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Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks are launching a new program that will eliminate freight charges for most emergency replacement parts, the companies have announced.
The program will be launched in Canada at the end of March. If a part is not available at a local Volvo or Mack dealership, but is available within the […]

Jan
20
I-81 crash
Mehul Brahmbhatt in Mack trucks, News, Trucking News

A Hagerstown man was killed in an accident when the van he was driving left the northbound lanes of Interstate 81, struck an embankment, veered back on the highway and collided with a truck towing a tanker-trailer full of sugar, according to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department, which responded to the scene.
Thomas Carl Carter Sr. […]

Jan
18

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Mack Trucks Inc. and the United Auto Workers have agreed to extend the terms of union contracts that would have expired at midnight tonight.
The contracts will be extended on a day-to-day basis “to accommodate continuing negotiations,” John Walsh, a Mack Trucks spokesman, said Thursday.
It’s the third time the contracts have been extended for 2,200 […]

Nov
23
Big Mack attack
Mehul Brahmbhatt in Mack trucks

You could have been forgiven for thinking the Ramada Pelican Waters had become the Coast’s most popular truck stop yesterday, after four Big Mack trucks were parked out the front.
But they weren’t there for a quick stopover to re-fuel and head back out on the road.
In fact, the trucks were on display as part of […]

Instead of spending Thanksgiving at home in New Alexandria, Jeff Tenerovich is on the road in a Mack truck. Dinner today is in Danbury, Conn.
Tenerovich said he couldn’t pass up a unique opportunity to accompany the 2007 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree from Vermont to Washington, especially since he gets to stop and visit veterans in […]

Fifteen Truck drivers will blockade a Mack Trucks site this morning in protest of what they say is neglect from the manufacturer in maintaining their trucks.
The drivers from concrete company Rinker will block the road and entrance to Mack Trucks at Chipping Norton in south-west Sydney from 10am.
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) says Mack has […]

Nov
23

Two pairs of Sister Trucks are being recalled by Volvo and Daimler in order to repair the fifth-wheel assembly in one pair and an overheating air conditioner in the other. One recall involves the 2004-06 Dodge Sprinter and the 2001 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. Both are commercial delivery vans.
Transport Canada says the rear interior lights for both […]