Monday, December 1st, 2008
Whether it’s their American legacy or the fact that they’ve advertised being “built Ford tough,” Ford has been the biggest name in rugged industries for decades. And the millennial decade is no exception. Fords are rolling off the assembly lines and into America’s toughest and most dirty jobs faster than ever.
Just because they have a legacy of being the best, however, doesn’t mean they are outdated. Today’s Ford Trucks have features and options that make them more durable and better functioning than ever. In addition, Ford Commercial Trucks has a web site that makes learning about and buying Ford Trucks even easier.
The interactive site allows those researching the brand of trucks to search by either model or use, ensuring the trucker find the vehicle that is just right for him or her. Truckers can browse virtual showrooms, learn the history of the company, and even set up a “my garage” account in which trucks you view and customize online can be saved for a later time. This allows truckers considering Fords to compare models as well as comparing optional features.
With a towing guide and a Commercial Connection newsletter, truckers who consider a Ford commercial truck won’t be sorry. They’ll be kept informed of new models, policy changes, and the best vehicles for their jobs.
From pickup trucks to rough vans to mid sized trucks used for trailer or flatbed hauling, Ford has tough trucks, and both their trucks and their web site are similarly fully loaded. A quick visit to the site will allow commercial truckers to search, compare, and purchase some of the best commercial trucks in the industry.
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Available in several trim levels that comprise of the XL, the STX, tee XLT, the SPORT, the FX4, and the FX4 Level II, the Ford Ranger is a compact pick up truck. This vehicle shows off a passenger capacity of three. For eighteen years, and still counting, the Ford Ranger has been dubbed and noted as the best selling compact pickup in the United States. The R.L. Polk and Company has given this vehicle the award for the highest ownership loyalty in five consecutive years.
Auto enthusiasts loved the Ford Ranger truck upon its introduction and public debut in 1982. The Ford Motor Company introduced this pickup truck and the enthusiasts came flocking in. They were mostly after quality vehicles and the Ford Ranger was what they wanted. For years, the Ford Ranger has been crafted and sold with sporty and impressive looks that is just like the first Ford Ranger introduced more than a decade ago.
The present Ford Ranger holds design changes that include revised bumper colors, a horizontal grille insert, rugged fender flares, clear-lens parking lamps, new tail lamps, new fog lamps, a 9-inch Ford oval mounted on the grille and tailgate, and a Ranger windshield logo. It comes with a 2.3 liter engine with four cylinders. New color choices for this vehicle include screaming yellow clearcoat, torch red clearcoat, and redfire clearcoat metallic. Additional options for this vehicle include two 15-inch Alcoa forged aluminum wheels, body-color side moldings, as well as new packages. Its exterior motif holds equipment and features like an aggressive valance and power-dome hood structure as well as a nostril grille. These are very much consistent with the rest of the Ford truck lineup. The interior boasts of a sporty feel and functionality. This Ford truck for sale has seats with sculpted bolster and seatbacks for comfort and support. There also are optional sport bucket seats, leather-trimmed seating surfaces as well as a steel wheel trimmed and wrapped in leather.
Great changes and upgrades were considered to be milestones for the Ford Ranger. Those that made waves included the 1965 use of the Ranger name as a styling package for the F-Series pickup trucks. For 1981, the plans for this vehicle model were unveiled and presented in an auto show. The following year, the Ford Ranger came rolling off the assembly line and into the streets. A year after driving its way to the market, the Ford Ranger’s V6 makes it as Off-Road magazine’s 4×4 Truck of the Year. It was also named Ranger 4×4 of the year by the 4-Wheel and Off-Road magazine in the year 1986. It also was selected as Pickup of the Year by the Truckin’ magazine in 1993.
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
All transportation companies need an operating authority issued by the former Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) which is now maintained by the Department of Transportation (DOT). You as a trucker also need this operating authority. For commercial trucking and commercial truckers it is an unavoidable permit or authority. When you carry commodities over different state lines, you need this ICC authority along with truck Insurance and Cargo Insurance. While getting the ICC authority check with your home state rules and regulations. Your home state may have some regulation regarding loading and unloading of the items. For truckers an ICC authority means you have a permit to carry different items and goods within state and interstate.
Now instead of the ICC, ICC authority applications are handled by two agencies under the USDOT. To get ICC authority, you do not need any experience; you just need to apply for it. ICC authority decides which companies are permitted as truckers/carriers. It also decides the service that these companies will offer and the charges that they can take from the customers.
ICC authority means Operating authority. ICC refers to Interstate Commerce Commission. ICC authority now means federal operating authority that looks after the rules governing transport companies for hire across the different state lines.
ICC authority is a term used to mean a legal permission or a business license. This is granted by a federal or state transportation governing agency. This permit or license is needed by the for hire transportation agency or the truckers.
According to the law, if you are a trucker, you should have a ICC operating authority. If you are operating new or used commercial truck might be Ford commercial trucks, Kenworth commercial trucks, Peterbilt commercial trucks, GMC commercial trucks etc without the ICC authority, then you are really taking a big risk.
It is better not to operate till you get the authority. When you, as a trucker, operate within a specific commercial zone then you can operate without such authority but if you plan on going beyond this zone then make sure that you have the authority to.
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Getting the right deal on your Truck Insurance has improved thanks to the Internet. You can now get commercial truck insurance and truck insurance quotes anytime and any place. The Internet caters to your needs 24/7. The accessibility of getting truck insurance U.K based means that any truck driver can have their vehicle insured quickly and safely. Whatever your need to have any truck insurance quotes, from commercial truck insurance for haulage and smaller vans to specialised fields such as recovery truck insurance. You will find all the policies available online and you will get the Truck Insurance policy that is right for you.
Why should you take out HGV Insurance? The advantages of being out on the road and knowing that your vehicle is insured is a great comfort. You can have your truck insurance U.K work for you whenever there is an accident and can protect your business from undue harm.
There are over 250,000 road traffic accidents on our roads each and every year. So you will be glad that you have commercial truck insurance if it happens to you. You’ll be even happier to know that the driver of any recovery truck insurance keeps them safe as well. Their insurance protects your vehicle from damage. Truck Insurance is a lifeline and a great support for any road user who drives a truck might be a heavy duty, light duty, pick up, Ford truck, GMC truck, Peterbilt truck, Isuzu truck etc. You must have the right truck insurance quotes for policies that fit your needs and you can do it all with the click of a mouse.
Truck Insurance is easy to access with the Internet and their are hundreds of insurance firms and brokers who are willing to help you get the best deal on your truck insurance quotes. Any specialised insurance details, like if you need recovery truck insurance, can also be obtained and there are many different policies to suit.
Commercial truck insurance providers are mainly for the large fleet vehicles and businesses that require a larger amount of comprehensive cover for all company vehicles. This doesn’t mean that smaller businesses will be left without Truck Insurance, you just have to find the right policy. Getting the right HGV Insurance quote for your companies needs is easy to do if you take the advice of the professionals that work for the online Truck Insurance sites and the related brokerage firms. You can find that the online Insurance providers have done all the hard work for you and have compiled lists of over 450 individual policies that can be tailored to suit your commercial vehicle needs. Getting Truck Insurance has never been easier.
The contract of Truck Insurance will mean that both you and the insurance provider will agree to set terms for the eventuality of an accident, fire or theft. The insurer will specify how much you are to pay for your policy and in return they will provide you with a level of service.Truck Insurance protects you and other road users against risk. Getting the right deal can mean the difference between a growing business and financial strain.
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Ford Motor Co. may seem struggling in some auto categories. But the Dearborn-based automaker is doing well in the manufacture of pickup trucks, its bread and butter vehicles. To hold onto its lead in the industry, the automaker seeks to unveil largest and most adaptable motor homes.
The Blue Oval does not sell recreational vehicles under its own name, but Ford is the leading manufacturer of motor home chassis in the United States.
The new chassis truck, made in Detroit, is all about weight. There are six models in the lineup. Based on reports, the biggest has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds.
For the biggest motor homes, the automaker is offering its 6.8-liter Triton V-10, which provides best-in-class performance producing 362 horsepower and 457 foot-pounds of torque. Aside from the superb hauling power, the automaker’s new chassis deliver improved ride and handling, quieter operation and wheels capable of turning up to 50 degrees in either direction.
When the Guthries first approached the automaker, the RV chassis were manufactured in Mexico. With help from the city and the United Auto Workers, who agreed to competitive contract terms, the brothers were able to put together a bid to produce the underbodies in Detroit for less than Ford was paying in Mexico, the report continued.
The commercial truck business is a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle. One of the very big pieces of that puzzle is the motor home industry.
The automaker does not divulge financial results for its motor home venture, but Castelli said Ford produces about 30,000 RV chassis of all classes each year, accounting for about 10 percent of its total commercial truck output. And it is consistently profitable.
The largest models borrow from the F-650 commercial trucks. Castelli said these titans will not only guarantee Ford stays in the lead, but should increase its share even more despite the escalating gasoline price.
As other automakers focus on the enhancement of other auto parts such as engines and shocks, Ford takes the risk of beefing up the chassis.
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Starting in 2010, Nissan will start producing light commercial and medium-duty trucks in its Canton, Mississippi, plant. The move is a bold statement in the face of the declining truck industry, but Nissan North America’s vice president of product planning Larry Dominique is confident on Nissan’s entry strategy: “The beauty of light commercial vehicles is that there are a very limited number of players. For us, that equals a good market opportunity.” The commercial vehicles are used by up-fitters to produce mack trucks, dump trucks, tow trucks, large school buses, U-Haul-like cargo carriers, cab-over-engine trucks, and other vehicles.
Nissan’s commercial vehicles will compete with the likes of the Ford commercial trucks (E-series), Chevy Express, Dodge Sprinter, and other light- and medium-duty trucks. In 2007, Dodge, Ford, Chevy, and GMC sold 325,744 full-size vans, a drop of 8.4 percent from their 2006 sales.
Dominique states that Nissan’s light commercial vehicles will range from “full-size vans, small vans, different pickup truck variations, ambulances. It could be buses in the future.” Because the Canton plant currently produces the Nissan Titan pickup truck, Nissan will have Chrysler LLC develop and assemble the next-generation Titan. Once production of Nissan’s new commercial vehicles begin, Nissan and other interested dealers will be signed up to sell the vehicles within the next four months.
Dominique says that Nissan light commercial truck sales are strong in Japan and Europe and are growing in China. In Japan and Europe, the commercial vehicles are branded the Atlas and Atleon. With a strong base out of Japan and Europe, “the U.S. is one of the last untapped markets for Nissan,” according to Dominique.
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Sensing the ripe market opportunity, Nissan will start producing various commercial trucks and medium-duty trucks in 2010. The targeted segment is currently dominated by Ford and GM, where the miscellaneous cabs and frames are used to produce such vehicles as dump trucks, tow trucks, and school buses.
Now, Nissan wants a piece of the pie. Larry Dominique, Nissan’s VP of product planning, wouldn’t disclose details right now, but he did say that a handful of new products will be needed to satisfy the new commercial truck dealers – and Nissan is more than willing to oblige. Joe Castelli, the former director of Ford’s commercial trucks (and now a VP of commercial trucks at Nissan), said the Japanese automaker will be pulling from their global stable of commercial components (branded Atlas and Atleon in other markets) to quickly adapt them for the U.S. market. Nissan’s official commercial truck plans will be announced in January at the Detroit Auto Show, and we’ll be there to judge reactions.
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
With the current drop in new pickup truck sales and the steadily north moving gas prices finding and buying a used pickup truck for sale has never been easier for you. All makes, models, and versions of used pickup trucks have suddenly glutted the market for second-hand trucks.
So, you have a wide choice of pickups like Ford trucks, GMC trucks, Chevrolet Trucks, Dodge trucks etc to choose from and you can even effectively bargain the amount that you need to pay for it. All in all it has now become a buyer’s market, whereas not so long ago it was entirely in favor of the sellers.
It would seem to you as if the sellers are simply jettisoning their pickup trucks at whatever costs they are able to sell them at. However, they all have good enough reasons to do that. Moreover, different categories of Americans have different reasons for putting up their used pickup truck for sale.
Extremely rich Americans have resorted to selling off their first hand pickup truck simply to buy the latest new pickup truck that they have taken a fancy to. Skyrocketing gas prices can never seem to have an effect on them and neither does the amount of money they get back as the sale value. They are too rich to harp on such minor matters. They do not even baulk at having to sell their used pickup trucks at hefty discounts.
For some of the gas price conscious first hand pickup truck owners, selling is a decision they have taken because they never actually needed a pickup truck. They had bought pickup trucks because they thought these vehicles can potentially serve multiple needs. They used their pickup trucks mainly as a car, but earlier they could afford the high amount of gas the vehicles consumed because gas prices were then much lower.
Now that they have factored in the current gas price increases, they find they can no longer afford to use the gas guzzling pickup trucks. They have deduced that in the current situation, shifting to a car would cut down on gas costs and not take away anything from a usage point of view. This category of sellers can also be coaxed by you into selling at substantial discounts.
The other category of gas price conscious first hand pickup truck owners comprise those who actually used their trucks mainly as a pickup rather than as a car. However, gas prices having reached new highs, they are constrained to sell off their trucks even at a discount, because they can no longer afford to pay the cost of the fuel.
However the despondency in the new pickup truck sales together with the high gas consumption costs should make you, as a buyer of a used pickup truck for sale, wary of gas guzzlers. You need to focus your purchase on the really fuel efficient models.
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
It wasn’t long after the Nineties began that Ford introduced what would become one of the most significant vehicles in its long history. But as it so happened, that debut coincided with the loss of a couple of long-time favorites.1990 was the last year for Ford’s faithful C-Series trucks.
Ford celebrated its 75th anniversary of making trucks during 1992, a year that also brought a redesign of the full-size Econoline vans. These vehicles had not seen major changes since 1975, so it was a welcome modernization.
The 1992 Ford Ranger’s STX package came with side graphics, as shown on this SuperCab 4×4.
1992 Ford Ranger Sport models got their own distinct — and colorful — graphics. The Flareside bed returned as an option in 1992 after a four-year absence. It was available on both regular- and extended-cab models of F-Series pickup trucks.
The full-size Bronco received the same new front-end treatment as the Ford F-Series trucks, and also added a Nite trim package similar to that introduced on F-Series trucks the previous year. Ford trucks were also treated to a front-end restyle for 1992 that resulted in a smoother face. Two unusual Ford concept trucks were briefly introduced in 1993, but never mass produced.
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Largest manufacturers in Western Europe
1 Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz,Freightliner,Sterling,Unimog,Western Star,Fuso)
2 Volvo (Volvo,Mack,Renault,UD Nissan Diesel)
3 PACCAR (DAF Trucks,Kenworth,Peterbilt,Leyland Trucks)
4 Navistar International Corporation (International,Workhorse
Western European manufacturers
* Acmat (France)
* Alexander Dennis (UK)
* BMC (Turkey)
* Carmichael (UK)
* DAF Trucks (Netherlands)
Eastern European manufacturers
* Fabrika Automobila Priboj (Serbia)
* Kamaz (Russia)
* KrAZ (Ukrania)
* MAZ (Belarus)
* Roman (Romania)
A truck stop in Ladakh, India
* Ashok Leyland (India)
* BMC
* Hino Motors
* Mahindra and Mahindra
* TATA Motors
South America
* Chevrolet(commercial vehicules for the Colombian market only)
* Ford Truck(Brasil)(cargo line)
* Mack Trucks
* Volvo Trucks(Brasil)
* Volkswagen Truck & Bus(Brasil)
North America
* Autocar(USA)
* Chevrolet
* Dodge
* E-One
* Freightliner LLC
* Ford
* GMC
* Kenworth
* Mack Trucks
* International
* Ottawa (Truck)
* Peterbilt
* Volvo Trucks (different models for U.S. market)
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