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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.
Getting Your Work Vehicle Ready for Winter
Now that the snow is falling, plenty of companies running vehicle fleets and tradesmen with work trucks are scurrying to get their vehicles winterized. Usually, this is nothing more than a regular maintenance session with the afterthought of checking the coolant and...
Do You Need a Gooseneck or Bumper Pull Trailer?
Of all the choices you’ll make when selecting a trailer, none will affect your driving more than the choice between a bumper pull trailer and gooseneck trailer. Each option has its own advantages, but the differences between a gooseneck and a bumper pull hitch...
Speeding Up Your Next Upfitting Project
We, as humans, LOVE instant gratification and hate to wait for anything. Think about lunch when you’re hungry. Think about an order from Amazon. Think about Christmas when you were a kid. Nearly every company acknowledges this fact – online retailers are quick to...
Carrots and Sticks – Will Drivers Ever Respect Your Fleet?
At Expertec, our “bread and butter” is building and upfitting custom trucks and vans for a wide swath of businesses and industries. Many times, that means vehicles that will be torture tested in some of the roughest terrain available – miles offroad on rough-cut...
Expertec Eyes BC Market and Western Economy
Expertec Press Release - Expanding into Abbotsford, BC (Abbotsford, BC) Expertec, a Western Canada-based custom truck and van upfitter, has just announced that they are expanding operations into the Vancouver area effective October 1, 2017. This represents a very...
Steel or Aluminum for Your Commercial Vehicle Equipment?
If you’ve ever spent any amount of time on Expertec.ca, you know that nearly every item we install can be had in steel or aluminum. Different manufacturers forecast different usage scenarios for their products, just like different companies have different...
Maintaining Your Commercial Work Vehicle
It’s no lie that most, if not all, new vehicles require a host of specialized tools and training to work on. From the multiple computers that run everything from the transmission to the climate control, the world of modern vehicles is one that is electrical. It’s...
The Adoption of High Roof Vans in North America
It goes without saying that if you use a van for work, you have two choices: bump your head or be short. For years, the “standard” van that most of us used was a basic cube on wheels with just enough headroom to give you the impression that you could stand up inside...
Going to Work in 2018 – The New Work Vans
Look, we like vans. Sure, trucks are sexy, but the van gets the job done. Why? Well, at Expertec, we think it’s because the van is there to do just one job – work. That $60,000 truck? You take the family out in it, or drive it to go hunting, but your work van? ...