Vehicle Upfitting Considerations

Learn the differences between pickup box delete and pickup box removal, including engineering, regulatory, and cost implications for fleets, OEMs, and upfitters.

New and updated OEM bulletins from Ford Pro SVE, GM Upfitter Integration, and Stellantis/Ram Professional provide the latest guidance on chassis integrations, rearview camera systems, PTO updates, and electrical...

AISBM supports pickup box removal programs and strengthens collaboration between service body manufacturers and chassis OEMs. Readers gain a better understanding of how industry partnerships enable compliant upfits...

This Tech Trends article provides an overview of interior occupant protection considerations for commercial vehicles when equipment is installed within the passenger compartment. It highlights how certain federal safety...

Rear end requirements for commercial straight trucks can be complex, involving overlapping federal, state and application-specific considerations. In this Tech Connections article, NTEA’s Steve Spata explores common...

NTEA members occasionally explore requirements for incorporating steps and grab handles as part of a vehicle upfit. While it would be logical for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to have operative...

We hear from upfitters that customers often believe four-wheel-drive trucks are factory-prepped for plow attachment. However, that isn’t always the case. Since not every four-wheel-drive truck comes with a factory...

For snowplow applications, chassis manufacturers including Ford, General Motors (GM), Nissan and Ram have specific recommendations on the vehicles and options needed for snowplow compatibility on lighter-duty trucks...

From an NTEA member We are a truck equipment upfitter and have heard we should be sending routine communications to NHTSA. What are these requirements, and how do we meet them? Many work truck industry professionals...

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...