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Construction Equipment

Loader uprights dump truck, gravity quickly ruins everything

As we’ve seen before, rural roads in tropical climates are very unforgiving when it comes to flopping a piece of heavy equipment back onto its wheels. This loader is able to quickly upright a flipped Mack truck, but once the tires hit the pavement, gravity takes over in full effect. Hope they brought a machete. […]

June 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: Trucks of every trim, tint and trade throng World of Concrete 2015

[imagebrowser id=191] One of the cool things about World of Concrete each year is that there’s never a shortage of interesting trucks to see. Pickups, service trucks, haulers, pump trucks, mixers—you name it, it’s there and in just about every paint job you can think of. The gallery above contains just about every truck we […]

February 5, 2015

Construction Equipment

REVIEW: Mack Titan is a beast of a truck with tremendous handling

If you went into a lab and boiled down everything Mack trucks has learned and experienced over the past 114 years to its purest essence—every battlefield Macks have fought on, every jobsite, every bridge, dam and highway they’ve helped build, you’d probably come away with a truck very close to the 2014 Mack Titan. […]

May 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

TEST DRIVE: Mack Titan

Our trucks editor Jack Roberts was in Allentown, Pennsylvania yesterday where he toured the Mack facility there and got to take a test drive in the new Mack Titan. The truck features Mack’s largest engine, the MP10, with 515-, 565- and 605-horsepower models available. Torque is rated at 2,060 lb.ft. at 1,200 RPMs. In the videos […]

March 21, 2014

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: ConExpo 2014 Day 3: Tour the tons of trucks at the show

[imagebrowser id=42] It’s not a truck show per se, but that doesn’t mean ConExpo isn’t a show that doesn’t love trucks. In all honesty, it’s hard to stand anywhere at the show and not see a truck in at least one direction. But if you’re like us and were looking for trucks at ConExpo, then […]

March 7, 2014

Roadbuilding

Mack Trucks unveils air disk brake option for vocational trucks at World of Concrete

Mack Trucks unveiled an air disc brake option for it’s vocational trucks Tuesday at World of Concrete, our sister site Equipment World reports. The new brake option is designed to offer better stopping power and resistance to fade, as well as less maintenance compared to conventional S-cam designs. Mack’s air disc brake design uses two […]

January 21, 2014

Construction Equipment

Mack Trucks intros air disc brake option for work trucks; here’s how easy it is to change brake pads

Mack Trucks introduced an air disc brake option for it’s vocational trucks today at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas. Air brakes offer superior stopping power, better resistance to fade and less maintenance than than conventional S-cam designs. Mack’s design uses two pistons to drive the pad against the rotor, which provide more balanced […]

January 20, 2014

Construction Equipment

Mack to begin building Pinnacle Axle Back powered by DME alternative fuel

After a press event held by parent company Volvo earlier this month that focused on dimethyl ether, Mack Trucks has announced that in 2015 it will begin producing Pinnacle Axle Back models that are powered by the alternative fuel, also known as DME. DME is a clean-burning fuel that is non-toxic. Plus, it can be made […]

June 21, 2013

Business

Shell collaborates with Volvo, Mack Trucks on global LNG fuel

Shell has taken part in two new global collaborations—one with Volvo Trucks and one with Mack Trucks—to encourage the use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a fuel for commercial vehicles. The two non-exclusive agreements with Shell will include collaboration on issues such as fuel specification and emissions performance. Volvo’s LNG offerings include its 13-liter […]

March 28, 2013

Gear

Mack Trucks launches Granite MHD 4×2 at NTEA Work Truck Show

How about a “little” news from the Work Truck Show? Or, rather, as “little” as things can get when you’re talking about Mack Trucks. The venerable manufacturer chose the Work Truck Show here in Indianapolis to show a new, medium-duty Granite that is optimized for municipalities, landscapers and small contractors. Curtiss Dorwart, vocational product manger […]

March 6, 2013

Business

Mack Trucks names Tri-State Truck Center 2012 Distributor of the Year

Mack Trucks has named Tri-State Truck Center of Memphis, Tennessee, as its 2012 North American Distributor of the Year. The annual award recognizes the top-performing distributors within Mack’s North American dealer network based on sales, facilities, service, general management, customer satisfaction, parts, personnel and community service. Tri-State Truck Center, owned by Jim and Rod Maddox, […]

January 28, 2013

Roadbuilding

Mack’s model 2014 trucks, tractors now greenhouse gas certfied

Mack’s full lineup of model year 2014 trucks and tractors is now certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in accordance with 2014 fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations. “Certification of Mack’s entire vehicle portfolio reflects our continued commitment to fuel efficiency, environmental stewardship, and the […]

December 12, 2012