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It’s All About Trucks this Year: An Overview from the Detroit Auto Show

Story and photos by Howard J Elmer Pickup trucks are popular throughout Canada for so many reasons, but if you work or tow with them – well, a lot of

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Feature: Prices on “Army”-style Power Wagons are rising

Many years ago, when we lived in New York City, Con Edison supplied all the electricity, and this giant utility company used a fleet of Dodge Power Wagons as its primary service truck. We’d venture to guess that if Con Ed had saved all those trucks until 2018

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Feature: GM’s Diesel Family is Growing

Story and photos by Howard J Elmer, additional photos courtesy of GM GM’s newest diesel isn’t a heavy truck engine, it’s not a ground pounder, and its target market is

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RVing: 2018 Keystone Bullet Colt 172RBCT

Keystone advertises its new Bullet Colt as being “ready for adventure.” A marketing tagline? Sure. But it’s also a clue to its intended purpose – which is giving you a complete, smaller, base camp. One you can tow to right where you want to do something.

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Feature: Spec’ing Your New Tow Vehicle

You’re an RVer and general recreational hauler. You tow various trailers, not every day, but often enough that when you are in the market for a new vehicle you consider it a tow vehicle first and foremost. Does this describe you?

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100th Anniversary of Chevrolet Trucks

In North America, one in five new trucks is sold in Texas. In a good year, that’s as many as 400,000 pickups being bought in the Lone Star State; so, is it any wonder that the annual State Fair of Texas, in Dallas, has become ground zero for new truck releases by all the manufacturers?

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Ford Starts Second Century of Truck Making in 2018

By John Gunnell The first Henry Ford-designed truck was sold to a company named Newcomb, Endicott & Co. on Jan. 12, 1900. However, the vehicle was not a Ford product.

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Road Test: 2017 Nissan Titan PRO-4X

If you were to mention the Nissan Titan to anyone with something of an interest in trucks, it’s almost guaranteed that the first thing that would come to their mind would be the Titan XD. Introduced back in 2015 as a 2016 model, the Nissan Titan XD provides somewhat of a middle ground between half-ton

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Photo Gallery: 2017 SEMA Show

We here at Trucks Plus are very lucky in the fact that we get to attend the SEMA Show each and every year, as it truly is the mecca for

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GM Truck Heritage Center

Story and photos by Howard J Elmer Warren, Michigan, is a town best known as the home of the Ram truck assembly plant. Yet, next door is a nondescript industrial