Badass Tunnel Bots And The Border Patrol Agents Who Love Them

In the last fourteen years, the US Border Patrol has found more than 170 tunnels they believe are used for smuggling contraband between Mexico and the States. Since American law enforcers don't want to enter the tunnels themselves, they're sending in cute little robots to do their dirty work. Apparently...

Dec 22, 2024

Retired Fire Truck Now Rescues Travelers From Hunger

Time for your daily dose of derelict trucks rusting in their final resting place. Someone spotted what might be an old International fire apparatus doing duty as a diner welcome sign somewhere on US 190, west of Livingston, Texas. Anyone recognize the model or year? is a daily feature on...

Dec 22, 2024

Salt Spreader Truck Tips Over, Leaving Road Scarred And Savory

CBS Affiliate reported that a salt spreader tipped over on a Route 28 onramp at 5:46 this morning in Herndon, Virginia. So much for preparing the road for traffic. Helicopter photos are a bit grainy to decipher the make and model, but the chrome bar across the top of the...

Dec 22, 2024

Cool Trucks You Might Miss At The Detroit Auto Show

The and aren't the only interesting pickups at this year's . Fans of towing, hauling, and general truck-yeah badassedness won't want to miss these rigs that were relegated to "also ran" status by car-centric show coverage. is hidden in a corner of the basement. You won't see a suspension setup...

Dec 22, 2024

Massive Staff Increase At Ford To Build New Transit Vans, F-150s

Ford just announced it will bring on 1,000 new workers at its Kansas City, Missouri plant to build new Transit vans and . Ford plans to increase staff by 5,000 in 2014, their largest hiring initiative since 2000. "300 employees started work at the plant in late 2013, with an...

Dec 22, 2024

Kamaz Gained Serious Ground Toward Iveco In Dakar Stage 9

DustyVentures seems to be occupied, so here's your Truck Yeah! roundup of the ninth stage at Dakar. The video above is the truck and quad summary, and here are the puny "cars" and bikes: Looks like the Russians Karginov, Mokeev, and Devyatkin in the Red Bull Kamaz were faster than...

Dec 22, 2024

Red Bull Buggy Wrecked In Dakar Stage 10

Al-Attiyah and Peterhansel finished 1 and 2 in MINIs, and he Red Bull SMG Buggy was completely destroyed in Stage 10 of the . Spanish driver Carlos Sainz walked from the crash away with minor injuries, but the buggy will not be returning to the course. Ales Loprais claimed first...

Dec 22, 2024

The Madness Involved In Prepping Pro4 Trucks For Snow

Running race trucks in freezing conditions brings up engineering issues many mechanics aren't used to. Here's how techs made eight 900 HP Pro4 trucks sing for Red Bull's Frozen Rush event in Maine last week. I'll have some photos and info from the race for you soon, thanks to our...

Dec 22, 2024

A Classic Cargo Truck From 'British Chevrolet'

Time for your daily dose of derelict trucks rusting in their final resting place. This is a Bedford Vehicles J Series, circa late 1950's. The J could be had with a petrol or diesel engine, and was primarily sold as an export from England to developing countries due to its...

Dec 22, 2024

Red Bull Wins Battle In The Atacama Desert To Take Dakar Lead

Iveco's Gerard De Rooy had been valiantly holding off Andrey Karginov in the Red Bull Kamaz for the entire until a tire puncture cost him time in Stage 11, allowing the Russians to pull ahead and finally take the overall lead. Stage 11 of this year's Dakar was not exceptionally...

Dec 22, 2024

Explore The Holds Of A Sunken WWII Cargo Ship Full Of Trucks

The SS Thistlegorm was a British munitions transporter that the Germans sent to the bottom of the Red Sea in 1941. Full of trucks and motorcycles, it's a wreck diver's dream and the just posted some great of photos from a recent dive. trucks, Universal Carrier armored trucks, Norton 16H...

Dec 22, 2024

Best & Worst Truck Features From The 2014 Detroit Auto Show

PR bots were spewing a lot about "revolutionary" truck features at the . Some were cool, others looked slapped together with parts from a $20 AutoZone trip. Now we wanna know what you think of these features and what you want on your next truck. Workspace lighting in the bed...

Dec 22, 2024

Iveco Dakar Driver Talks Troubles, Still Puts On A Hell Of A Show

Iveco's team in the "501" race truck had a tough go of it yesterday, and driver De Rooy was disappointed to say the least. But that didn't stop them from getting some epic footage of their teal trucks tearing it up. ...

Dec 22, 2024

What Should A 2015 Ford Bronco Look Like?

I haven't seen a story without a comment pining for a new Bronco. You know what? I wanna see it too. But Ford won't oblige, so I'm challenging you artists of Jalopnik and Truck Yeah! to design the best damn 2015 Ford Bronco you can imagine and share it in...

Dec 22, 2024

Iveco Beats Kamaz In Dakar Stage 12, Has One More Chance To Win

The 12th stage of the was 349 kilometers long, the first two hundred of which was rocky soil followed by big sand dunes. At this point cars and quads are pretty much in the bag, but the truck and bike podiums hotly contested going into the last stage tomorrow. De...

Dec 22, 2024