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GMC Nightfall Edition Canyon

The 2015 Nightfall Canyon is a blacked-out edition that blends a dramatic appearance with popular features and accessories

January 11, 2015

Pickups

Top 10 Road Tests of 2014

Top 10 truck reviews as viewed by Hard Working Trucks readers during 2014.

December 26, 2014

Pickups

Road Test: Ram 1500 Tradesman Diesel

We test Ram Truck’s bare-bones, EcoDiesel-powered fleet truck by Bruce W. Smith / Senior Editor Ram’s base-model Tradesman is a stripper for sure. Basic white body with steel wheels. Vinyl seat and floor mats. Crank widows and push-down door locks. Black steel bumpers. Trucks don’t get more vanilla. But it’s perfect for the business owner that needs a cheap, […]

December 18, 2014

Pickups

Ram 1500 Wins Motor Trend’s 2015 1/2-Ton Shootout

Editors of Motor Trend pick the Ram 1500 winner over Silverado 1500 and F-150 Three 2015 crew cab pickups-the Ram 1500, Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and Ford F-150-were recently put through a broad array of testing designed to evaluate the core uses of a truck owner by the editors of Motor Trend during their annual 1/2-ton shootout. […]

November 24, 2014

Pickups

Road Test: 2015 Tundra CrewMax 4×4

Road Test: 2015 Toyota Tundra LTD CrewMax 4×4 Abundant legroom and towing power key features of the 2015 Toyota Tundra CrewMax 4×4 It’s one of the fastest half-ton pickups on the road in 2015 with one of, if not the biggest cabs. Toyota’s Crew Max is all about legroom, with nearly eight inches more space […]

October 31, 2014

Pickups

Road Test: 2015 Toyota Trail Edition 4Runner

Toyota’s 4Runner Trail Edition 4Runner Begs For Outdoor Adventure While the majority of those who drive or own a work truck spend their weekdays behind the wheel of a pickup, there’s a better than average chance the family vehicle is an SUV of some type. SUVs fit nicely between a pickup and a car, and, for […]

October 19, 2014

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Road Test: A week behind the wheel of the 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel

Road Tested 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Crew Cab 4×4 SLT; a V-6 1/2-ton that delivers big  Slipping around a slow-moving motorhome on a moderate grade in Oregon’s Coast Range took little more than moving into the passing lane and rolling into the throttle. The Ram 1500’s engine did the rest in short order. Despite towing […]

August 22, 2014

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Road Test: 2014 Ram 1500 Crew Cab 4×4 EcoDiesel-Carrying The Load

Hauling A Load With Ram’s 1500 4×4 Crew Cab EcoDiesel (Photos by Larry Walton/Editorial Services West) Toting a yard-and-a-half of bark mulch to a jobsite in the bed is a typical task for a landscaper’s pickup and just the type of job to test the payload capacity and handling of Ram’s 2014 EcoDiesel 1500 Crew […]

August 19, 2014

Pickups

2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Performance

Road Test: Ram 1500 EcoDiesel  Numbers Spending 10 days with Ram Trucks’ 2014 1500 EcoDiesel Crew Cab 4×4 while putting on more than 600 miles in varied driving conditions reveals a lot about the truck’s performance.  The VM Motori EcoDiesel is a  strong performer for a 3.0L V-6. Its broad torque curve – developing 420 […]

August 19, 2014

Pickups

2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Video Road Test

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August 18, 2014

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GMC 3500HD Wins Heavy-Duty Truck Shootout

GMC Sierra 3500HD Wins 2014 Ultimate Heavy Duty Challenge The 2015 GMC Sierra 3500 HD won the overall title in the 2014 Ultimate Heavy Duty Challenge 1-ton diesel category following testing by truck experts from Cars.com, PickupTrucks.com and Mrtruck.com, Cars.com said today. Comprehensive testing pitted the Sierra HD against its two competitors, the Ford F350, equipped with […]

August 18, 2014

Pickups

2014 Ram 2500HD Hemi Wins Multi-Truck Shootout

Ram 2500HD Gasser Wins Pickuptrucks.Com’s 2014 Ultimate Three-Quarter-Ton Heavy-Duty Challenge Every year Pickuptrucks.Com pits different classes and types of trucks in an extensive, two-week-long hood-to-hood shootout to reveal which is the universal winner. This year it was the 2014 Ram 2500HD Hemi that took the crown, beating out 2015 GM and Ford trucks. “To determine the […]

August 11, 2014