It’s been a snowy winter so far in the Midwest. For streets and highways, snow means salt and that often means trucks with stainless steel bodies to carry and spread it.
Imported steel costs more, whether used in dump trucks or Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg's new garage lift.
China will suspend the additional 25% tariff imposed on U.S. auto imports for three months starting Jan. 1, the Chinese Finance Ministry announced Friday.
The Department of Commerce has outlined a process that would allow individual American businesses to apply for an exclusion from the tariffs on imported steel and aluminum recently enacted by the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump's executive order imposing tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum may translate to higher prices to commercial fleets for vehicles and truck or van equipment, fleet management company experts said.
Think you’re seeing a lot of aluminum end-dump trailers in recent years? You are. Aluminum’s in, but steel still has a place.
Accuride has introduced the ProFinish steel wheel refinishing service for the North American commercial vehicle market. Now in full operation, ProFinish will refinish all steel wheel makes with Accuride’s Steel Armor coating that protects the wheel from corrosion and comes with a 12-month warranty against rust damage.
Special cargos require specialized trailers, and one is the drop deck, whether made of steel, aluminum, or a combination of the two.
HDT's Tom Berg says his friend Mike, who died in a rear underride crash more than 44 years ago, would be happy about recent safety advancements. Read more in the Trailer Talk blog.
I looked at the transition radius on a Mac aluminum drop deck and it occurred to me that the radius is an arc, a portion of an arch – that engineering marvel devised by Roman engineers more than 2,000 years ago.