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HighRise step improves safety accessing trailers

Retrac’s HighRise folding rear entry step is designed for safe, easy and efficient access to trailers and cargo areas. The HighRise includes a corrosion-resistant auto-stowing roller mechanism that helps prevent damage when backing up, and the intuitive counterbalance design helps keep the step secured in a stowed position during travel. It attaches to the 4-inch […]

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Rechargeable work light a bright idea for your truck

With a rechargeable work light, you won’t have to go looking for fresh batteries the next time you need a little extra light while working on your truck. Snap-on’s high output rechargeable shop light has enough power to illuminate whatever you’re working on. Its six efficient LEDs produce 350 lumens of light output, according to […]

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Keep small things in their places

You may drive one of the biggest vehicles on the road, but no doubt you have plenty of small — even little — things to keep track of. Be they mechanical or personal, such small items can go astray unless properly corralled and easily accessed. These five small transparent boxes are made of a high-quality […]

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Latest Leatherman multi-tool is ideal for truckers

If you often find yourself needing to fix something and are loathe to dig through a large toolbox for the item you need, then you’ll want to stash the FREE P2 someplace handy in your truck’s cab. The latest from multi-tool master maker Leatherman has all of the tools you expect from them, but in […]

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Harness helps keep your dog safe while on the road

Having your canine co-pilot along for your daily driving can make the miles pass more quickly. But, if your pup is along for the ride, they need to be safe especially when out of the truck and stretching their legs when you stop. The Kurgo Tru-Fit Smart Dog Walking Harness helps keep your dog safe […]

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It’s a dirty job … but there’s help to get clean

Life on the road — especially in these days of the COVID-19 coronavirus and the inconveniences that come with it — can get pretty dirty. That means getting clean and feeling fresh can often be difficult. Fortunately, there’s Duke Cannon, the military-inspired maker of men’s grooming products that delivers Cold Shower Cooling Field Towels. Developed […]

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Time to get rid of that spare soda bottle in your truck

OK, it’s time to do away with one unsavory but necessary bit of truck driver tradition: the improvised urinal. Keeping a spare soda bottle (and if you’re lucky a funnel) in your truck’s cab for those times there’s no restroom where you park for the night ought to be history for so many reasons. Fortunately, […]

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Scrubblades provide serious windshield cleaning

Any product — no matter what it is or does — that boasts it will “annihilate, obliterate, eliminate and liquidate” must be serious about its performance. It’s obvious the Scrubblade line of windshield wiper blades is as serious as it gets because it says its Heavy Duty and Platinum blades will do just that to […]

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Naval Supremacy for when you need to get really clean

One of the simple — but often missed — joys of life on the road is a hot shower at the end of the driving day. And, when you do find the time and an open truck stop shower, you want to make the most of it. Be glad the good folks at Duke Cannon […]

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BlueParrott makes good B450-XT headset even better

BlueParrott’s took its best-selling B450-XT headset and made it even more useful, more durable, more comfortable, and added more features to make it even easier to use. The latest version of the B450-XT: Is IPS54-rated, making it more durable as it protects against dust and moisture, both of which are part of the hard-working trucker […]

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