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Duffy Sells Monster Trailer With Alex Lyon & Son →

Selling a trailer so massive that only a few companies in the world have a use for it requires a special touch. Click for more...

New Director of Sales Named at XL Specialized Trailers →

Rodney Crim bring years of field experience to the role. Click for more...

Truck Works Inc. Integrates Galvanizing Technology Into a New Application →

Mixing a proven technology into a new application proves to be a winning formula for TWI. Click for more...

Terex Advocates New Work Zone Capacity Comparison for Digger Derricks →

A new standard aims to get the right truck lined up for the right job. Click for more...

Air Ramp Technology Now an Option for Felling Trailers’ Over the Road Semi Trailers →

Now, any air-brake equipped truck can operate a Felling Trailer equipped with air ramps - without any other external power source. Click for more...

NCCCO Launches Service Truck Crane Operator Program →

The new written and practical exams are "challenging" but appropriate for the level of knowledge and skill operators need to safely do their work. Click for more...

Ervin Equipment Supplies Full Line of Transcraft Trailers →

The trailer range, which encompasses standard-duty, heavy-duty and extreme-duty trailers, is designed to meet the needs of the commercial vehicle and construction industries. Click for more...

Felling Trailers Redesigns Its Compact Loader Trailer →

Felling keeps on trucking with a redesigned trailer. Click for more...

Thunder Creek Equipment Launches Service, Lube Trailer →

A new trailer, designed specifically for in-field equipment service, thunders on the scene. Click for more...

Expotractor Adds Lowboy Trailers →

The company offers the Low-down on its new trailers. Click for more...

Talbert Displays Fully Customized 55SA-HX, 65-Ton Modular Trailers →

The company puts its customization capabilities to the test. Click for more...

IronPlanet Launches Truck-Exclusive Auction Site →

The new online service will focus on everything from day cabs to sleepers, refrigerated trucks to flatbeds, and light-duty work pickups to heavy haul tractors. Click for more...

Foley Industries Receive Women-Owned Business Certification From NWBOC →

Foley Industries and its three operating entities, Foley Equipment Company, Foley Rental and Foley Rebuild Center, have each been officially certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC). Many public corporations as well as local, state and federal government purchasing agencies have programs for allotting a certain percentage of business to women-owned companies. Click for more...

Time Takes Toll on the Talley →

Construction crews in Tennessee are preparing to replace an historic bridge that dates back to the 1920s. Built by the State Highway Department as part of the special toll bridge program, the Edward R. Talley Bridge in Hancock County is being retired due to significant deterioration. It currently remains open to the public, as teams work to complete a new structure by 2014. “The new bridge will not resemble the Edward R. Click for more...

Ox Bodies Introduces Trail Ox End Dump Trailers →

Ox Bodies is formally introducing its new Trail Ox series of steel end dump trailers. The Trail Ox family of trailers is well-suited for a range of applications from sand-to-large aggregates, to riprap and asphalt, according to the manufacturer. Designed for long-term reliability and profitability, the product line comes in full and quarter-frame versions with three body styles in square bottom “L”, elliptical “U” and a “J” body, which is a cross between the “U” and “L”. Click for more...

Landoll Introduces Artic Hose Package →

Landoll Corporation has a new option for customers that will be operating in the extreme weather conditions of northern Canada and Alaska. The new “Arctic Hose Package” may be installed on the full line of Landoll’s traveling axle trailers. Landoll trailers have standard components that operate in conditions down to minus 20 F. When working in areas that are consistently below that temperature, Landoll recommends the all new “Arctic Hose Package option”. Click for more...

’Dump Hunger’ Campaign to Fill Five Dump Trucks With Food →

When the calendar turns to January, donations to local food banks drop dramatically — a 36 percent decrease on average in Idaho alone. In 2008, the Dump Hunger campaign planned to fill one dump truck with 75,000 lbs. of food and support local food banks when donations are needed most. Five years and nearly two million lbs. of food later, the 2013 Dump Hunger campaign launched with its loftiest goal yet. Click for more...

Ervin Equipment Responds to Oil Boom →

Ervin Equipment is expanding its supply services to the aggregates, asphalt, roadbuilding and oilfield industries by providing an expanded line of new and used bottom dump trailers. A long-time supplier of a variety of specialty trailers, Ervin has seen the demand for bottom dump trailers spike in recent months. To continue to serve the growing needs of its customer base as a single source supplier for all trailer requirements, Ervin is expanding its selection to include bottom dump trailers as well as exploring other units requested by customers in the oil boom areas. Click for more...

Terex Offers Special Lease Terms on Generation 9 Articulated Trucks →

Terex Construction has introduced affordable lease options to customers on its TA300 and TA400 models of Generation 9 articulated trucks. The new Terex Gen 9 articulated truck lease program features low monthly payments, no money down, with the option to refinance at the end of the initial lease period or lease a new Terex articulated truck. The program will run until March 31, 2013, in North America. Click for more...

Landoll Introduces 835D Construction Trailer →

Landoll Corporation’s model 835D Construction is a 35-ton (32 t) capacity hydraulic detachable non- ground bearing trailer. This two-axle trailer has a frame rating with 12 ft. (3.6 m) and is equipped with flip third axle brackets and air connections as standard equipment. Landoll has maximized the lower deck lengths that are available up to 32 ft. (9.7 m). The load deck has been lowered down to a loaded deck height of 18.5 in. Click for more...

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