfast and NTEA Annual Meeting held on March 11, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. The Work Truck Show 2010, North America’s largest vocational truck event, is held in conjunction with the 46th Annual NTEA Convention at America’s Center in St. Click for more...

I.R.A.Y.’s Consignment Auction Features Trucks, Trailers and More in Minnesota →

I.R.A.Y. Auction held a Heavy Construction Equipment and Truck/Trailer Consignment Auction Dec. 4 in Foley, Minn. Click for more...

Final Segment of Anniston Eastern Bypass Under Way →

From Construction Equipment Guide... Ground was recently broken for the latest phase of construction of the final segment of the Anniston Eastern Bypass (state route 192) in Calhoun County, Ala. The ceremony was led by Gov. Bob Riley, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, and Transportation Director Joe McInnes on Oct. 13. The event signaled the beginning of construction on the $29.4 million federal stimulus project on the 8-mi. (12.8 km), four-lane highway that runs through Ft. Click for more...

Walsh Equipment Named J&J Truck Bodies Dealer →

J&J Truck Bodies and Trailers, based in Somerset, Pa., has named Walsh Equipment Inc. as its new dealer to serve Western Pennsylvania. Walsh Equipment Inc. will provide trailer and dump body sales and service to Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland counties from its facility at 796 Unionville Rd., in Prospect, Pa., 40 mi. Click for more...

U.S. Army Again Chooses Mack Trucks →

Mack Trucks Inc. has received three additional delivery orders for Mack Vision Elite model tractors from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command. The orders are part of a three-year $28.5 million contract for 152 heavy-duty tractors and trailers, as well as spare parts. Orders received under this contract since its inception in October 2008 already total $20.2 million, but the Army has the option under the contract to order additional product from Mack beyond the quantities outlined in the original award. Click for more...

Kenworth Receives Green Washington Award for Hybrids, LNG Trucks, Renton Plant →

Kenworth Truck Company was honored with the 2009 Green Washington manufacturing award from Seattle Business magazine during a special awards banquet in Seattle. Kenworth received recognition for its T270 and T370 diesel-electric hybrid trucks, T800 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles, and award-winning efforts by its manufacturing plant in Renton, Wash., to build trucks in an environmentally sustainable manner. Click for more...

Terex Welcomes Central Equipment Company As New Articulated, Rigid Truck Distributor →

Central Equipment Company now distributes a full line of Terex articulated and rigid trucks to its customers in Pocatello, Jerome and Heyburn, Idaho. The Terex line of construction trucks includes six articulated models, ranging from 25 to 42-ton (22.7 to 38 t) payload capacity, and six rigid models, ranging from 35 to 100-ton (31.8 to 90.7 t) payload capacity. “We are proud to offer the full-line of Terex construction equipment,” said Tyson Bowden, sales representative of Central Equipment Company. Click for more...

WES, Tow Trucks For Tots to Build on Success →

For the second year in a row, Worldwide Equipment Sales LLC is sponsoring Tow Trucks For Tots — collecting toys for the non-profit orgranization Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle parade. Last year was the organization’s first year, which displayed more than 240 trucks. This year Tow Trucks For Tots is expecting approximately 500. The Worldwide Equipment Sales second annual tow truck parade will take place Nov. Click for more...

Bronx County Recycling, Atomic Truck Crush Problems →

Salvatore Cascino, owner, and Vincent Grottola, facility superintendent, both of Bronx County Recycling, wanted to produce a cleaner, higher-quality end product for their customers. Bronx County Recycling, as its name implies, is located in the Bronx, N.Y., within a few blocks of Yankee Stadium on a modest five-acre parcel. The 20-year-old company accepts almost any recyclable concrete, asphalt or dirt that needs disposing of in Bronx County and the surrounding area. Click for more...

Antique Truck Lovers, NE Rockbusters Join for Sixth Annual Machine Show →

In trucking, cooperation is everything. The same could be said for construction work, all contracting and the running of any successful club or organization. Cooperation in all these arenas came together as one at the Antique Truck Club of America’s Little Rhody Chapter’s Sixth Annual Antique Truck Show on Sept. 13 on the Washington County Fairgrounds in Richmond, R.I. Working in conjunction with the Historical Construction Equipment Association’s (HCEA) Northeast Rockbusters once again, more than 60 members of the local Antique Truck Club brought out their finest old equipment, to the delight and surprise of other members, guests and enthusiasts. Click for more...

New Vanguard Truck Center Facility Opens Outside Austin →

Vanguard Truck Center of Austin, a member of the Vanguard Truck Centers dealer group, marked the opening of a $4.5 million truck center facility in Buda, Texas on Oct. 2. The group, which distributes Mack Trucks, Inc. and Volvo Trucks North America products, also owns facilities in Atlanta, Houston, Tucson, and Phoenix. The new location outside of Austin will operate as a full service truck center, represent the Mack and Volvo product lines, and serve as a parts and service center for Norwood Equipment of Houston. Click for more...

Navistar and Caterpillar Announce Global Truck Joint Venture NC2 →

Navistar International Corporation and Caterpillar Inc. closed a joint venture transaction resulting in a new company, NC2 Global LLC, to serve the global commercial truck market. Navistar and Caterpillar first announced plans to form a joint venture in June 2008 and have identified the leadership team of the new entity that will establish its headquarters in the Chicago area. “Together, Navistar and Caterpillar have moved this project from concept to reality in little more than one year,” said Al Saltiel, president of NC2. Click for more...

Used Parts Make Sense for Updating Aging Concrete Truck Fleets →

Tampa Truck Salvage, an LKQ Company, knows that good quality used parts are a better option for ready mix fleets that are trying to keep their aging existing fleets on the road. It’s no secret that the current economy has about 50 percent of the nation’s concrete trucks currently parked. One of the issues this causes is the temptation to cannibalize parked trucks rather than purchase additional parts to keep the working fleet running. Click for more...

Komatsu Makes Splash at Chicago’s “Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby” →

From Construction Equipment Guide... For the fourth year in a row, Komatsu America Corp. helped launch more than 20,000 rubber ducks into the Chicago River in the annual “Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby” to benefit the Special Olympics. A Komatsu HM300-2 30-ton (27 t) articulated dump truck dumped the ducks into the river from the Columbus Drive Bridge July 30, signaling the start of the race. The names of Komatsu distributor Roland Machinery Co. Click for more...

Nuss Truck Keeps on Delivering Excellence in Minn., Wis. →

Before there were computers to keep track of all available parts, a good memory was a vital business tool. Bob Nuss started his career in the late 60’s running a parts counter for his father, Charley, at Mack of Rockford, Ill. Bob Nuss had just graduated from St. Cloud with a business degree. “There were no computers then and we had to memorize everything,” Nuss said. “Now, with computers, the operation moves much faster.”Nuss advanced as the manager of a Mack Truck dealership in the early ’70’s, in Rochester, Minn., and took the leap to purchase the business, which was to become the first of several businesses he would purchase in the years to come. Click for more...

EX1200 Loads Trucks Every 80 Seconds at Quarry in Oahu →

Fifty-ton (45 t) haul trucks scurry about the new quarry being established by Grace Pacific Corporation on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Like ants from a pile of honey they scurry from the Hitachi EX1200, one every minute and 20 seconds, their beds heaped high. Bob Singlehurst, project manager of this huge venture, looks down on the activity from his lofty vantage point with a knowing smile. “We have 6 million cubic yards of material to move to get this site ready,” said Singlehurst. Click for more...

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