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The latest news on fleet equipment and the vehicle outfitting industry, from commercial van and work truck tips to innovative fleet solutions.
Expertec Edmonton Welcomes Hunter Gooderham to the Sales Team
The business coach and thought leader Kamil Toume once said, The real competitive advantage in any business is one word only, which is “people.” At Expertec, we’ve tried to champion that thought for decades, as witnessed by the many long-term team members who continue...
The Lowdown On Flat Beds
Call them whatever you want, flat beds, truck beds or flat decks, the truth is, they are nearly perfect for trucks that do real work. At Expertec, we’ve been installing, building, and accessorizing flat beds for years and the current trends in trucks allow fleet...
Unloading Doesn’t Have to be Hard with Link Ramps
Not a day goes by that one of our locations isn’t posed with the question about how to make loading and unloading vans and trucks easier. In many ways, the various sizes of commercial vans and trucks manufacturers now offer has helped fuel easier ways to unload cargo...
Introducing Ranger Design’s Cargo+ Rack
Let’s face it, nearly any company that builds products is trying to design their own version of a better mousetrap. Fundamentally, ladder and roof racks for upfitted vans don’t need to be very complicated – fabricate a frame that can be solidly mounted on a vehicle...
The Upfitting Trend Too Many Miss – Safety
The team at Expertec derives a lot of satisfaction from the seemingly simple act of taking a stock pickup or van and adding in the custom touches tradesmen and fleets need to execute their jobs - perfectly. In the two decades since we opened for business, the overall...
Is the Mid-Sized Truck Back?
The automotive industry was aflutter just a few months ago with the announcement that Ford would be bringing the Ranger mid-sized truck back into production. The last Ranger for North America was built in 2011, but the “new” Ranger is back and sales, depending on who...
DIY Vehicle Upfits Should be Considered Carefully
Over the last two decades of upfitting trucks and vans for fleets and the trades, you can bet we’ve seen plenty of “custom”, Do-It-Yourself work come into our facilities. Scrap wood shelving, bungee cord tank racks, and boat cleats used as tie downs are just some of...
New Trends in Commercial Vehicles
It’s fun to guess at what the next fad or trend might be in commercial vehicles, just like it is to ponder what General Motors might do with the next Corvette, but there is a telling way to look at the commercial vehicle industry. Not “what are manufacturers going to...
Meet Our New Partner, Future Line Manufacturing
One of the most critical things we handle at Expertec is to find other companies in the upfitting and outfitting business and to understand how their actions are impacting the industry. Every year, we reach out and speak with dozens of companies to understand their...