Fri September 09, 2016
Kenworth Adds Options to Support Heavy-Duty Applications
Kenworth is enhancing its reliable, rugged and versatile Kenworth T370 with additional new options that further expand its capabilities for vocational customers. The T370 is a medium duty vocational truck, and shares a heavy duty heritage and key components with Kenworth's heavy duty vocational trucks....
Thu July 28, 2016
Kenworth T880 Super Dump Boosts Driver Productivity for Asphalt Hauler
For Tucci & Sons, enhancing productivity, driver comfort and safety is the name of the game when it comes to delivering asphalt. And with the new Kenworth T880 Super Dump, it's a game Tim Tucci fully expects his family's Tacoma, Washington-based full-service heavy construction business to win....
Fri July 08, 2016
Stoneway Concrete Adds Kenworth T880 to Its Fleet
When Ralph Lo Priore looks at which new specification choices would likely work best for his company's trucks, he prefers to deal in cold hard facts, not egos or emotions. “Too often people make purchasing decisions on what's always been done before,” said Lo Priore, director of fleet assets and processes for Stoneway Concrete and its parent company, Gary Merlino Construction Co....
Wed July 06, 2016
Kenworth T880 Short Hood Now Available with Allison 4700 RDS Fully Automatic Transmission
Kenworth has announced the availability of the 7-speed Allison 4700 Rugged Duty Series(TM) fully automatic transmission with the 116.5-inch BBC Kenworth T880 short hood. The Allison 4700 RDS is available with the PACCAR MX-13 engine as well as the PACCAR MX-11, which provides a 400-pound weight savings over 13-liter engines....
Fri June 24, 2016
Papé Kenworth's Service Excellence Helps Keep Central Oregon Truck Co. Rolling
Papé Kenworth, led by president Dave Laird, has a vision for the kind of service Central Oregon Truck Co. and other customers need for their trucks while they're traveling. “It's really no secret — if their trucks have an issue on the road, our customers want to know what the problem is, they want it fixed quickly, and they don't want to sweat the unknowns,” Laird said....
Fri May 13, 2016
NorCal Kenworth Named ATD Truck Dealer of Year
NorCal Kenworth and Tom Bertolino, vice president and a dealer principal, recently received the 2016 Truck Dealer of the Year award from the American Truck Dealers (ATD) at the 53rd annual ATD Convention and Expo in Las Vegas, Nev....
Thu May 05, 2016
Kenworth Releases New T880 Video Starring Kenworth's Flagship Vocational Truck
Kenworth has released an informative, 7-1/2-minute video on the Kenworth T880, the industry's leading vocational truck. Named the 2015 Truck of the Year by the American Truck Dealers (ATD), the Kenworth T880 exemplifies Kenworth's long-time core values of quality, innovation and technology in producing The World's Best(R) trucks....
Mon April 25, 2016
Kenworth TruckTech+ Gives Fleets New Visibility, Provides Remote Diagnostics
The future in mobile truck diagnostics is here today in the form of Kenworth TruckTech+ for Kenworth Class 8 customers. “Kenworth TruckTech+ is now operational in more than 10,000 new Kenworth Class 8 trucks equipped with PACCAR MX-13 engines, and those trucks have logged nearly 170 million miles since the system entered production last summer,” said Jason Skoog, Kenworth's assistant general manager of sales and marketing....
Mon April 25, 2016
MX-11 Engine Proves Popular for Kenworth Customers
The new PACCAR MX-11 engine is catching the attention of Kenworth's vocational and regional haul customers operating in weight-sensitive applications in the United States and Canada. “The PACCAR MX-11 engine has been even more popular among Kenworth customers than expected....
Mon March 07, 2016
Kenworth T880 Adds Hendrickson ULTIMAAX Severe Duty Suspension
The vocational flagship Kenworth T880 is now available for order with the Hendrickson ULTIMAAX advanced severe-duty rubber suspension. The ULTIMAAX suspension offers a balance of empty ride quality and loaded stability for driver comfort, while also cushioning the load and protecting the chassis, cargo and body equipment from excessive vibration and road shock due to potholes and rugged terrain....
