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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...

Customers are asking us to build vehicles to haul flammable liquids and other hazardous materials. We want to know more about our requirements as a potential builder of cargo tank motor vehicles. We have identified a...

We are a truck equipment distributor and are considering adding a line of snowplows to our product offerings. What are the primary considerations for us to make in our installation preparations?

Since we have experience replacing bodies on some of our existing vehicles, we’re considering building our own vehicles with the garage services we have for our delivery operations rather than relying on a body company...

Some commercial vehicle upfitters may not fully understand the duties and obligations for submitting communications to NHTSA that they may send as part of their operations regarding potential defects.