Trailer-Body Builder's top stories from 2009

The Best of 2009

A look back at the top stories from 2009 at Trailer-BodyBuilders.com

No. 1

Oshkosh, Navistar Deliver M-ATV Production Vehicles for Military Evaluation

Feb 23, 2009 2:02 PM

Oshkosh Corporation and Navistar Defense LLC have delivered production-representative MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV) to the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for military evaluation...

No. 2

GM To Go Months Without Diesel Trucks

Sep 28, 2009 1:06 PM

A shortage of light- and medium-duty diesel trucks may be looming as chassis manufacturers modify production dates in response to new 2010 emissions regulations...

No. 3

No. 4

Industry Comes To Grips With GM’s Decision

Jun 15, 2009 2:12 PM

One week after General Motors announced it would abandon its medium-duty truck business, shock waves continue to reverberate throughout the industry...

No. 5

Trailer manufacturer celebrates opening of its new corporate headquarters in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and looks to the future

Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM, BY RICK WEBER

With an azure-blue sky serving as the backdrop, Ricky Baker stands at a window in his third-floor office and looks down at Big Tex Trailers' property...

No. 6

Big Tex Acquires Circle J Trailers

Jun 16, 2009 3:04 PM

Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. has acquired Circle J Trailers of Caldwell, Idaho, a 51-year-old manufacturer of steel, aluminum exterior, and all-aluminum horse trailers that is one of the oldest trailer companies in the United States and a respected name in the horse trailer industry...

No. 7

Commercial truck guide adds APU values

Jan 1, 2009 12:00 PM

NADA Used Car Guide has enhanced its ATD/NADA Official Commercial Truck Guide by adding a comprehensive set of values for Auxiliary Power Units (APUs),...

No. 8

Sapa Negotiating to Acquire Indalex

Jun 18, 2009 9:31 AM

Sapa has entered into an asset-purchase agreement with U.S. aluminium extrusion company Indalex for the possible purchase of substantially all of Indalex’s assets in the U.S. and Canada...

No. 9

Schneider National Forecasts a Volatile 2009

Apr 9, 2009 1:08 PM

Trucking bankruptcies will increase in the first and second quarters, according to Schneider National's 2008-2009 State of the Industry Review...

No. 10

Kentucky Trailer Offers New Truck Body

Feb 10, 2009 12:42 PM

Kentucky Trailer will reveal a new truck body uniquely tailored to the moving and storage industry...








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