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From an NTEA member ​ We are a truck equipment distributor that regularly installs snowplows, and have heard that ballast weight can be used in the rear of the truck to offset weight of the plow on the front axle. Is...

From an NTEA member A customer received a ticket for not having reflective conspicuity treatment on their straight truck. Is this correct? We believe the requirement was only for trailers and semi-tractors. Also, how...

One of our customers is a fleet that operates and maintains work trucks. This fleet is buying new, incomplete chassis cabs from a local dealer and mounts their used truck bodies and/or equipment onto them. They also have...

As an upfitter that occasionally drives vehicles to the customer after completion, what requirements apply to us when our employees deliver the vehicles? Also, do our drivers need a commercial driver’s license?

Performing box removal on pickups is getting increasingly difficult, especially with the newer, advanced safety systems. What are our responsibilities as an upfitter?

We’re opening a new truck equipment distribution business. Does certification of the trucks we build mean just labeling the vehicles when we’re finished building? Also, we’re considering building vehicles for customers...

We’re a truck equipment distributor that installs various types of truck bodies and accessories for the commercial vehicle market. On many occasions, a customer will ask us to supply and install a new body with...

NTEA commonly receives questions about U.S. requirements for rear end protection and rear impact guards.

We have customers who want our company to transfer their old truck body to a new incomplete truck chassis. Additionally, other customers want us to refurbish their older trucks using a glider kit (new cab, front axle and...

We are an upfitter, and one of our local dealers sold some used pickup trucks to a customer and sent them to our business for service body installations without consulting us or the OEM for pickup box removal guidance...