How to Monetize Your Pickup Truck

If you own a pickup truck, particularly a large pickup with excellent hauling capabilities, then you have a vehicle that others want. You’re probably used to people asking you to either borrow your truck or help them move furniture with it. You may have granted some requests while turning down others. Owning a pickup truck can be a costly expense. You can recoup some of your cost by monetizing your vehicle. Read on and we’ll explore ways you can charge people for your services. Haul Junk — Not everyone wants…

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The History of DAF Trucks

An Introduction to the Company DAF Trucks is a company based in Belgium, which was founded in the year 1993. It is a subsidiary of PACCAR since 1996 and manufactures a wide range of trucks suitable for a variety of applications and purposes. The headquarters and main production facility is located in Eindhoven while axle assemblies and cabs are manufactured at a plant in Westerlo. Some models are even designed and produced by the British automotive company, Leyland Trucks. Although DAF Trucks caters to an international audience, their sales are…

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How to Find Good Parts for Used Heavy Trucks

Used heavy trucks are an economic necessity for many different people. But whether the buyer is an industrial company or an independent individual with a specialized job, buying a brand new truck just might not be feasible given the current economic climate. Although having a new truck would be nice, the hefty asking prices simply aren’t affordable for the majority of drivers or company owners right now which is why the used heavy trucks market is doing so well.As long as the major parts of the truck, like the engine,…

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How to Safely Purchase Truck Decals Online

If you want to buy truck decals, you will need to let the company know what type of truck you own. Is your truck a semi truck? There are companies that specialize in semi trucks, companies that focus on pickup trucks, and companies that make decals for both. Researching for a Company that Can Print Truck Decal Graphics There are numerous ways to investigate companies that print truck decal graphics. You may be looking online or offline, examining a printer that you want to make truck graphics for your business.…

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The Need for Efficient Towing Services

Cars, are one of the greatest assets that we own, as a result at least once in a life-time we tend to take up the services of a towing company for some unexpected reasons. Towing is a very imperative task in terms of vehicle shipping. In all intervals of life, a vehicle needs towing and revival. Whenever anyone is deserted in the middle of someplace; if the vehicle stops functioning on a busy road; in case of any accident, a towing tune-up is generally required to help the folks out…

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The Benefits Of Return Loads For Haulage Companies

The rapidly deteriorating state of the economy, and the rise in fuel prices that it inevitably brings along, have been placing the haulage industry in increasingly dire straits. Runs are no longer as profitable as they would have been a short few years ago, and hauliers and haulage companies are having to come up with ways to make their businesses more profitable. In this regard, groupage and return loads have been gaining increasing importance as a means for hauliers to make their journeys a touch more profitable. However, these practises…

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Nine Steps To Safely Securing And Transporting A Load In Your Truck Bed

Pickup owners love the convenience of having a truck bed for transporting items. Safety is crucial when transporting a load, no matter what’s inside. Minimize risk of damage and injury to yourself and others when loading your truck. These nine steps will help you to load and secure items safely: 1) Empty your truck bed of any unnecessary items. Remove anything that isn’t absolutely essential to your delivery. 2) Install tie downs if you haven’t already. Most every pickup manufactured today (and even many older ones) are outfitted with stake…

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The Life of a Lorry Lover

We’ve all been there. You’re careening down the M1 and you begin overtaking an Eddie Stobart lorry on your left hand side. As you pass the huge haulage lorry, which is probably undertaking some arduous return loads or freight forwarding work, you chance a look at its fabled name plate. Just as you begin deciphering the contrived, tiny combination of girls’ names – I highly doubt anyone out there’s actually called ‘Mary-Lou Vanessa Jessica Anne’ – you realise that you’re swerving wildly and irrationally between the lanes, and finally, as…

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