Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Work Truck Wednesday Is Moving Stuff Day!

 





Delivery vans are more than popular in today's business environment. This unit is an excellent heavy-duty choice for many delivery business needs. It is tall enough to stand up in, the sides are made out of extremely durable FRP with straight and smooth sides for excellent graphics display. The inside has two rows of E-track to help strap in shiftable loads securely. This is important: It has a full-size roll-up rear door for full access to the interior without any doors to open or hold open. It is perfect for backing up to a dock or platform or even loading with a forklift. The front is aerodynamic to glide through the air with ease. The bulkhead is solid FRP to keep the noise in the back and not in the front. Excellent visibility, great turning radius, and so much more!

This great Supreme Spartan box van is mounted on the Chevrolet 3500 Express Cutaway Chassis with 9,900 lbs. GVWR, so it is ready to carry whatever load you need to give it. With a gas 4.3 liter V6, this unit has plenty of power and still has fuel efficiency.

See more about this unit here.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Chris Pratt with the First-Ever Silverado ZR2 | Chevrolet


Ranch life isn’t always as glamorous as Hollywood, but thanks to the first-ever Silverado ZR2, Chris Pratt is able to stay on top of it. And keep track of his best bud.

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Morgan Side Access Door Options Offer Cargo Management Solutions


Here are some ideas to increase efficiency a
nd have greater flexibility when dealing with cargo.

Morgan offers a variety of options that make side access egress and ingress easier!

Friday, September 24, 2021

Fleet Truck Friday: Electric Pickups: Timelines, Use Cases, Performance


In this episode of Fast Forward, Fleet Group Editor, Chris Brown, speaks with Executive Analyst for iSeeCars, Karl Bauer to discuss the timelines, use cases, and performance of various electric pickups. Today’s topics include: - What it will take for new EV OEMs to succeed in the market. - If EV Pickups work in a last-mile delivery environment. - Battery costs and battery ranges.


Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Work Truck Wednesday Shares The Virtues Of The Combo Body




The Combo Body is a Service Body where the rear compartments have been removed and the floor is extended about 3' and extended out to the sides to create a very nice work platform. It usually comes with short fold-down removable gates around the platform to help keep things in the bed area where they should stay. This body usually has a heavy-duty forklift loadable rack as well. This creates a very useful body in that you have a similar storage capacity of the Service Body, but the rear work area like a flatbed, hence Combo Body. The work platform is somewhat lower than a flatbed would be so it makes it very easy to use. You can pull out your chop saw and go right to work, then store everything in the body when you're done. It is a great choice for a wide variety of contractors and users.

The combo body can also have taller compartments. The standard height is about 41" and varies slightly with different manufacturers. This makes the top of the compartments come to about the middle or slightly lower of the rear window. The taller compartments are often 60" tall and are above the rear window slightly. Although very rare, a low-pro version of the combo body would be about 34" and the top of the lids would be at the bottom of the rear window. With the combo body being mounted more often now on medium-duty trucks, the 60" tall is becoming more popular due to the substantially extra storage space that it offers.

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Sunday, September 19, 2021

TOMMY GATE - The New V2 Series Liftgate for Chevy Express/ GMC Savana


The New Internal V2 Series Hydraulic Liftgate is the latest in liftgate technology from Tommy Gate. The V2 Series by Tommy Gate provides the maximum platform for maximum effectiveness.

Friday, September 17, 2021

Work Truck Friday: 7 Acquisition Strategy to Enhance 2022 Product Availability


The 70th State of the Fleet Industry video produced by Automotive Fleet offers an updated look at the state of the fleet market as presented by AF Editor Mike Antich. Today's topics include: - 90% of 2021 fleet models ordered between March 1 to August 16, 2021, have yet to be delivered to a dealer. - Latest warning that chip shortage may extend into CY-2022. - Seven acquisition strategies to mitigate the impact of supply constraints. - Need to structure next year’s budget to accommodate anticipated price increases.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Work Truck Wednesday Is A Chipper Day!

 





Yes, it's a chipper day. Branches, tree limbs, brush, let run it through the chipper and into the Forestry Chipper Body from Knapheide. This unit is a 14' long model and is heavy-duty as all Knapheide products are. To carry that load, this body is mounted on the Chevrolet Silverado Medium-Duty 6500 with 23,500 lbs. GVWR. It is equipped with the infamous Duramax Diesel and matched with the Allison Automatic. Plenty of creature comforts going from job to job and DOES NOT require a Commercial Drivers License! The list of options includes aluminum wheels!

This unit won't last!

See more about this unit here.

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Reading. Made For More.


Our work is all about helping you do your work. We make truck bodies. We’ve been doing it for 60 years now. Six decades of hard work, invention, and innovation. And there’s more where that came from. Reading. Made for more.

See all of our ready to go to work right now truck inventory at ParadiseFleet.com

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Behind the Scenes of the First-Ever Silverado ZR2 Relay | Chevrolet


Take a look behind the scenes of the first-ever Silverado ZR2 relay with NBC sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, 2020 NASCAR champion Chase Elliott, actor, producer and rancher Chris Pratt, platinum-selling artist BRELAND and off-road desert racing champion Chad Hall.

Friday, September 10, 2021

First-Ever Silverado ZR2 Reveal | Chevrolet


The first-ever Silverado ZR2 is a true playmaker. Watch the reveal that aired during Sunday Night Football between NBC sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, 2020 NASCAR champion Chase Elliott, actor, producer and rancher Chris Pratt, platinum-selling artist BRELAND and off-road desert racing champion Chad Hall to see what this truck can do for your team this season.
Learn more about Silverado here: https://www.chevrolet.com/upcoming-ve...

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Work Truck Wednesday Celebrates The Contractor Body!

 





Today is Work Truck Wednesday and we're showing off a versatile work truck that is commonly called the Contractor Body. Why? Because so many contractors love this truck. It begins its life as a flatbed. In this case, a 12' flatbed. To that, we add two 8' long toolboxes mounted on top of the bed with fold-down doors and open-top lids like service bodies have. Then, there's the tapered headboard giving the truck body a smooth look as if it were made for this chassis. Next, we add a heavy-duty forklift loadable material rack, fold-down short gates around the back, a load divider inside the bed at the back of the toolboxes to be able to separate some loads. To top it all off, we add a great rear heavy-duty bumper with a full-width step plate and last is the trailer receiver and wiring plug. Sorry, one more thing: Look at those 60" long underbed toolboxes!

Oh, one more thing of importance. This great Scelzi body is mounted on the Chevrolet Silverado Medium-Duty 4500 with 16,500 lbs. GVWR, plenty of bells and whistles, and designed to carry the load for a long, long time especially since it is matched with a famous Duramax diesel and Allison HD automatic!

See more about this truck while it lasts here.

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Monday, September 6, 2021

Make It Your Own — Truck Month | Chevrolet


It’s Chevy Truck Month. And Chevy offers a full lineup of trucks and accessories to help make your new truck bolder. Make it harder working. And make it your own.

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Chevy MyWay: Truck Talks with Malibu Boats | Chevrolet


Experts from Chevy and Malibu Boats discuss how the All-New 2021 Chevy Suburban and the all-new Malibu Wakesetter 21 LX are built for making the most of your weekends — on and off the water.

Friday, September 3, 2021

Fleet Truck Friday: Identifying Top Trends in Fleet Payment Solutions


This episode of Fleet Momentum is sponsored by and created in partnership with US Bank 🤝

Fleet Group Editor, Chris Brown, speaks with Senior Product Manager of US Bank, Michelle Erickson, to identify top trends in fleet payment solutions.

Topics discussed:
- Connected vehicle commerce and payments.
- Payment solutions for inclement weather.
- Must-haves in a fleet payment solution.
- The new Voyager MasterCard payment solution.

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Work Truck Wednesday: Take Your Workshop With You To All Your Jobs!

 






Wow! The sheer volume of tools, parts and equipment that you can carry with this truck is off-the-chart. Meet the new Knapheide Combo Body in the optional 60" height. Look at how that extra height creates such space in the compartments. Add more shelves. Add drawers. Add compressors, AC power. Personalize it to your exact needs. This great body has a work platform on the rear with the perfect work height so you can use your chop saw, pipe construction, you name it. Then, there is all that space in the back for large parts like water heaters, AC units, and more. Add a bedslider and move it in and out without getting up there yourself. Just imagine taking your whole shop to the job site!

And better yet is the chassis this great body is mounted on. This is the Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty 4500 with a GVWR of 19,500 lbs. to carry the weight of all that equipment in stride. Plus the added comfort of the comfortable interior. This rig is for you!

See more about this truck here.

Subject to prior sale. Trucks are moving very quickly!

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