Manitex International Incorporated recently introduced their biggest collaborative display among all four of their manufacturing divisions, Manitex Liftking, Manitex, Inc., Badger Equipment Co., and Manitex Load King, based in North America, at the 2011 ConExpo. The company display was focused on three mounted crane trucks which illustrated the capability and flexibility of their flagship platform of 50 ton trucks. The first truck was the 50155S model. This truck has a powered boom of 155 ft and is the only truck which provides a working height of 209 ft with a single jib piece and that

Peterbilt Company had announced last month that they would be increasing the production of their new 382 model truck at their Denton, Texas truck manufacturing plant. This new model offers exceptional serviceability, aerodynamic efficiency as well as outstanding maneuverability for shorter delivery, haul as well as diminishing loads. The General Manager for Peterbilt and Vice President for PACCAR, Bill Jackson, said that this truck has optimized steering capabilities and safety for heavy traffic areas, advanced aerodynamics to provide greater fuel efficiency as well as serviceability

Danish lorry loader cranes manufacturer, HMF, recently extended its contract with Briton’s reclaimer of charity textile, Wilcox. They will be supplying one more hydraulic truck mounted loader crane. The HMF Company’s contract with Wilcox goes back to more than six years, when the Wilcox Co. gave them specifications for designing crane lorry loaders for them. The latest HMF crane which was released just more than a month ago was the 1075-K2 crane. This crane has been designed so that it can lift as well as dump textile openers which are bottom opening and weigh up to 800 kg.

NTEA or the National Truck Equipment Assignment recently announced the names of two companies which took home the exhibitor awards at their exhibition of work truck show of 2011 held earlier in the month along with the 47th annual convention of their groups in Indianapolis. These two companies were Energy Xtreme and Dakota Bodies. Dakota Bodies received the award of Editor’s Choice for their new kit of service body truck named “component body” that can be assembled in almost 16 configurations so as to meet the specific needs of customers. This is available in stainless

The net orders for vehicles coming under the Class 8 category have continued rising in demand. They made a lot of sales in the month of January, and despite having a falloff the orders for commercial trailers also remained quite strong, reported the ACT Research Company, (ACT). With the rising and continued demand for machinery and equipments growing stronger, is an indication that many of the trucking fleets have been ramping up their older trucks as well as upgrading their replacement vehicles, a fact which had been largely deferred over the last two years, according to the ACT officials. The