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Specifications for weight distribution and bridge laws

Truck salespeople, fleet managers and end users face challenges in determining the right work truck for a specific application. When replacing a commercial vehicle with something similar, the first inclination is often...

April 21, 2025

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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

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3 reasons private companies purchase D&O Liability insurance

Action brought against directors and officers of a company, whether based on actual or alleged wrongful acts, can result in a Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability claim. This may arise from execution of daily duties or...

October 2, 2020

Risk Mitigation

Industry News

4 ways to make insurance renewal work for you

It’s fairly easy to guess how companies may feel about insurance policy renewal. It’s a pain…it’s time consuming…it’s tedious. But I challenge you to rethink it — or, dare I say, even welcome it. Remember, insurance...

June 23, 2021

Risk Mitigation

Fleet

A logical approach for chassis and body design

When spec’ing - what should come first the truck chassis or the body? The answer may appear to be counterintuitive. Following a logical approach for both chassis and body design will ensure an efficient work truck.

April 20, 2018

Chassis Integrations

Tech Trends

ADAS upfitting integrations

You may be familiar with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) such as automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assistance, blind spot warning, parking assistance and 360-degree...

December 2, 2022

Tech Connections

Adding a center high-mounted stop lamp

We are a truck equipment distributor, and were asked to add a center high-mounted stop lamp (CHMSL) to a customer’s truck. The only available option is to combine it with the center light in the rear identification lamp...

May 7, 2015

Tech Trends

Adding air braked trailer tow packages

NTEA fields fields questions on retrofitting air braked trailer towing systems to trucks that did not come with a factory tractor towing package. A key concern involves the requirement for an air-brake system (ABS)...

May 6, 2016

Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR)

Excise Tax Enquirer

Additional axles on customer-owned chassis within the Six Month Rule

We are a truck body manufacturer that sells bodies at retail. There are times we install a taxable body on a customer-owned chassis on which we also install one or more additional axles. The customer-owned chassis have a...

April 1, 2000

Chassis Integrations

Tech Trends

Addressing issues when connecting to OEM electrical systems

Today’s electrical architecture has never been more complex; coupled with intricate engine and emissions system monitoring requirements, your current wiring methods (or those you have used in the past) may not work...

June 3, 2016

Regulatory

Advisory committee on underride protection; notice of public meeting

NHTSA announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Underride Protection (ACUP). This notice announces the date, time, and location of the meeting, which will be open to the public. The purpose of the ACUP is to...

May 16, 2023

Tech Connections

Altered vehicle certification

As an upfitter, how do I know if I need to use an altered vehicle certification label?

March 30, 2021

Vehicle Certification

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