The New Volvo VHD

“This allows operators to easily engage and customize the amount of power being transferred through the push of a button,” says McConn. “Additionally, the new electrical architecture supports controls and programming for up to four PTOs from the factory.”

To support ease of upfit, DTNA also offers truck equipment manufacturers factory-installed routing and clipping brackets to ensure all wires and hydraulic lines are tightly bundled and protected from the elements.

Another new offering from DTNA for the construction market is factory-installed switch caps for truck equipment manufacturers’ integrated body controls within various dump truck applications, says McConn.

“For our vocational models, we offer factory-installed and aftermarket-available, laser-etched graphics which provide a streamlined dash layout and switch labels that last the life of the vehicle,” he explains

High Demand In Concrete Sector

Eric Duiker, who handles sales at Cancrete, says that there is strong demand for his company’s vocational concrete pump trucks. Cancrete purchases large chasses for Putzmeister concrete pumps mostly from Mack, but also Kenworth, Western Star and Autocar. Their smaller chassis option is the Dodge Ram 5500.

“Demand is high, and we’re still backlogged 9-18 months,” he says. “Order intake has slowed somewhat, but it’s still steady. We have a significant backlog for larger chassis, and we’ve had to switched to conventional cabs from cabover because we can’t get cabover. For the Dodge Ram 5500, we need 25 and we’re expecting one this year. We’re still waiting on 2022 orders.”

To increase durability in its offerings, Cancrete has done things like switch from manual to automatic transmissions.

“It really helps save the drivelines,” says Duiker. “We’ve also switched to air suspension from spring suspension because the roads everywhere are just terrible. We were seeing quite a bit of damage and strain on the structures of the pumps just from travelling the roads, and switching to air suspension has certainly reduced that.”