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Truck Chat: Trucks, Tours & Tips

Travel with Wayne Parham, Work Truck editor, as he explores the world of work trucks. Stay tuned in for truck walkarounds and driving experiences, tours of locations related to work trucks, and tips he learns from experts along the way.

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Why Utility Fleets Choose the Kenworth T380

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Meet Atlas: Motive's AI Assistant for Fleets

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How Detroit Assurance with Active Brake Assist Works

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Work Truck Storage Made Easy with Adrian

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Which Holidays Have the Highest Cargo Theft Rates?

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PALFINGER PB 38 AT P: Purpose-Built for Telecom Fleets

Promotional graphic for a Work Truck Truck Chat Video episode about cargo security. Stacks of shipping boxes and an open cargo container fill a warehouse scene beside bold text: “Reduce Holiday Cargo Theft Risk” and “What Fleets Need to Know.”

Extra Steps Fleets Should Take to Prevent Holiday Cargo Theft

Promotional graphic for Work Truck’s “Trucks, Tips & Tours” series featuring an International HV515 vocational truck, a presenter standing beside it, and text highlighting improved visibility and technology. Includes Truck Chat “Watch Now” branding.

Vehicle Research

International HV515 Dump Truck Walkaround

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Inside Terex Utilities' Latest Work Truck Innovations

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Why Cargo Theft Increases During the Holidays

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Walkaround of International MV607 Digger Derrick

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Inside the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference

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Vehicle Research

Heavy-Duty Performance: Ram 2500 Walkthrough

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Inside the EUFMC Equipment Expo & Drive-Through

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3 Benefits of Hydrogen as a Fuel

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What is Motive Vision?

Promotional graphic for Work Truck’s “Trucks, Tips & Tours” explaining hydrogen fuel production, featuring wind turbines, solar panels, a hydrogen storage tank labeled “Hydrogen H2,” and text showing water and electricity converted into hydrogen fuel.

How Hydrogen Fuel Is Produced for Fuel Cell Trucks

Promotional graphic for Work Truck’s “Trucks, Tips & Tours” featuring SaltDogg next-generation spreader technology. A presenter stands beside industrial salt spreading equipment with bold “New SaltDogg Tech” text and a Truck Chat “Watch Now” callout.

Buyers Products Showcases New SaltDogg Innovations

Promotional graphic for Work Truck’s “Trucks, Tips & Tours” video series episode featuring a PALFINGER aerial lift truck and presenter at an equipment expo. Bold text highlights “Next-Level Reach” with a 40-foot height and 1,000-pound jib capacity.

Vehicle Research

Why the PALFINGER ETC MH 40 IH Is More Than a Bucket Truck

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Vehicle Research

Ditch Witch W8 Hydro Vac Truck Walkaround

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Exploring WALTCO’s New Liftgates

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Why an FMC is Valuable for Upfit Decisions

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YARDZ: Managing Every Aspect of Construction Fleets

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Vehicle Research

Reading Truck Launches New Service Bodies

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Vehicle Research

Advantages of the Kenworth T880S Performance Hood

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Vehicle Research

Walkaround of Kenworth’s T480 Vocational Truck

Promotional graphic for a Work Truck “Trucks, Tips & Tours” video featuring an IMT representative and several crane models, highlighting “Lighter. Longer. Stronger.” and IMT’s 16 new crane models with boom lengths up to 32 feet.

IMT Introduces 16 New Telescopic Cranes

Promotional graphic for a Work Truck “Trucks, Tips & Tours” video featuring a Daimler Truck representative beside a heavy-duty engine display, highlighting DTNA’s latest engines with the message “More Power. Less Downtime.” and a Truck Chat watch prompt.

Vehicle Research

Checking Out DTNA’s New Engines from Cummins & Detroit

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How Detroit Assurance Adapts to Unique Upfits

Man talking in front of a large crane truck with headline Battery-Powered Articulated Crane and logos for Truck Chat and Work Truck.

Vehicle Research

IMT & Odyne Collaborate on Electrified Articulated Crane

Promotional thumbnail for a Work Truck “Trucks, Tips & Tours” video featuring Kenworth’s new C580 vocational truck. A presenter stands beside the bright red truck, with bold text highlighting “Built for Extreme Applications” and a Truck Chat callout.

Vehicle Research

First Look at Kenworth’s Extreme Duty C580

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Exploring Hose & Cable Reels from Hannay Reels