The Origin of Action Trucks & The Action Van & Truck World

In the beginning, Action Fiberglass & Manufacturing Limited was established in 1980. Initially, Action, known then as Atlantic Winnebago Kaps, imported shells from the U.S. and assembled them in its facility in Dieppe, New Brunswick.

In the early 1980’s, Action began manufacturing it’s own truck caps in Moncton, New Brunswick and concentrated on expanding it’s product line to include truck bed liners and later further increased it’s line of products and began to distribute a wide variety of light truck and car accessories through Action Truck Caps & Accessories retail outlets in Atlantic Canada. (more…)

Benifits Of Packing Moving Services by Trucks

Packing?? No doubt, it’s a deadly job.
It’s tedious and time consuming. It causes more stress then is really necessary. Trying to get all the packing done on your own?? You can’t really make out how much of a hassle it can be.

Today professional movers and certified packers are ready to do it all for you. Having trained packers do all of the packing for you make the whole process move a lot quicker, easy and convenient. It saves your valuable time to attend to all other matters of your move. The major concern of the packers and movers is to provide packing solutions to pack household goods, industrial goods, machineries, art wares, handicrafts, explosives goods, furniture, electronic equipment and several other innumerable fragile products in a manner that they can reach their final destination safely. (more…)

Toyota Consider Going To The Past For New Truck?

The word legendary is thrown around far too often by people. Every so often, however, the term is appropriate. In the case of the Toyota Truck of the 1980s, the title certainly was. The good news is Toyota seems to realize it and recently revealed a Toyota Truck Concept vehicle that was essentially an early 1980s Toyota Truck!

The Toyota Truck of the 1980s was so iconic that it didn’t even need a fancy name. No, it was just “the truck.” The truck was great because it was actually a compact truck and had reliability that simply was amazing. The key was the 22R engine that just ran and ran and ran and well, you get the idea. The truck is still seen driving around everywhere you look. The 22R stock engine is still running in many of them with only the occasional timing belt change, tune up and oil change being done. A truly amazing vehicle! (more…)

Electric Truck Conversion

You’ve decided to do an electric truck conversion and now you need detailed plans to get you started. Doing the conversion is not that difficult if you follow these simple steps.

· Find a place to work- shop, garage etc.

· Get your tools ready, saws, cordless drill, wrenches etc.

· Locate a decent small truck to convert

· Get detailed electric truck conversion plans (more…)

Safety Tips for Using Boom, Bucket, Crane, and Digger Derrick Trucks

Boom trucks, bucket trucks, crane trucks, and digger derrick trucks are utilized in a multitude of businesses and can be found on the side of our streets all the time. If you have ever driven down the street and stopped to watch as the electric company or telephone companies utilize one of these trucks, you would see a worker being airlifted up into the sky in the bucket. This truck is a bucket truck. Many individuals are not aware that this is what the vehicle that they use is. The main use of a bucket truck is to raise and lower a worker from a place that is way too high for a regular ladder to be used.

These vehicles can be bought in various shapes and sizes and is created to make the work easier for those individuals that use them. Bucket trucks can be used for various reasons, but the most popular is for use with telephone poles or power lines. By the workers using this type of vehicle, they are able to finish their work in a more efficient and safe manner. (more…)

What’s New With the Suzuki Grand Vitara?

In the saturated sport/utility market, you have big time players like the Ford Expedition and diminutive models such as the Subaru Forester. Each vehicle serves a purpose, providing room, comfort, and portability for passengers.

In the middle of the market are numerous vehicles sold by every manufacturer with a presence in the US market. Once the sole purvey of Jeep, everyone has jumped in with their own models including Japanese automaker Suzuki who has the Grand Vitara. (more…)

New Lexus Hybrid Suv

Playing in advance, Lexus presented the next generation of the RX Suv at Los Angeles car show that will arrive to the market in June 2009. Changing the design of the headlights and the muzzle, with much more imposing grille and bumper.

The rear is more squared and cornered then the previous model, but the shape of the trapezoidal headlights helps make the line more slender. There are some changes that even more evident: the inclination of the pavilion and new lines of side windows make the RX 450h a cleaner version. (more…)

Mercedes Glk: Sport/utility With a Purpose

Mercedes took advantage of being the last automaker to show their new vehicles on Wednesday’s Press Day, by wrapping three of them in Christmas presents and unveiling them one by one.

The first, and the most important gift was the official introduction of the Mercedes GLK, the automaker’s all-new, small sport/utility vehicle. Handsome, with chiseled lines and a boxy look, the GLK may seem out of place during these days of avoiding all things SUV. Mercedes indicated as much, but stressed that the GLK is the perfect transition vehicle from the big SUV that their competitors sell (think Cadillac Escalade) to something that is smaller and more responsible. (more…)

How to Buy a Used Car or Suv

There are steps you need to take if you want to buy a used car or SUV. You cannot just go to a dealer and decide right away on used cars and trucks. You need to take these steps to remove some inherent risks in buying used cars and in negotiating used car prices.

Tip #1: Do your work

You need to be prepared once you step into a used car lot. Read consumer reports and reviews. Compare prices and gas consumption data on used cars. There are several websites on used car reviews and used car prices comparisons. These sites will often help you locate used cars in your area too. (more…)

Tips for Searching for Army Jeeps for Sale

Are you looking for Army Jeeps for Sale? As the oldest off-road vehicle and sport utility vehicle brand, Jeep has created a lot of WOWs in the auto industry from the early days as the US’s military vehicle to today’s use of SUV vehicle. Here are a few tips for you when beginning searching for Army Jeeps for Sale.

A quick lesson of Army Jeeps history is helpful for your searching for an Army Jeep. Army Jeeps were created for war. The US Army needed a vehicle for transporting their personnel in the battlefield by the time the World War II was dawning. Certain parameters in durability in a variety of climates and terrains had to be followed in building such military vehicle. (more…)