Dodge has long been synonymous with hard working truck drivers who push their vehicles to the limit. The Dodge Ram has been a household name when it comes to utilitarian vehicles that have enough styling and features to be used as an everyday vehicle. This work horse has been redesigned by Dodge for the New Year, and the 2009 Dodge Rams have been causing a stir on the automotive scene.
If you're one of the lucky ones who have gotten their hands on one of these trucks, then you know its rugged features paired with a stylish and roomy interior make it tough to beat in its class. It remains the gold standard for truck owners across the United States. Learn more about the 2009 Dodge Ram by visiting a Dodge dealership in Utah today.
Dodge realized the need for a truck that could appeal to a larger market than just the people who needed a high capacity, heavy duty truck. The 2009 Dodge Ram was designed with all types of drivers in mind, and you'll see the difference first and foremost in the interior. With all the bells and whistles you'd expect to see in a luxury sedan, you might forget you're inside a truck. Similarly, the 2009 Dodge Ram drives surprisingly like a roomy sedan, thanks to its new suspension that uses coil springs rather than the traditional leaf springs.
The 2009 Dodge Ram is a truck that thinks it's a car. Go to a Dodge dealership in Utah today and see what all of the buzz is about.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
A Truck Revolution
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Forklift Responsibilities for Business Owners
If you own a business and have a forklift on site, you probably know you have specific duties as an employer. And you probably know the reason why Worksafe Victoria have made strict rules regarding employer duties is because forklifts have the potential of causing death and serious injury. Failure to do so can mean heavy penalties.
So now you may be wondering what are the specific duties you have as an employer when you have a forklift on site. Well, there are some very important ones. So whenever a forklift is used in your workplace, here’s a few issues you need to make sure of.
1. While you are operating a forklift, you need to make sure that the operating of the forklift does not impact on the safety of others. Now you may be wondering who others include. Well, pedestrians are definitely in the group of people you have a duty towards. That means if you are going to be sharing the road or footpath with them, then you need to make sure that it does not impact their safety. Therefore, safety is necessary whenever people are around.
2. As an employer, where you have a forklift in operation, you will also need to make sure that the lifting attachments are appropriate for the load. As you rightly know, having the wrong lift attachments can cause serious injury or even death to workers. Therefore, you have a responsibility to everyone in your workplace to check to see that the lifting attachments is exactly what is required for the load. If it’s not, then you know that you got to do something about it immediately.
3. One very important responsibility you have as an employer is to make sure the weight of the load is known. And it is within the safe working limits of the forklift. You probably know this is important because serious injury or even death can occur where the load is over the safe working limits of the forklift. So make sure your staff know this.
4. As you are aware, when your forklift operators are working, they need to make sure that the load remains under control while being lifted or suspended. Failure to do so could cause injury to staff and others.
Anyway, these are just some of the issues you, as an employer need to be aware of when a forklift is in operation. There are others. So you’ll need to make sure of these as well.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Trailers—need of Transport Industry
While you are planning to purchase a trailer, always consider the requirement of the specific size of the trailer. The maximum tongue weight and load carrying capacity of the tow vehicle are the other factors that should be considered. Do not forget to verify your trailer’s weight once it is fully loaded with what you have actually decided to haul. So, it is better to determine the weight of items you are planning to tow.
Utility trailers are of great use for both home owners and contactors as well. These multipurpose utility trailers are available in varied sizes so as to cater to your specific requirements like for lifting lawn mowers, vehicles, golf carts as well as ideal for hauling small equipment too. Car haulers are used for specific purpose of hauling your vehicles, including personal car or racing car. Apart from car haulers, another variety is equipment trailer which are used to transfer skid loaders, excavators, and small tractors. Dump trailers are used for small purposes at homes as well as for commercial purposes. These types of dump trailers are available in various types of models, sizes and weights.
A gooseneck trailer is also an important variety of trailers that has been introduced especially for heavy loads and towing of equipments as these trailers have an enhanced stability and tighter turning of radius.
No matter whether you are opting for car hauler, dump trailers, equipment trailer, gooseneck trailer or utility trailer, there are few points that you should always mind before making your choice. The capacity of the trailer to carry the load along with maximum weight of the tongue should not be neglected. It is better to determine the weight of the items you are preparing to tow before actually doing it. Weight is also an important determiner to decide the number of axles that will be required by your trailers. Besides weight, the size of the items that are expected to tow, its purpose along with the budget for the load are some of the aspects that one should consider before deciding the kind of trailer that is required by them. So, be careful while making the choice of utility trailers and car haulers as they should meet suit the specific requirements of your load.
By: Angelia
Top Performance and Great Prices are Important When Purchasing Used Trucks and
Having the assurance that the equipment you purchase is of top quality and priced at reasonable prices can be very important qualities that many individuals look for when they need to buy any type of heavy equipment. Those are important qualities that you can always expect to receive when you purchase construction machinery.
We ensure to always offer an extensive selection of listings for our members to select from that include used semi trucks for sale, International trucks, Ford trucks, pickup trucks, utility trucks, crane trucks, forklift equipment, excavator equipment, and a variety of other heavy equipments and trailers to fit your needs.
We feature a variety of well known dealers that are located all around the world making it an easy task to be able to find just the right dealer that is located closest to you for any used truck equipment needs you may have, many who also offer a truck trader option.
The registration process on our site is very fast and easy to complete. The convenient and easy to use options that are included on our site also make it very easy to find just the right heavy equipment that you may be hoping to find. Finding a huge variety of popular manufactured name brands in trucks and trailers is another thing we offer to our members. You will find such name brands as Freightliner Trucks, Ford trucks, Peterbilt, Trail King Trailers, Dorsey Trailers, Dragon Trailers, Great Dane Trailers, and a wide variety of many others to choose from.
By: Tom Adams
How to Choose the Best Equipment Trailers?
The trailer posses so many advantages as an auxiliary vehicle that it is coming into use rapidly, particularly in the central and far western states, where industry and commerce are less conservative than in the east. Those who have adopted equipment trailers find that they double their hauling capacity of their trucks, greatly reduce waiting time of trucks and drivers, and increase the earnings or cur down the ton-mile operating cost materially.
As an industry, the manufacture of trailers dates back only half a dozen years, but it has grown rapidly until today there are seventy-five or more trailer manufacturers in the country, and several are exporting to foreign countries.
Trailers are made in a wide variety of types and capacities for all sorts of purposes, ranging from the little pneumatic tired two-wheel trailer of 500 pounds capacity, to be attached behind runabouts and touring cars, to ten-ton and fifteen-ton trailers and semi-trailers, hauled by powerful tractors and motor trucks. These include car haulers, dump trailers, utility trailers, equipment trailers, gooseneck trailer etc. Size is one of the main considerations while looking for a trailer. The maximum towing capacity and maximum tongue weight of your tow vehicle are limiting factors.
By use of trailers and car haulers, many hauling jobs can be done that would be impossible with trucks alone, as for example – the handling object too heavy, too big or too long to be loaded on the truck. Weights of ten to twenty tons and more are divided between truck and trailer so that neither is overloaded and the weight is distributed over six or eight wheels instead of being concentrated on four.
Tow trucks are expensive, especially if the distance is great. A utility trailer is a great way to haul vehicles and a good investment if you need to do so regularly. Packing equipment and loading it into a pickup truck bed can get old very quickly. A utility trailer will allow you to drive your equipment right up onto the trailer without the aid of ramps or two strong men. Utility trailers are great for hauling appliances, live stock and recreational vehicles.
Open utility trailers are well suited for many applications including small landscaping businesses that are just starting out and need a way to haul their landscape equipment. As their business grows and they decide to move up to an enclosed trailer, the open utility trailer will still be incredibly useful for hauling all sorts of material such as mulch, rock and plants.
The use of dump trailers has been gaining in popularity as one of the most cost effective means for handling tear-off removal. Licensing fees, insurance costs and maintenance expenses associated with a dump truck are astronomical in most parts of the country. The use of dump trailers is a more cost effective and more versatile method for handling tear-off debris.
Dump trailers can be utilized for other practical purposes as well. Use it to haul equipment and material to and from various job sites. Their crews bring job site debris back to the yard at the end of each day. When the trailer is full, they just hook it up to their truck and take it to the dump.
By: Angelia
New and Used All Types of Trucks and Trailers on Sale Online
Semi Truck or a Heavy Truck can be difficult. For many years truckers have been obligated to search dealer by dealer hoping that their dream tractor-trailer would be in one of the dealers they would walk into. However, since the rise of the Internet truckers and companies have been increasingly aware of the efficiency of searching for trucks online. At American Truck Buyer our goal is to do just that. We want to make Searching for a truck fun and easy. Avoiding the sales pitch drivers can now use filters to find the perfect truck throughout the country in just a couple of minutes.
With so many Companies taking advantage of building their own truck search engines/databases one might ask how it is that we differentiate ourselves from the competition. Well in one example our business is not trucks. Let me explain. While many companies out there are focusing on only making profits as a result of advertising trucks on the Internet, we are going the extra mile to not only focus on what produces revenues but on what a trucker really needs, which is certainly more than just having a truck. We have successfully built a web site where people can find great trucks, and also find insurance quotes, financing, dot inspection, transportation etc.... We also built other divisions that serve not only the people looking for a truck, but for existing drivers who are in love with their truck but need parts or services to tune up their baby. A full service web site for truckers is our vision. We want truckers to enter our site knowing that they won't have to go anywhere else to find the equipment or service they need to get them back on the road.
Our parts and service page is effective in finding specific parts that a driver needs to repair or tune-up their truck. Saving the time of having to drive around town in search for a part nobody may carry. Our free service shoots out hundreds of emails to companies offering that part throughout a designated area. Within a couple of hours the driver can expect to receive several calls with shops offering their part along with a competitive price. This is the way we are innovating the trucking industry and making a full service web site for the truck driver. When people think of trucking we want them to think American Truck Buyer!
Online advertising for truck dealers is what done effectively and efficiently and is in the business of advertising dealers who are interested in expanding their trucking empire. With much more activity than can be seen on the surface A.T.B. is more than just advertising. To find out how American Truck Buyer Corporation can help your dealer increase sales and expand opportunities for your business.
By: Bruno Raschio
