What are manufacturer identification requirements?

January 3, 2022

Steve Spata

NTEA Senior Technical Assistance Director

We upfit vehicles for a leasing company, and they told us we need to be registered as a manufacturer with the U.S. Department of Transportation, even though we’re not a chassis OEM. What are these registration requirements, and does this apply to our company for the vehicles we build for them that go to Canada?

Make NTEA your Association today and unlock access to exclusive resources, tools and insights.

Join online

GCWR: What it means and where to find it

From an NTEA member What is the GCWR of a truck, and how is it determined? GCWR is the acronym for gross combination weight rating, but the meaning of the term can depend on who is asking the question. The root of the...

May 6, 2025

Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR)

Tech Connections

Lighting requirements for straight trucks with hooklifts and roll-offs

A customer is having us build them a hooklift truck, and some of their bodies for the vehicle will be more traditional truck bodies like van bodies, flatbeds and dump bodies, in addition to traditional roll-off trash...

April 2, 2025

Tech Connections

Removing seats from passenger vans

We routinely alter new cargo vans with various equipment configurations, such as partitions and shelving, but we have recently received numerous requests from OEM dealers to remove seats from new passenger vans. Can we...

February 25, 2025

What are manufacturer identification requirements?

Recommended Articles

GCWR: What it means and where to find it

Lighting requirements for straight trucks with hooklifts and roll-offs

Removing seats from passenger vans