trucks

Antique and Working Truck Show

- March 01, 2011

American Truck Historical Society Music City Chapter, Lebanon, Tenn., (615) 330-0475.

FUEL CAP LOCK

- June 02, 2010

Diesel Fuel is expensive and prices are once again on the rise. With higher fuel prices comes an increase in the risk of fuel theft. Our product, The Fuel Lock is the only totally secure way of preventing fuel theft and/or sabotage...

New Magazine Debuts

- May 12, 2010

Consumer magazines cover trucks as a hobby, but there’s never been a single source of information on trucks for contractors-- until now. That’s the premise of ProPickup. Last year we surveyed the readers of our construction magazines, Equipment World, Total Landscape Care, Better Roads and Aggregates Manager, and found that you own more than a million pickup trucks. That’s an average of eight per company...

The Griffin Tool

- December 14, 2009

THE GRIFFIN TOOL New kit provides stress-free trailer landing gear operation Owners of custom  big-rigs who want to quickly and easily drop their trailer landing gear can now turn to The Griffin Tool from Transport Product Solutions. The Griffin Tool, designed by a truck driver, utilizes your truck’s low-pressure air system to power-assist the raising/lowering of the landing gear, virtually eliminating stress on the body and significantly speeding up the entire trailer connect/disconnect process. It takes less than five minutes to slip the easy-to-install ...

Class 8 Big-Bore Shocks

- November 30, 2009

ROADKING SHOCKS Big-Bore mono tube design provides better ride & handling under all driving/load conditions Shocks are a custom rig's primary buffer between the road surface and the springs, and on up to the cab. Worn-out or poorly designed shocks means a long, unpleasant  ride for the driver. Shocks also control the springs, which keep the tires planted on the ground. Bad shocks can lead to premature tire wear. All that can quickly change for the better by upgrading to the new RoadKing 2- ...

Truck Show Latino 2009 Video

- October 27, 2009

Courtesy of Texas Chrome Shop

JOPLIN BASH

- October 16, 2009

When you get an invitation from the boyz at the Chrome Shop Mafia like that there’s no way one can turn it down. You just know the turn out is going to be good and the hospitality terrific. What we found were 97 trucks on site--72 of them registered in the Chrome Shop Mafia’s Truck Show--and a whole lot of fun...

2010 PRIDE & POLISH

- October 16, 2009

In an on-going effort to expand and refine Custom Rigs Pride & Polish truck beauty shows, the Randall-Reilly Events Division has just announced the selection of Neal Holsomback, Victor Verret, Barbara Holsomback and Suzanne Stempinski to manage the logistics, judging and on-site operations for all 2010 Pride & Polish truck beauty events. Other changes include...

Electric Truck's Displayed

- August 27, 2009

The Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, which is adjacent to Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284, has constructed a new exhibit on vintage electric trucks to educate the public on the history and origins of electric vehicles. Included in the exhibit is a 1911 Walker Electric Milk Delivery Truck...

Customizers gear up for Dallas

- August 05, 2009

Custom Rigs readers and customizing shops are sweating a few bullets trying to tidy up the last bits on rigs they are bringing to our Pride & Polish beauty show. A number of brand new custom rigs are debuting in Dallas, inclduing three fresh out of Triple R Diesel's shop...