SUBSCRIBE TODAY SPEC MY Electric service trucks .............................................. 12 Impressed by ConExpo 2017 ...................................... 18 6 Issues per year $ 00 TRUCK Work Truck Show Wrap-up ........................................ 23 only 36 Check out Mike Petrey’s rigs, page 14. INSIDE http://www.servicetruckmagazine.com/subscribe Volume 4 Issue 3 MAY/JUNE 2017 $8.00 ELECTRIC POWER STAR POWER The future of trucking expected to be charged Fuso’s all-electric eCanter zero-emission truck has a 100-mile range and is suitable for urban deliveries, the company says. Juan Ibarra, who is entering his third season as a star of Discovery Channel’s A recurring theme at the 2017 NTEA Work Gold Rush, brings his service truck to the Lincoln Electric booth at ConExpo 2017. Truck Show was the growing interest in Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Jecka Glasman, Ibarra was among the service truck mechanics from the show who were profiled said in introducing Fuso’s new eCanter, an all-elec- in a Service Truck Magazine cover article in the July-August 2016 edition. electrification of commercial vehicles tric battery-powered class 4 truck. “This truck is a result of extensive research and KEITH NORBURY development and investment from our part compa- Reality show ny Daimler Trucks Asia and also led by our CEO, Gold Rush star Marc Llistosella, who truly believes this is the mechanic rolls he electrification of trucking is inching future of the industry,” Glasman said during Fuso’s strikes paydirt toward reality, according to some of the press conference at the show, which took place in his rig onto the T presenters at the recent Work Truck Show mid March at the Indiana Convention Center. Bronze lot and Green Truck Summit in Indianapolis. 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Curry Supply Co. ............................................................5 The first session, Market Fundamentals, “is designed to help work truck industry pro- Ecco Group .................................................................. 17 fessionals involved in data collection and analysis,” notes a posting on the NTEA website. Espar Products, Inc. ..................................................... 22 The second, Market Forecasting, “is geared toward work truck industry professionals H&H Sales Company, Inc. .............................................. 25 responsible for economic/market projections.” Hannay Reels, Inc.