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New CAFE standards allow for towing considerations from RVIA |
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USRider Cautions Horse Owners about Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Lexington, Ky., (Oct. 15, 2007) – Two children and their grandparents from Tomah, Wis., were killed by carbon monoxide fumes inside the horse trailer where they were sleeping the night of Oct. 11. The family runs a well-known Clydesdale horse-breeding operation called Clay’s Clydesdales. They were in Madison, Wis., for the World Clydesdale Show. More... |
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WAYS 2008 FORD F-150 STANDS OUT FROM THE PACK.
Ford F-Series, America’s truck
leader for 30 consecutive years, sets the standard for strength
and toughness – with more trucks on the road with over 250,000
miles than any other brand. Ford continues to raise the bar to
give truck customers more of what they’re looking for. The 2008
Ford F-150 introduces new models, features and options that take
“Built Ford Tough” to a new level. Here’s a look at just a few
of the ways the F-150
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Heavy Duty Pickup Trucks, New Race. The Year of Emissions.
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Top Towing Products, Equal-i-zer WDH, Popup, SuperSprings |
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2004 Dodge Cummins HO Budget Hop Up by Gary Scott I got my first diesel in the fall of 2003. I was nearing retirement age and my wife and I decided that a pickup and travel trailer would be he best combination for us as I wanted to keep the pickup bed open to haul my dirt bikes and mountain bike. We were really looking for a low mileage used diesel because I'm a Scotsman and try to save where I can. You'll see examples of my frugality as you read on. More... |
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GM Plans First Light Duty V-8 Clean Diesel for North America
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 Guy
Nègre of the United Kingdom has invented a zero-pollution
vehicle. It involves no combustion, and it costs roughly $2 to
run for 124 miles. It can reach a top speed of 68 mph and can be
recharged in two minutes. And most surprisingly, it runs on
compressed air.
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| HEAVY-DUTY PICKUP PLANS HALTED Both Nissan and Toyota say they have ceased plans to enter the heavy-duty market. More..... |
  First
look at the 2007 Silverado and Sierra.
Still waiting to drive the new truck, but I am excited that the
seat belt is back in the ceiling, adjustable and the end of side
terminal batteries. The new GMT900 platform from which the 2007
GM SUV's...
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  SEMA
2006, MrTruck.TV will have it's first episode about this year's
SEMA. So much to see, so little time. We run each day of
SEMA finding top stories and new products for your truck & SUV.
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the wagons, pickup trucks from India are headed this way. They
already sell tractors here,
Mahindra brand.
All of the vehicles will be four-wheel drive, turbo-charged with "clean diesel" technology and get up to 39 miles per gallon. Coming late 2008, the rest of the report... |
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| 2007/08 Dodge HD 3500 Cab and Chassis seen at the NFR in Vegas. You can buy a 2007 with the new 6.7L Cummins before the new emissions goes into effect in January with Ultra- low sulfur diesel. Pictures above of the new diesel and the new Aisin AS68RC 6-speed auto |
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| 2008 Ford F450, will be here soon. Factory bed, factory step and had rail built into the tailgate, power folding trailer mirrors, quite exhaust & yes, the 6.4L twin turbo diesel. More |
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The Best Tranny Pans, Differential, and Valve Covers. |
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PML knows how to keep you covered! You hear me complaining about oil capacity on this website constantly. Now I found a way to add 2 or 3 more quarts of oil to your tranny and differential. The more oil, the more cooling ability, the longer your truck will stay out of the shop and on the road! Pulling trailers builds extra heat in your engine, transmission and axles. You need extra oil capacity and a cover designed for cooling, not the stamped flat pans and covers truck manufactures buy 100,000 at a time from the cheapest bidder. It's up to you to give your truck the longest life. Click for more.
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 New
Active Fuel Management Cylinder Deactivation shows in the dash
when switching from V8 to V4, all seamless you wouldn't know it
if you didn't look at the indicator in the dash. This is part of
reason this new Tahoe gets 21 highway mpg EPA rating on the
4x4.. Even with a bolder bigger nose, the Tahoe has 8% less drag
as wind resistance. The dash has more digital info with a tire pressure read out
and tranny...More... |
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 New 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500
with Cummins 6.7-liter turbodiesel engine is first Chrysler
Group BLUETEC vehicle and first to meet
stringent 2010 truck emissions standards in all 50 states.
6.7-liter Cummins turbodiesel engine achieves 2010 NOx
emission standards three years early, making it the
cleanest.....Read
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  2007
Ford Expedition EL, longer, stronger and a 6-speed. I took
the new Expedition through the winding Washington hills as fast
the tires would hold me. It handled superbly, with no
resemblance of the old leaning SUV's we drove a few years back.
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took the 07 Sport Trac off road near Camp Pendleton. With front
& rear traction control, it climbed like a rock crawler. Having
traction control instead of limited slip or locking
differential, allowed me to turn corners in 4WD, have traction
and no wheel hop. Roll Stability Control, standard on the Sport
Trac, great for a truck with an empty bed as well as stability
in bad road conditions. I think all trucks need it.
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know it's hard to find trucks equipped to
tow the big trailers. We've found them.
Click to see the inventory.
Light Duty, Class 2-3
Medium Duty,Class 4-5 and
Heavy Duty Class 6-7-8 or call
1-800-909-7071.
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 Finally
Dodge is back in the cab & chassis world. The new 2007 Dodge HD
3500 Cab and Chassis will offer the new 6.7L Cummins and an all
new 6-speed automatic. 52 gallon fuel tank, 50,000 psi flat
frame, more...
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| GM announces 2007 Duramax details, at least for the C4500. And plans for 2009 plus V-8 Diesel in 1/2 tons. The new Duramax LMM to replace the LBZ and LLY, so we will see the 4th generation after the first of the year. Click... |
Differential
Cover for the Chevrolet SSR.
 Inglewood,
CA – PML announces an aftermarket differential cover for the
Chevrolet SSR. The cover features extra capacity, sand cast
aluminum construction, and a drain hole with a magnetic
drain plug. PML designed this cover for the Torsen 10 bolt
rear axle found in 2003-06 SSR with automatic transmission
and other GM vehicles such as Trailblazer, Envoy, Colorado,
Canyon, Olds Bravada, and Buick Renier.
This differential cover increases fluid capacity by 0.5 quarts over stock. The increased capacity reduces temperatures, lessening wear and tear on the....More.... |
 Affordable Injectors By Jake Morton For many of us with 1994-1997 Ford Power Stroke Diesel’s, there is a limit to how much horsepower we can make. In 1999, Ford redesigned some things and power levels went up considerably, especially when adding aftermarket devices. For a long time, all the early Power Stroke owners could do was a chip or programmer, exhaust, and an air intake. Anything else was just out of the question, price wise, for most hobbyists, daily drivers, and do-it-yourselfers. But now..... Read more.. |
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there's help for the short-short beds. New from PopUp, the
SB116. The long short bed solution. It's "16" inches
of extension. Before you loose your pickup trucks rear window or
worse, check out the solution. Shortbed trucks are the most
popular. But the trailer manufactures don't know it yet. Finally
backup with the tailgate down and without hitting the propane
tanks.
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By Stephen Louie “Hosspuller” One of the worst things to happen with a horse trailer is a mechanical break down on the road. If you have never been there, thank your lucky stars. There are... reasons Read it now.... |
Inglewood, CA – PML announces an
extra capacity sand-cast transmission pan for the 2007
and newer Dodge Ram 2500 & 3500 trucks with diesel
engines. The transmission on these trucks is the Dodge
68RFE. This pan fits both four and two wheel drive
models and increases the transmission oil capacity
by.... Read
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 New
aFe 54-11022 Ford 6.0L Power Stroke
Install, battery box & air box replacement.
13hp and 67 torque improvement.
aFe did it again. The 7.3L Power Stroke battery box replacement
version has been out for a while. Now aFe has done the same
powerful version for the 6.0L with the biggest gain in power
you'll see from a cold air intake system.
Read the install
review... |
 PML Ford F250 Differential Covers Install,
 If you've read your trucks owner manual, there is a different
schedule for normal use and "severe or trailer towing". For some
maintenance schedules you change oil twice as often for severe use. Towing
stress creates heat, heat breaks down the oil faster and you know what
happens next. A lot of us overload our trailers especially using
3/4 and one ton pickups.
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 Durango
Hemi aFe install by MrHemi 18 more horses!
“The Durango had … sort of a delayed
throttle response, or lag, when you accelerate from a complete
stop..... Well, that annoying little lag is a thing of the past
- throttle response is now where it should have been all along."
Terry E.
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Electronic Device Helps Prevent Dangerous Blowouts. Lexington, Ky. (Sept. 8, 2006) – Flat tires are the leading cause of disablements involving horse trailers. USRider is involved in a research project with Dr. Tomas Gimenez to test the benefit (if any) of using air vs. nitrogen to inflate tow vehicle and horse trailer tires. An electronic air-pressure monitoring system is being used to assist with the research. During the research, Dr. Gimenez and USRider have noted significant safety benefits resulting from using this system. Rest of the report... |
  Hell-Ya
introduces a dual version. I saw it at SEMA and brought it home.
Rated for 2000# tongue weight. Updated
Review: Hell-Ya Hitch Helper did keep the nose heavy
trailer from dragging the jack again & some of the wavy pavement
between Salida & Green River through Utah, felt better. Even
curves seemed easier to handle. Towing a 8000 lb Featherlite
SURV, after attaching Hell-Ya, measured again & found the truck
set up an inch higher. Of course I had to be extreme in my
testing so...
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SuperSprings introduces overload stabilizing
spring for Class C RV Ford E450.
With the great rear overhang Class C motorhomes have, they need
a little help. The SSA21 sets on top of the factory spring and
self adjusts to improve handling and stabilize the load.
For application
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 Popup
Industries RV3 5th-Wheel to
Gooseneck Adapter Do you have too
many hitches for all of your different trailers? There’s bumper
pull, gooseneck, fifth wheel, you name it there’s just too many
combinations out there sometimes. Pop up industries helps out
here by offering their fifth wheel to gooseneck adapters. This
handy little product allows you to tow your fifth wheel camper
using the gooseneck hitch you already have in the bed of your
truck thus eliminating one hitch from your collection. Pop up
industries has been around for years starting with their PopUp
Gooseneck ball hitch and now with many hitch extensions for
short bed trucks,
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New Truck Repair Technology comes to Horse Trailers
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 Logan
Coach unveils it's new 6' slide-out and new step
for it's Prestige Living Quarters horse trailers at the Western
States Horse Expo.
More on Logan Coach...   Available on XT and XTR |
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USRider Shares Tip with Horse Owners to Avoid Lockout. With advancing technology, life continues to become a bit easier. USRider would like to warn its members about is the potential of being locked out of a vehicle. This can happen when two very common technological conveniences get too close – your cell phone may scramble the electronics in your key fob. Instances of this scrambling have already been reported with the....read more... USRider Reminds Drivers, Dangers of Using Cell Phones While Driving. ..read more... |
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Featherlite unveils striking enhancements to
its horse trailers and living quarters |
  Featherlite
unveils ultimate SURV for outdoor enthusiasts. The amenities in
Featherlite’s newest Sport Utility Recreational Vehicle (SURV) Model 7941
make it the ultimate hauling vehicle for outdoor enthusiasts and their
motorized equipment. The durable aluminum SURV’s enhanced style and
functionality is highlighted by a spacious garage, two slideouts and a
‘stand-up bedroom’. The 40-foot fifth wheel with 12-foot garage features two space expanding slideouts, including a 12-foot slideout with sofa sleeper and dinette and a slideout in the bedroom area. More.... |
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Cimarron Trailers to Hold a Drawing for Private Roping Clinic with Legendary Instructor Rickey Green. A lifetime opportunity for two lucky team ropers. They will be giving away a two-day private roping clinic with renowned team roping clinician Rickey Green for two winners of a drawing held on Oct. 27th, 2007 at the USTRC National Finals in Oklahoma City. Entry forms for the drawing will be available at participating Cimarron Trailer Dealerships April 1 - Oct. 24, 2007. The private clinic will be held Dec. 1-2, 2007 at Rickey Green’s ranch in Stephenville, TX. Cimarron Trailers will provide both of the winner’s with hotel accommodations and meals during the clinic. For more visit click... |
 Updates
from each event, pictures & commentary,
MrTruck.com
Presents:
"Hart Horse Trailer Safety and Tech Tour," With
the latest trailer safety and technology accessories on
exhibit on tour, come by and watch demonstrations We'll
be displaying some helpful technology for safe towing. Stop by,
see our display and ask questions.
Click for the "Tour" schedule,
see when we'll be in your state. |
 Logan
Coach review, Logan built steel trailers and then in
2004 they added the XT & XTR aluminum skinned horse trailers as
consumer demand for aluminum skin trailers grows. I toured the
Logan factory, seeing new innovations I hadn't seen before. Like
the rod on the drop down windows that you can easily reach no
matter what your height is. Even the slam latches on escape
doors (right) are lower than I've seen on other horse
trailers....More... |
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Featherlite Trailers merge with Universal Trailers. More.... |
 The world is a better place
because Henry Ford decided to quit working for Thomas Edison and
struck out on his own to invent the first assembly line.
Cimarron Trailers carries on the American tradition of starting their
own company to prove they can build a better custom progressive
horse trailer.
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Blowouts are not fun. And even whipping your trailer doesn't let you see the rear axle in a safe way or at night. Pick your reason, the cost of tires, safety, calm horses, or just the pain it is to change a tire. Been waiting for something like Pressure Pro to help me monitor tires on the fly..Click for more |
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Don’t buy a used car without Carfax! Get the real history of any used car. People do some strange things to cars… Don’t make a $10,000 mistake!
Click for Answers to your Pickup Truck Questions Good info. Yours was the only site on the net where I could get any SOLID info about trucks. I'm new to pickups, having just purchased this fifth wheel I now live in, and I really really appreciate your excellent site. Thanks again! DI
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Rollin’
Rollin’ Rollin’ … Keep that Trailer Rolling…’
