When you were a kid, it was pretty simple to buy a dump truck. You just headed down to your local toy or grocery store, bought a plastic model, and brought it home to the sandbox for hours of fun until it broke, and you just repeated the steps.
While you still might be fulfilling your […]

Getting finance for a dump truck is similar to getting finance for anything else. You have to undergo the same steps to find the right program to suit your needs. Whichever type of truck, dump truck, semi truck or heavy-duty truck you want to buy- there is a loan program for each. There are many […]

Private dump truck operators feuding with the provincial government over fees say they will demonstrate in Premier Shawn Graham’s home village of Rexton today.
Peter Turner, spokesman for the New Brunswick Dump Truck Association, also said yesterday that a much larger protest is planned for Fredericton next week.
“We want to get out as many people as […]

General Electric on Tuesday said that it has tested a hybrid version of a haul truck, the kind of giant dump truck that’s used at a mine or to haul away mountains of dirt.
The system works just like a Toyota Prius, more or less. The engine feeds electricity to a battery that runs the drivetrain. […]

People usually do not associate the word “green” with diesel trucks, but big diesels are getting cleaner. All new heavy-duty diesel engines sold in the U.S. after 2007 must meet strict new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards that filter almost all the black soot particles and much of the nitrogen oxides that cause acid rain. […]

A dump truck clipped a pole near a state Department of Transportation job site on Elk Vale Road near Interstate 90 Exit 61, knocking down a traffic signal light, according to the Rapid City Police Department.
The intersection was closed for 15 to 20 minutes while debris was picked up. Stop signs and flag people were […]

THE City Council will be conducting its own investigation into the controversial purchase of the City Government of 10 dump trucks the same day the City Legal Office assured the public of an impartial probe on the issue.
Councilor Alex Paglomutan filed a resolution seeking a formal inquiry on the dump trucks deal.
Councilors Catalino Alisbo and […]

Days after the snow fell last week, many city streets were still waiting to see a snow plow.
It’s clear road crews need help, but they won’t get it from some new additions to the city fleet - a dozen dump trucks that must stay on the sidelines.
The vehicle’s don’t have four-wheel drive and can’t be […]

Two people were in critical condition when their vehicle was wedged under a Dump truck in Bountiful.
A 20 year-old woman was driving a Mazda3 south on Main Street when she lost control of the car, jumped the median and hit a stationary dump truck on 400 North, police said.
The driver of the Mazda and her […]

A chain saw buzzed through trees yesterday, as a steamroller flattened the earth. The sights and sounds of heavy construction were startling: Two weeks ago, a court had “annulled” the Bloomberg administration’s controversial deal with 20 private schools to build athletic fields here.
“I was very, very surprised when the city told me that they were […]