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Dealers
Nortrax sells seven South Florida Deere dealerships
A Memphis-based family investment firm has bought seven John Deere Construction and Forestry Stores serving the South Florida region. Dobbs Management Service, through DJD Equipment Holdings, purchased full service Nortrax stores in Lutz (Tampa area), Orlando, West Palm Beach, Miami and Fort Myers, Florida. In addition to the full-service branches, the deal included parts-only stores […]
November 20, 2017
Vocational
Test Drive: Mack’s refreshed Granite boosts comfort
Mack’s Granite, the best-selling conventional straight-truck in the U.S., is getting a light refresh. For the coming model year, the worksite workhorse is taking a a driver-friendly slant with an all-new interior and LED headlights. Mack used feedback from thousands of drivers on their preferences, which the company used to drive the design of a […]
November 9, 2017
Dealers
Equipment Roundup: Cat autonomous fleet grows; Mack unveils Anthem; Komatsu D375A-8; International unveils HV Series; Atlas Copco redesigns QAS generators
Redesigned Atlas Copco QAS generators smaller, more efficient Atlas Copco’s eight-model lineup of QAS generators has undergone an overhaul to make them easier to transport, operate and maintain, the company says. Read More  Mack unveils Anthem, a brand new on-highway tractor Mack Trucks on Wednesday upped its ante in the company’s on-highway business with […]
October 4, 2017
Vocational
Mack updates Granite, Pinnacle with redesigned cabs
Mack may have debuted a new tractor, but that doesn’t mean existing models are being overlooked. Mack Granite—the best-selling conventional straight-truck in the U.S.—and Pinnacle axle forward models will get all-new interiors and LED headlights, while Pinnacle axle forwards also get a new grille. Pinnacle axle back models are being replaced by the new Anthem tractor […]
September 19, 2017
Trucks
PHOTOS: The Trucks of ConExpo 2017
While the main areas in terms of crowd draw at ConExpo 2017 in Las Vegas last week were the immense Gold Lot and the packed North Hall, maybe my favorite afternoon of the week was wandering around the South Hall where you could find truck after truck. Custom paint jobs, service bodies, Hellcat HEMI engines […]
March 16, 2017
Vocational
Mack adds Rolling Start and Auto Neutral to mDrive AMTs
Mack Trucks has introduced Rolling Start and Auto Neutral, two new safety features for its mDrive and mDrive HD automated manual transmissions. The announcement was made during the 2017 World of Concrete show. Mack Construction Product Manager Tim Wrinkle says the updates are well suited to paving and concrete applications. “mDRIVE Rolling Start is mainly […]
January 18, 2017
Vocational
Mack working to integrate WheresMyConcrete’s real-time mixer data into telematics service
Mack Trucks has announced that it is working to connect real-time concrete mixer data into its telematics service through a partnership with WheresMyConcrete. WheresMyConcrete is a service that allows mixer fleet dispatchers to track delivery and order progress as it happens. The cloud-based software gives dispatchers a 30,000-foot view of the entire operation through order updates, mix […]
September 21, 2016
Construction Equipment
Test Drive: Backing a Mack Granite with 70k-lb. load uphill no problem with new 14-speed mDrive HD AMT
I learned how to drive on a stick shift. I like driving with a stick. But not in a Class 8 truck, which is where I found myself two weeks ago, standing on the brakes of a Mack Granite dump truck, nose pointed downhill, holding 70,000 pounds of gravel against the law of gravity. My […]
September 13, 2016
Vocational
Work trucks are smarter, more comfortable than ever thanks to AMTs, plush cabs
Generations ago, vocational trucks were about as basic as you could get; a steering wheel and three pedals. Trucks that were meant to be battered on the jobsite got very few options not designed for moving payload, but the quest for driver retention and the trickle down of available technologies has begun to change how […]
July 4, 2016
Construction Equipment
Mack’s new Predictive Cruise control for mDrive AMT remembers those hills
Along with the unveiling of its new 2017 MP Series engine models, Mack Trucks announced that it will offer Predictive Cruise, an intelligent system that memorizes a route when cruise control is on, storing up to 4,500 hills in its memory. The next time the driver travels the route, Mack Predictive Cruise engages Mack’s mDrive […]
April 27, 2016
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Mack’s new single-unit ClearTech One EATS system reduces weight, adds frame space
Mack Trucks has launched the ClearTech One exhaust aftertreatment system (EATS), an update to its existing ClearTech solution that cuts 17 pounds from the weight and removes 11 inches of frame space to create easier access for body upfit options. The new system, announced at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, compresses into one unit […]
March 4, 2016
Dealers
MacAllister Machinery breaks ground on new HQ, a JCB Mudfest and more in the latest Dealer and Manufacturing News Roundup
MacAllister Machinery breaks ground for new headquarters Indiana’s Caterpillar equipment dealer, MacAllister Machinery, celebrated a groundbreaking for its new headquarters on the Southeast side of Indianapolis. The 133-acre tract will house MacAllister’s new 345,000 square-foot headquarters and will allow the company to consolidate its heavy equipment shops, parts warehouse, light equipment sales and service and […]
July 17, 2015
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