Varying lead times, a continued focus on safety and green transportation, and concern over aesthetics are just a few trends occurring with vocational truck and van upfits right now.
Spartan Motors Inc. announced the sale of its Emergency Response segment to REV Group Inc. The sale is intended to help Spartan focus on its commercial, fleet, delivery, and specialty vehicles markets.
As e-commerce explodes, more trucking companies are getting into the last-mile delivery business – not just for package delivery from the likes of Amazon, but also for larger items, appliances, even groceries and pharmaceuticals.
McLaren Doors has announced the Streamline Hinge, also known as the SL-Hinge, that is designed to provide faster installation and easier serviceability of the company’s Streamline doors.
The EBY Edge all-aluminum landscape body is a durable truck body that weighs less than steel bodies and to improve fuel efficiency and capacity.
For the past several model years, order-to-delivery times for high-volume work trucks and vans have increased due to strong demand. Vocational trucks are vulnerable to OTD delays because fleet orders are usually concentrated among a handful of models.
The EBY Powerhouse aluminum platform stake body is designed to weigh less and carry more and features durable aluminum parts.
The all-aluminum EBY Flex landscaping body features durable, lightweight side and rear panels that can be removed to convert it into a flatbed.
The EBY Fullback dump body is a general purpose aluminum truck body that can be customized to fit different applications.
Autocar said its Power of One integration body installation processes shows a substantial improvement in uptime and reliability for refuse fleets in the first 90 days of truck ownership.