Tag: Steve Rutherford

Roadbuilding
Automatic or Manual?
More choices — and it’s not just what you ‘feel’ like.
November 6, 2013
Allison’s automatic transmission features fluid drive and a torque converter. Adherents argue these provide 100-percent power and double rim pull, making them ideal for vocational applications.
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
New players in the vocational truck game notwithstanding, it remains a market long served by renowned, established brands – so much so that construction dump trucks are often called Mack Trucks regardless of their actual make. With its VHD series, Volvo Trucks has a rugged vocational truck offering based in the comfort and safety traditions of the cross-market Volvo brand. Volvo is among eight truck brands currently serving the North American heavy-duty construction market.
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