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• 15

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Mack Truck in the Construction Segment

• May
• 14

A subsidiary of AB Volvo in the truck department is the world renowned Mack Trucks Incorporated and it sits on top of the construction trucks market in the United States. The brand is known for producing high quality trucks which are very dependable and is centered in productivity and driver comfort. And the brand is expanding its lineup of such great trucks in the shape of the TerraPro Cabover which will be launched at the opening of the World of Concrete trade show in Las Vegas. The new truck carries with it the traits which its forerunners carry too, these being the optimum performance of the trucks and its ability to perform its intended purpose efficiently. The truck’s design has been done with the driver’s comfort in mind. This is a characteristic in the design common to all vehicles produced by brands affiliated with the AB Volvo company. Aside from designing ergonomic and comfortable seats for the driver, the interior is spacious for more legroom and headspace and a bigger breathing room for the operator. It also boasts of a very effective climate-control system that has the capacity to further increase the comfort level for anyone on board the truck. The instrument and control panels are designed to be easily accessible for convenience thus making the performance of the truck’s task much easier. Effort is also exerted to reduce noise and vibration produced while the truck is performing its task.

The truck’s powerplant is a massive 11-liter MP7 engine which can attain a maximum of 405 horsepower. The awe-inspiring engine is approved in accordance with the EPA 07 emissions standard, thanks to its high quality exhaust parts which works well just like the Volvo muffler and catalytic converter. An alternative engine is an even bigger 13-liter MP8 engine also clearing the emission standard while producing up to 485 horsepower. That is enough oomph to power the TerraPro Cabover to do whatever task it is given to perform with great efficiency. The production of these workhorses will be surely welcomed especially by the drivers who will be raring to jump into its seat and get the truck working.

Leading Truck manufacturing companies - Mack Trucks

• May
• 5

“MACK TRUCKS” are one of the best subsidiary of AB Volvo as they are very efficient and enduring, as “BULLDOGS” are very powerful amongst its breed so is “MACK TRUCKS” amongst all leading brands.

Mack Trucks are the best in building Heavy-Duty trucks capable of enduring a punishing terrain and the vagaries of nature. Mack Trucks is one of the world’s leading truck-manufacturing companies. We have our headquarters Florida,USA and branches across USA. Mack Trucks is a top producer in the vocational, on-road-vehicle market. It is also the most popular manufacturer of heavy-duty off-road trucks in America.

The journey of Mack Trucks began in 1893 when the Mack brothers, Jack and Augustus, bought over Fallesen & Berry factory. Soon, the Macks started experimenting with various steam and electric motor cars. Inspired by the inventions taking place all around him, Jack envisioned the building of heavy -duty trucks and thus began an eventful journey. The first product from the house of Macks was a bus, which was used by sightseeing concessionaire Harris and McGuire, for eight years before it was converted into a truck.

In the early 1900s, Mack Trucks became famous as ever-reliable trucks that could easily endure rugged terrains. Soon enough, Mack Truck Inc. were the first truck manufacturers to introduce a constant mesh feature that protected gears from being damaged or stripped by inexperienced drivers.

In 1919, Manhattan Trucks was re-christened as ‘Mack’. Later, in 1922, it adopted bulldog as its corporate logo. As to how a bulldog was chosen as, a symbol of Mack Truck Inc. is an interesting story in itself. Lore at Mack Truck Inc. say that during the First World War, the British government had chosen the sturdy Mack trucks for transporting important war supplies and food requirements to the soldiers on the front. These Mack trucks, with their blunt-nosed hood, resembled a bulldog. Besides, the Mack trucks were proving as tenacious as bulldogs. These qualities reminded the British soldiers of their official mascot the ‘British Bulldog’. Now, Mack Truck Inc. viewed this as a matter of pride and hence they adopted the bulldog as a corporate symbol to represent all the future generation of Mack trucks.

Since then, Mack trucks have undertaken important missions of national and international importance. For instance, they played an important role in the trans-continental convoy conducted by the US Army, which highlighted the need for a national highway system. Similarly, Mack Truck Inc. played a major role in the building of the Boulder dam. It also played an important role in the Second World War. Mack trucks found themselves adorning the role of prime movers, personnel carriers, wrecker trucks, tank transporters, and more.

Thus, Mack trucks has played an important role in the American history and are now serving the needs of a modernized world by providing various upliftments in the working and manufacturer of transportation.

Volvo Names Slagle President And CEO of Mack Trucks

• March
• 6

Dennis R. Slagle, 53, president and CEO, Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Inc., has been named president and chief executive officer of Mack Trucks, Inc., succeeding Paul L. Vikner.

The appointment of Slagle, who will also become a member of Volvo’s Global Executive Committee, is effective April 1, 2008. He has 27 years of experience in the construction-equipment industry.

Vikner will become vice chairman of Mack’s board of directors and continue to represent Mack and its parent company, the Volvo Group, with government entities and industry organizations affecting the Volvo Group’s North America truck operations.

Man injured in loading dock accident

• February
• 29

AFTER A LOADING DOCK ACCIDENT at Elberta Crate and Box Factory in Bainbridge on Thursday afternoon, Bainbridge Public Safety officers and medical first responders help emergency medical personnel put the injured man, Pierre Paul, up onto a stretcher and into an ambulance.

An employee at the Elberta Crate and Box factory had his leg partially amputated in a loading dock accident Thursday afternoon, according to Bainbridge Public Safety.

The injured man, identified as Pierre Paul, had the foot and ankle of one of his legs severed in the accident, which occurred shortly before 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the factory’s rear loading docks off Dothan Road in Bainbridge, Cpl. Jon Harrison of BPS said.

Paul was standing on the rear of a Mack truck being driven by loading dock supervisor Jeff Weaver, who was backing up to a flatbed trailer filled with wooden sticks used in box-making, according to Cpl. Harrison.

Paul was preparing to connecting the truck to the trailer when the truck rolled back and his foot, which was positioned in the truck’s fifth wheel coupling, was caught between the truck and trailer, Harrison said.

Emergency Medical Service personnel treated Paul at the scene and then took him to Memorial Hospital. Harrison said he understood an emergency medical helicopter had been requested to take Paul to a larger hospital.

Mack Changing the Guard

• February
• 29

Paul L. Vikner, president and CEO of Mack Trucks since 2001, will leave that post on April 1 and join the Mack board of directors as vice chairman. Dennis R. Slagle will succeed him at Mack’s top executive post, according to a company announcement today.

Slagle is currently president and CEO of Volvo Construction Equipment North America, another North American operating subsidiary of Mack’s parent the Volvo Group.

Slagle has headed the construction equipment group since 2003 and previously served as president of its largest North American dealer, L.B. Smith Inc. He will move from the Volvo construction equipment headquarters in Asheville, NC, to Mack’s Allentown, PA, headquarters. The press release announcing his appointment noted that “Mack holds a very strong position” in the construction truck market.

Vikner’s appointment as Mack president and CEO in 2001 was his third return to the truck manufacturer, where he began his career in trucking in 1972. Following executive positions with Iveco Trucks of North America and Isuzu Trucks of America, he rejoined Mack in 1995, eventually serving as executive vp-sales and marketing before briefly retiring in 2000.

In his new role on the Mack board, Vikner will also continue to serve as an adviser to the Volvo Group. He has been a member of the Volvo Group Executive Committee since 2003.

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President and CEO of Mack Trucks Inc. Appointed

• February
• 26

Dennis R. Slagle, president and CEO, Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Inc., has been named president and chief executive officer of Mack Trucks, Inc., succeeding Paul L. Vikner. The appointment of Slagle, who will also become a member of Volvo’s Global Executive Committee, is effective April 1, 2008.

Vikner will become vice chairman of the Mack Board of Directors and continue to represent Mack and its parent company, the Volvo Group, in their work with various federal government entities and industry organization affecting the Volvo Group’s North America truck operations.

Since 2003, Slagle has served as president and CEO of Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Asheville, North Carolina. He joined the company in 2000 as senior vice president, sales, and also held other positions as senior vice president, Marketing and Business Development and senior vice president, Finance and Business Development. In 2002, Slagle left Volvo Construction Equipment North America to become president of L.B. Smith, the company’s largest equipment dealership at that time. He returned in 2003 as the company’s president and chief executive officer. Slagle has more than 27 years experience in the construction equipment industry.

Slagle’s successor at Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Inc., will be named in the near future. Plans for an orderly transition at both Mack and Volvo CE are in place.

Truck crushes driver

• February
• 26

A 30-year-old man was seriously injured after the logging truck he was driving rolled on Wright Rd in Matakana last Tuesday.

The man was thrown from the truck, and was treated for serious crush injuries before being transported by helicopter to Auckland Hospital.

The truck is a stem truck, an off-road logging truck used in the bush, says sergeant Bede Haughey of the Warkworth police.

“We don’t know the cause of the incident, but the truck has been removed and examined to check for mechanical failure.”

He says the man’s injuries are believed to be abdominal and pelvic and happened as he was thrown through the cab.

Semi-Truck Gets Stuck Under West Chester Railroad Overpass

• December
• 8

West Chester Road, north of Cincinnati Dayton Road has been reopened this afternoon, after a tractor-trailer got stuck trying to get through a railroad bridge.

It happened just before noon when the truck, heading southbound on West Chester Road, tried to maneuver through the short narrow bridge and the rear section of the trailer got stuck.

West Chester Police brought in two large tow trucks and a truck dolly to help wedge the trailer out from under the bridge.

We could see the road has warning signs about the 13 foot, 6 inch clearance for the older concrete underpass, but it appeared the length of the trailer(53-feet) may have played a bigger role in getting the truck stuck.

The truck had scrapes along its side and the trailer’s roof was badly dented in multiple places by the encounter with the underpass. The truck’s driver was not injured.

Tipped Truck Causes Temporary Delays

• December
• 8

An exit ramp off a busy interstate was temporarily shut down on Friday after a tractor-trailer tipped over.

The driver of the big rig says he was traveling down the interstate 140 ramp when the load of flattened junk cars on the back of the truck shifted.

The shift in weight caused the semitruck to fall over.

The driver had to kick out the windshield to get out, but was not injured.

The exit ramp was shut down until crews could get the tractor-trailer right side up again.