The mass of old mining trails surrounding the small town of Moab, Utah are some of the most rewarding off-roading trails you will find in North America. Rightly so, as the landscape in this region of the world is unique to say the least. It’s a jagged, rugged and dangerous concoction of sand dunes…

Perhaps like the RV industry itself, the Heavy Duty pickup market remains purely North American, with just the traditional Big Three cranking out trucks that are vital to the health of the RV industry. Because, while the RV manufacturers continue to expand…

It doesn’t need to be said that the Chrysler Corporation has seen better days. However, with the bankruptcy now behind it and with Fiat breathing newfound invigoration into the company, spirits are high at the pentastar, in particular with the Mopar boys. Lacking the attention they should have received in previous years…

Mark Jennings-Bates is man with a sense of adventure. He lusts after challenges that push the limits of physical fitness, mental awareness and his own personal drive. In his younger days, Mark enjoyed the challenges of mountaineering and rock climbing, and desperately wanted to climb Mount Everest…

Three years ago, the then-’new’ Outlander was shown off in television commercials sliding into Canadian showrooms sideways. You may remember it; the SUV covered in mud, having just competed in some off-road race, skids to a stop in a Mitsubishi showroom and splatters mud…

When Porsche released the usual artistically lit photography of its innovative new hybrid GT3 racer, one photo had a dark recess with what seemed like headlights peaking out from the abyss. It’s a clever little trick the Porsche marketing department has thrown at us…

A few months back, I traveled down to Phoenix to the launch of the new 2011 Ford Super Duty series that you read about in the last issue of Trucks Plus. I have to say I was completely blown away by the technology of this vehicle. Ford’s Work Solutions system features…

Canada’s Yukon is a place of fiction and wonder, with a few real facts thrown in. Best known as the site of the Klondike Gold Rush, it’s a territory few Canadians will ever get to despite knowing about its river, gold and mounties. Many books and tales have been spawned by the hunt for gold…

The National Truck Equipment Association hosts an annual Work Truck Show (in St. Louis this past March) each year. It’s primarily an upfitters show, but many OEMs have used it as a first look at product aimed at the Fleet market, and this year, Nissan did just that…

So the last time we talked about Project C-10 we gave a rough run down as to what our ideas were for the truck and where we wanted to go with it. A few things have changed and all for the better. We had started out with a 1980 cab/frame and a 1986 cab. We stripped what we needed from…