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ConExpo-Con/Agg
Mack Body Builder Portal consolidates resources to one online location
Mack Trucks has consolidated all of its body builder resources to one online location with its Mack Body Builder Portal launched at the ConExpo show in Las Vegas. The new site is a supplement to the company’s Body Builder Support Team, established in 2015, that includes a body builder order manager. “This is a one-stop […]
March 8, 2017
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 makes new 13-speed AMT standard on Granite trucks
Mack Trucks’ new 13-speed mDrive HD automated manual transmission (AMT), which features a creeper gear, will be standard equipment on 2017 Mack Granite model trucks, the company announced Monday. The 13-speed, along with a 14-speed mDrive AMT, was unveiled in March and will be available to order in October. “Since its introduction, the mDRIVE has […]
May 13, 2016
Construction Equipment
Mack adds 13- and 14-speed low-speed reduction mDRIVE HD options for MP series engines
Mack has added two versions of its mDRIVE HD automated manual transmission (AMT) to offer low-speed reduction gear options for MP series engines, adding versatility to the Pinnacle, Granite and Titan trucks. Announced Wednewsday at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, the two versions include a 13-speed option designed for easier starting on steep grades […]
March 3, 2016
Construction Equipment
FIRST DRIVE: A bit of wheel time with Mack’s mDrive HD, the AMT built for construction
Mack announced at the World of Concrete Show in February that it was launching a new, “ruggedized” version of its mDrive automated manual transmission (AMT). Thursday, at the company’s ancestral home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, journalists were given the opportunity to drive the new mDrive HD on various durability courses at the Mack Customer Center—a combined museum […]
May 1, 2015
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
Construction Equipment
Mack Granite blends power, performance and elegance
Driving a new, fully-loaded Mack Granite dump truck near Allentown, Pa., I was reminded that there’s something special about the rolling Pennsylvania backroads. I was following State Road 309, running south from West Hazelton toward Tamaqua. It’s something like 350 years old – a pleasant reminder of how much transportation has changed. Mack has deep […]
February 4, 2013
Construction Equipment
Mack adds natural-gas Granite
Mack Trucks said today it would expand its natural-gas powered offerings to its construction Mack Granite and on-highway Mack Pinnacle 2013 models. Both will use the Cummins Westport ISX12G engine. The company already offers natural gas-powered models for the refuse market. The full release is below. 120611- Bulldog ‘Walks the Walk’ on Alternative Drivelines[4]
June 11, 2012
Business
Machine Matters
Calling on Construction Established and new players alike take aim at the vocational truck market. By Mike Anderson While there may be a new brand in the heavy-duty construction truck business, established players are intent on keeping their strong positions in the vocational market, currently about one-third of all Class 8 trucks made. All […]
November 1, 2011
Construction Equipment
Mack Granite stars in third Transformers movie
A Mack truck is feature on the big screen in a leading role as Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, in the DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures’ production, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, directed by Michael Bay. Transformers series – Megatron takes form as a Mack Granite military truck and leads the Decepticons in an epic battle against the […]
July 13, 2011
Business
Machine Matters
Heavy trucks, Heavy drama 2010 may have been the Year of the Engine in trucks, but 2011 welcomes an old engine supplier into the full truck game By Mike Anderson Yellow iron customers who also buy heavy-duty trucks are about to enter a new era of choice, opportunity and perhaps conflict. The dominant brand of […]
November 9, 2010
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