Chassis Integrations

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NTEA’s vehicle engineering and compliance resources provide solutions

NTEA’s technical services department is a vital resource for members. Staff engineers with more than 100 years of combined commercial vehicle industry experience provide in-depth solutions to technical questions and...

May 6, 2025

Tech Connections

Snowplow ballast weight considerations

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...

September 3, 2024

Excise Tax Enquirer

Incomplete chassis cabs: Trucks or tractors for purposes of FET?

We are a licensed truck dealer and want to sell a new incomplete chassis cab with a GVWR of 33,000 pounds or less. Our customer advised that the chassis will be completed as a truck. Can I sell the chassis as a...

February 29, 2024

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NTEA’s vehicle engineering and compliance resources provide solutions

May 6, 2025

Tech Connections

Snowplow ballast weight considerations

September 3, 2024

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Commercial Vehicle Upfitting Summit

This annual event offers the work truck industry technical community an opportunity to preview commercial vehicle updates and engage with OEM engineers on critical upfitter modifications.

Kalahari Resorts & Conventions

Sandusky, Ohio

Oct 14 - 15, 2025

Excise Tax Enquirer

Incomplete chassis cabs: Trucks or tractors for purposes of FET?

February 29, 2024

Tech Trends

Chassis OEM bulletins

For 2024, Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis (RAM) released new and updated technical reports — some of which may be helpful to NTEA member companies that upfit vehicles.

December 28, 2023

Excise Tax Enquirer

Are used truck chassis sales taxable?

We own a used, taxable truck chassis and would like to sell it. Are we correct that our sale will not be subject to Internal Revenue Service Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 4051 FET?

December 22, 2023

Tech Connections

Vehicle certification considerations when combining new and used components

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...

December 1, 2023

Tech Trends

Chassis OEM bulletins

View updates from Ford, GM and Stellantis.

November 7, 2023

Tech Connections

What is the make inoperative prohibition on used vehicles?

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...

November 6, 2023

Excise Tax Enquirer

Are chassis and body parts/accessories subject to FET?

A customer wants us to install a new body subject to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 4051 FET on a used chassis. While we are installing the new body, the customer also wants us to...

November 6, 2023

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