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Crane Body with Air & Arc 250 All-in-One Welder/Compressor/Generator

Featured at the 2013 World Ag Expo, this custom Douglass Crane Body includes and a Vanair Air & Arc 250 all-in-one welder/compressor/generator unit and a 3203PRX with the NexStar fully-proportional wireless control system. One is currently available in Bakersfield, mounted…

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Safer Cranes through NexStar by Auto Crane

When it comes to operating cranes, safety is everybody’s first priority. With that in mind, Autocrane has developed the new NexStar series of proportional crane remotes, designed to give operators more precise control of their crane as well as warn…

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Locksmith Truck Circa 1958

Since inception Douglass Truck Bodies has epitomized the motto “Built to Fit Your Needs.”  A prime example of this is the 1957 Chevy with a custom Douglass Truck Body built for Snider’s Cyclery.  Pictured is Lloyd Snider, second generation proprietor. …

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Seeing the Country in a Douglass Camper Body

The biggest challenge serving RV’er faces is storage space. Finding room for all the necessary supplies to make a cross country trip is a common problem, let alone finding space for the tools you’ll need to address an emergency. The core problem is all the wasted space in a conventional truck mounted camper setup; the small space that is available once your camper is mounted is awkward and for the most part unreachable. The Douglass Camper Body is custom designed to be a solution to this problem, designed to utilize the storage area typically wasted in a standard camper/pickup setup.

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Buying a Douglass Camper Body Remotely – The Scoop on the Process

Truck Camper had an interview with our customers from Juneau, Alaska! Their interview discusses their decision to hit the road with their camper and the seamless process of ordering a Douglass camper body remotely. We know choosing the right truck…

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Service Body Cargo Protection by Rollcover

Protecting the equipment you keep in the cargo area of your service body is an important concern. Whether at night in hotel parking lots while traveling, or while working on construction sites in high theft areas; your tools are expensive, and downtime from loss is even more expensive. Douglass Truck Bodies offers a great solution to these concerns while maintaining durability, space, and overall protection: the Rollcover brand utility bed cover.

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Underground Leak Repair Unit

How many trucks does it take to fix an underground water pipe leak? You’ll need to call someone out to jackhammer through the pavement and dig his way down there. Once the hole is dug, you’ll need a pumper to…

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Mobile Mechanic’s Bed

When crews show up on job sites, time down for unexpected situations can be a costly oversight. Over the years, Douglass Truck Bodies, has worked with clients to produce truck bodies that can handle almost any situation. This truck is the combination of customer preparedness and Douglass ingenuity to produce a time saving service set-up, while at the same time, maintaining all the advantages of a standard service body.

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Ag Industry Custom Service/Hauler Bodies

In agriculture, you never know what to expect from day to day; you could be changing a gear box one minute and welding a fence panel the next. Because the need for flexibility is so great, agriculture environment has a high expectation for what options are available on their truck bodies. Douglass Truck Bodies has worked with the Ag industry for decades and understands the versatility that is required to make a service body a true time saver. To show case this, we would like to highlight two service/hauler bodies we custom built to meet Ag industry needs.

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