Around the world, in nearly every continent outside of North America, there are multiple variants of extreme-duty commercial trucks that were originally designed as military vehicles. While the primary design purpose of these trucks was military use, each manufacturer has seen the applicability for industries such as heavy construction, open surface mining, oil and gas, and utility.

"If you go these other continents, you'll see this style of truck anywhere off-road commercial vehicles work, except North America. I don't know why" says Acela Truck Company President and CEO David Ronsen. "Perhaps it's because of the low volume nature of this niche industry that many of the large commercial truck manufacturers in America have shied away from the opportunity"

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