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GMC CCKW U.S. Army cargo truck.
Articlesby Jack RobertsNovember 10, 2025

Great American Trucks: The GMC CCGW 'Deuce and a Half'

Allied planners knew logistics were critical for waging modern war. And GMC had the perfect truck for the job.

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U.S. Navy UDT Jeep.
Articlesby Jack RobertsDecember 9, 2024

Great American Trucks: The Jeep

It began life as a tiny little scout car. And it became one of the most famous trucks, ever -- the rolling personification of American can-do spirit.

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NewsNovember 29, 2017

Lockheed Martin Tests Autonomous System for Military Convoys

Lockheed Martin’s Autonomous Mobility Applique System has logged more than 55,000 miles in testing, during the U.S. Army’s Extended Warfighter Experiment at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Fort Bliss, Texas.

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergNovember 8, 2017

End Dump Plays the Middle Man in Grain Transfer Operation

A big two-wheel field cart has brought beans directly to a silo but needed the semi to dump them into an auger. Blog commentary by Tom Berg, Senior Contributing Editor

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergAugust 31, 2017

'High-Water Vehicles' Take Many Forms in Harvey Rescue Work

Trucks perform vital work, but explosions at a chemical plant near Houston involved refrigerated trailers that stored temperature-sensitive compounds. Tom Berg also explores some of the various vehicles, including trailers, being used in relief efforts in this Trailer Talk blog.

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NewsJune 22, 2017

Acela Truck Company Offers Extreme-Duty Trucks

The company resets Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTVs) from the U.S. Army to a near-zero-mile condition for use in oil and gas, mining, pipeline construction, and other commercial fleets.

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergApril 18, 2017

Where Did the North Koreans Get Those Missile-Toting Trucks?

Where did North Korea get its trucks and trailers to haul weapons? On the internet there are reports that the trucks and tractor-trailers were made in China, with – yikes! -- American and German components. Tom Berg explores the question in the Trailer Talk blog.

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Articlesby Tom BergMay 12, 2016

Ex-Military Trucks Find Duties with Civilian Operators

Bob Eggar, who runs The Pumpkin Patch, a produce farm on an island in the Columbia River, operates three 6x6s to get through mud.

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Trailer Talkby Tom BergJuly 9, 2015

The Army Uses Serious Rigs to Haul Armored Vehicles

The U.S. Army operates some of the more serious tractor-trailer combinations in the world, as Tom Berg explores in his Trailer Talk blog. The M1000 gooseneck trailer, for instance, weighs 50,000 pounds before it's even loaded.

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U.S. Army Humvees in a desert.
All That's Truckingby Deborah LockridgeNovember 3, 2010

Why Don't Military Trucks Have to Meet the Same Emissions Standards We Do?

I got an e-mail the other day from an owner-operator who was curious about why the government doesn't have to follow its own emissions rules when it comes to trucks owned by the military

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