U.S. oil companies are spending more money on so-called super-spec rigs, machines that churn out wells much faster than older models that led the first shale boom. Xtreme Drilling Corp., a Canadian ...

“All of the contestants put in a lot of work and time into preparing their awesome looking trucks for our event every year.” –Chris Guerrero, global brand manager, Shell Rotella In a lot of ways there ...

Oil companies are shelling out more cash and signing long contracts for a limited supply of monster rigs that drill wells much faster than the older models that led the U.S. first shale boom. Some rig ...

Cost cuts and efficiency—the two key ingredients of the U.S. shale’s recipe for surviving the worst of the downturn—have led to drillers now employing a growing number of rigs capable of reducing the ...

A 10-wheel big rig (“18-wheeler” when a tandem-axle trailer is attached to it) isn’t the typical truck that you’ll find on the digital screens or printed pages of HOT ROD. Although pickup trucks—gas- ...

US land drillers are investing more in rig upgrades to meet increasing demand for high-specification units that can handle the needs of operators looking to drill longer and more efficiently. As the ...

It’s no surprise that engineers and designers are furiously trying to green long-haul tractor trailors. Just like airplanes, the profit margins are small, so ekeing out a 10% improvement in fuel ...

What's this? A modern reiteration of a 1930s truck-and-trailer combination? Sort of. It's a high-capacity tractor-trailer combination recently assembled in Ontario for possible use by Walmart Canada, ...

Photographer Roger Snider travels the globe in search of the most tricked-out trucks on the planet Maker Vinnie Diorio, from Richfield, Wisconsin has completely made over the inside and outside of ...