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  • Peterbilt Breaks Ground On Major Plant Expansion

    Peterbilt Motors Company recently broke ground on a 102,000 square-foot expansion to its heavy-duty truck manufacturing facility in Denton, Texas. The new building will be located just north of the plant and provide additional capacity for production and testing.

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  • Terex Cranes Honours 2015 Top Performing Distributors

    Customer dedication is the true measurement of success.

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    Apr 7, 2016 - 9 years ago

  • Welsh Quarry Gets Terex Trucks Upgrade

    Hogan Aggregates has added two TA300 articulated haulers to its existing Terex Trucks fleet, helping to increase fuel efficiency and productivity at the company’s Coedana granite quarry, Caer Glaw, in Anglesey, Wales.

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  • Tigercat Releases Tier 4f Equipped D-Series Harvesters



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  • Don Hummer Knows Trucks: Test Drives Kenworth T680 For A Month Prior To Large Order

    Don Hummer has a simple philosophy. “I would never ask a driver to do something that I wouldn’t do myself.” And, for Hummer, founder and chairman of Oxford, Iowa - based Don Hummer Trucking, that includes putting his drivers behind the wheel of a truck he hasn’t personally driven and approved. His latest “stamp of approval” is on the Kenworth T680, after he drove one for 30 days. With 215 company trucks and 85 independent contractors, the truckload carrier provides primarily dry van service for customers in a variety of industries, with a heavy focus on packaged foods and food ingredients, office furniture and building products. Hummer said he’s always been hands-on – leaving the office several times a year, on long-distance trips delivering freight. Staying in tune with drivers and customers keeps him grounded, he said. “Our customers don’t even know it’s me when I’m out there making deliveries. The purpose is to stay connected with the business and drive the same routes, with the same equipment as our drivers. I’m one of them.” Last July, Hummer and his son Chris, president of the company, visited with MHC Kenworth, which had just expanded its territory into Iowa. According to Chris, the Hummers liked what they saw in the T680 and decided to rent a truck from PacLease for one month, in order to gauge comfort and performance.

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    Apr 4, 2016 - 9 years ago

  • New I-Shift With Crawler Gears Can Start Off From Standstill With 325 Tonnes

    Volvo Trucks is launching a new member of the I-Shift family: I-Shift with crawler gears. The new gears, which are added to the automated transmission, provide exceptional start-ability for trucks carrying heavy loads in demanding situations. The system is entirely unique for series-produced heavy trucks. Volvo Trucks' new version of I-Shift makes it possible to add up to two new crawler gears. This means, among other things, that the truck can move off from standstill and transport a gross combination weight (GCW) of up to 325 tonnes.

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