by irv-truck | Oct 10, 2026 | Blog
Grass fire, mid-afternoon, wind out of the southwest and a line of hay barns downwind. The engine parks on the county road because the pavement is the only ground that will hold it. The brush truck drops off the shoulder, crosses a dry ditch and starts working the...
by irv-truck | Oct 9, 2026 | Blog
Ask a power company fleet manager, a city public works director and a landscaping contractor to describe a utility truck, and you will hear about three different vehicles. One pictures a line service truck with compartments and an aerial device. Another sees a one-ton...
by irv-truck | Oct 8, 2026 | Blog
The pavement ended forty miles back. The last fuel stop is behind you, the forest road ahead climbs through washboard and ruts toward a ridge where you plan to sleep, and everything you need for the next five days is bolted to, strapped into or sitting on top of your...
by irv-truck | Oct 7, 2026 | Blog
The badge says one ton, so the truck must carry a ton and then some. That assumption has put a lot of heavy-duty owners over their limits without them knowing it. The “3/4-ton” and “1-ton” names stuck around long after they stopped describing...
by irv-truck | Oct 6, 2026 | Blog
You take the cloverleaf off-ramp a little hot with a slide-in camper on the back, and the whole truck leans toward the outside of the curve like it wants to keep going straight. The steering goes vague, the cabinets in the camper rattle, and you lift off the throttle...
