Tech Connections

From an NTEA member We are a truck equipment upfitter and have heard we should be sending routine communications to NHTSA. What...

GCWR is the acronym for gross combination weight rating, but the meaning of the term can depend on who is asking the question.

A customer is having us build them a hooklift truck, and some of their bodies for the vehicle will be more traditional truck...

We routinely alter new cargo vans with various equipment configurations, such as partitions and shelving, but we have recently...

Customers and fleets have asked if there are any federal regulations for mud flaps, splash guards, fenders or any other devices...

From an NTEA member We are an upfitter and know that certification applies to new vehicles, but we have many different scenarios...

From an NTEA member What does it mean when our customers ask if we are DOT-certified? The U.S. federal Department of...

From an NTEA member We are a truck equipment distributor, and some of our customers have recently been through motor carrier...

NTEA periodically receives questions from upfitters, fleets and end users on what required emergency equipment, such as fire...

Overloading a commercial vehicle, and exceeding the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), individual gross axle weight ratings...