Mack Trucks: Tackling the industry’s biggest challenges
The two biggest challenges these days are the cost of fuel and the lack of qualified drivers. According to Stu Russoli, Mack Trucks construction product marketing manager, “Mack’s integrated powertrain components are designed to seamlessly work together to help the efficiency of transferring power from the engine to the wheels, thus saving fuel.” He goes
Mack adds air disc brakes to vocational truck lineup
Work truck customers looking for superior stopping performance in harsh conditions and duty cycles can now order Meritor EX+ Air Disc Brakes for their Mack Granite, TerraPro and Titan by Mack models. Mack Trucks introduced the air disc brakes offering across its vocational lineup today at the 2014 World of Concrete exhibition. “Mack’s air disc
Automatic and automated manual transmissions can improve fuel efficiency
Pouring over specs, investigating equipment options and analyzing your equipment usage, you work hard to build the most efficient, dependable trucks for your fleet. You carefully take stock of your business needs and build a truck to exceed those expectations, calculating costs and mitigating equipment risks. And then you put that perfectly spec’d machine into
Mack makes ongoing commitment to technician education
Continuing to invest in training for future technicians, Mack Trucks recently awarding Nathaniel Chyle, a student enrolled in WyoTech’s Diesel Advanced Technology Education (DATE) for Mack Trucks program in Blairsville, Penn., with a Mack Trucks DATE Scholarship. Chyle, who aspires to be a shop foreman or lead technician, will use the $8,700 scholarship to take
Mack Trucks achieves SEP Platinum Mature Energy Pathway Certification
The Macungie Cab and Vehicle Assembly operation of Mack Trucks in Macungie, Penn., has become the first U.S. manufacturing facility to receive platinum-level certification in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ MSE 50021:2012 Superior Energy Performance (SEP) in Mature Energy Pathway category. The certification means that the Mack plant demonstrated an energy performance improvement of
2014 heavy-duty diesel engines update
EPA’s greenhouse gas emission standards (GHG14) for heavy-duty vehicles begin with model year 2014. NHTSA’s fuel consumption standards will be voluntary in model years 2014 and 2015 and become mandatory with model year 2016 for most regulatory categories. Both agencies allow manufacturers to comply early in model year 2013 and that is essentially what the
