Tag: Mid-America Trucking Show

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: Transformer and heavy hauler Optimus Prime invades Mid-American Trucking Show

[imagebrowser id=47] Our friends at sister site Overdrive are covering the big Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky this week and grabbed a bunch of photos of the Western Star 4900X. This is the truck that is starring as Optimus Prime in this summer’s next installment of the Transformers movie series. The custom truck was unveiled last […]

March 27, 2014

Roadbuilding

Kenworth launches T880 vocational truck

Kenworth launched its T880(TM) vocational truck at the annual Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville. The T880 will be available for production this summer. The T880 is for applications such as mixer and refuse, as well as dump and heavy haul applications over 100,000 pounds. It is part of Kenworth’s current vocational line-up, which includes the […]

March 22, 2013

Business

Mack intros powertrain, comments on construction market

At its press conference at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Mack introduced it’s “Pedigree Powertrain”, an integrated powertrain with engine, transmission and axles. Pedigree-spec’d trucks will be adorned with a gold Bulldog hood ornament. “Components designed to work together simply work better,” says John Walsh, vice president of marketing. Mack is extending that integration throughout the […]

March 27, 2012

Roadbuilding

Mack intros powertrain, comments on construction market

At its press conference at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Mack introduced it’s “Pedigree Powertrain”, an integrated powertrain with engine, transmission and axles. Pedigree-spec’d trucks will be adorned with a gold Bulldog hood ornament. “Components designed to work together simply work better,” says John Walsh, vice president of marketing. Mack is extending that integration throughout the […]

March 26, 2012

Roadbuilding

Goodyear North America Highway Hero saves people stuck on train tracks

The 28th annual Goodyear North America Highway Hero is an Olympia, Wash. truck driver who helped save the lives of two people in a car that had come to a stop on railroad tracks, including pulling the unconscious driver from his car before it was struck by an approaching train. From among four finalists, Tilden […]

April 3, 2011