Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Sunday, November 28, 2021

Friday, November 26, 2021

Short 2022 Model-Year to Increase Pent-Up Fleet Demand in 2023


The 74th 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: - The 2022 model-year has closed for all intents and purposes, with new-vehicle ordering for most makes and models of common fleet vehicles now past final order deadline dates. - The acquisition of 2022 model year trucks by fleet will be challenging for those who missed the final order cut-offs. - Those 2022 models still available for ordering have disclaimers that production and delivery dates cannot be guaranteed. - The anticipation is that 2023 model-year ordering will be very intense due to heightened fleet demand from those fleets that missed final order deadlines for 2022.

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Work Truck Wednesday: Knapheide Chipper Body On Silverado 6500HD

 





Yes, it's a chipper truck body 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!

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Sunday, November 21, 2021

Grand Opening of Factory ZERO, An American Electric Vehicle Factory


On Nov. 17, GM executives and Factory ZERO employees will gather to cut the ribbon and open Factory ZERO for business. Factory ZERO is the culmination of GM’s multi-billion-dollar investment in people, product and process. The electric trucks and SUVs built at Factory ZERO* in Detroit-Hamtramck, Michigan will transform GM and the automotive industry. Join us live to celebrate our first fully dedicated EV assembly plant! Watch live here. *Assembled of globally sourced parts.

Friday, November 19, 2021

Fleet Truck Friday: Reasons for the Chassis Trailer Shortage and Its Impact of the Fleet Supply Chain


This special edition of the State of the Fleet Industry Spotlight series produced by Automotive Fleet interviews the National Accounts Business Development for Primrose Alloys, Mike Butsch. Today's topics include: - Why there is a chassis trailer shortage. - Trailers already selling out for 2022. - How long the shortage will last.


Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Work Truck Wednesday: Every So Slightly Used 12' Harbor Contractor Body

 







Here's a great find! This is a previous owned 2019 Chevrolet 3500HD, gas V-8, Auto, AC, and much more with a 12' Harbor Contractor Body. The HD forklift loadable rack is cantilevered on the rear to allow a larger unobstructed working area. This won't last, so call us right away!

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Monday, November 15, 2021

GM Fleet – Get Plugged In


Join the future of fleets by plugging into a support system of EV fleet experts. From vehicles to charging to logistics, GM Fleet is ready to help your business through every step of the electric vehicle transition. Connect with GM Fleet: http://www.gmfleet.com

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Saturday, November 13, 2021

Outside Forces Disrupting the Fleet Market


The 73rd 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: - A growing number of logistics industry observers foresee supply chain issues extending fleet into next year and perhaps into CY-2023. - Six reasons identified for supply chain bottlenecks at port facilities. - Ports, warehouses, and railyards are congested creating shipment bottlenecks. - Order-to-delivery times for MY-2023 threaten to be impacted due to competing demands for rail services from non-automotive rail users.

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Happy Veterans Day From Paradise Fleet


Happy Veterans Day

On November 11, 1919, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issued a message to his countrymen on the first Armistice Day (changed to Veterans Day in 1954), in which he expressed what he felt the day meant to Americans:

ADDRESS TO FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN

The White House, November 11, 1919.

A year ago today our enemies laid down their arms in accordance with an armistice which rendered them impotent to renew hostilities, and gave to the world an assured opportunity to reconstruct its shattered order and to work out in peace a new and more just set of international relations. The soldiers and people of the European Allies had fought and endured for more than four years to uphold the barrier of civilization against the aggressions of armed force. We ourselves had been in the conflict for something more than a year and a half.

With splendid forgetfulness of mere personal concerns, we remodeled our industries, concentrated our financial resources, increased our agricultural output, and assembled a great army, so that at the last our power was a decisive factor in the victory. We were able to bring the vast resources, material and moral, of a great and free people to the assistance of our associates in Europe who had suffered and sacrificed without limit in the cause for which we fought.

Out of this victory there arose new possibilities of political freedom and economic concert. The war showed us the strength of great nations acting together for high purposes, and the victory of arms foretells the enduring conquests which can be made in peace when nations act justly and in furtherance of the common interests of men.

To us, in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service, and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of nations.

-- WOODROW WILSON


Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Work Truck Wednesday: Low Cab Forward 4500 with 12' Dry Freight Van Body




This 6.6 Gas V8 LCF 4500 with a Morgan 12' Dry Freight Van Body with 97" inside height has come back in stock but it won't last. These sell like hotcakes. Perfect delivery unit with the turning radius shorter than a regular cab pickup truck and yet has a 14,500 lb. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating capacity! 

Subject to prior sale! Call now at 951-364-2499

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Monday, November 8, 2021

Gold Star Final Mile - Morgan Van Bodies


Our Gold Star Body provides the best features to help customers navigate
and succeed in today’s final mile business—and turn tomorrow’s challenges into opportunities.

Sunday, November 7, 2021

America's Most Radical Pickup Truck - Jay Leno’s Garage


Independent suspension? 
Air-cooled? 
Engine in the back? 
What were they thinking?

We thought you might enjoy showing a unique work truck from 1961!

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Friday, November 5, 2021

Fleet Truck Friday: Hitachi and Mitsubishi Merging into Novuna


The Global Fleet Voices video series is produced by Automotive Fleet and offers an updated look at the multifaceted, multinational fleet market as presented by Automotive Fleet Editor Mike Antich. In this episode, Mike speaks with Automotive Fleet European Fleet Editor, Ralph Morton, about the recent merger between Mitsubishi and Hitachi. 🌎 Today's topics include: - Global fleet impacts from the Mitsubishi and Hitachi merger. - The Green Agenda of Hitachi and Gridserve - How the UK plans to go green by 2035. - The growing market share of EVs in the UK.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Work Truck Wednesday Is Dump Truck Wednesday!

 




Check out this Chevrolet Silverado Medium-Duty 5500 4x4 chassis with the 6.6 Duramax diesel and Allison HD automatic showing off this 11' 3-4 yard Steel Dump with Fold-Down sides, Tarp Cover, Small Access Gate Door, HD Hitch, and more. Did we mention this is a 4-wheel drive unit? With 19,500 lbs. gross vehicle capacity, this truck can get the job done even in the toughest terrain. A rare find at Paradise Fleet!

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