Wed December 16, 2009
Kenworth T800s Help Bigge Drayage Make Massive Moves
When your last name is Bigge, it’s hard to imagine that you’ll do anything small. And in 1916, when Henry W. Bigge established Bigge Drayage Company, he set the stage for a company that’s lived up to the name....
Wed December 02, 2009
Road Machinery LLC Hosts Open House at Gilbert Facility
Road Machinery LLC (RML), the Komatsu dealer for Arizona, Southern California, New Mexico and the El Paso area of Texas, hosted a joint board meeting Oct. 28 between the Arizona AGC and Arizona Builders' Alliance (ABA)....
Fri November 20, 2009
Walsh Equipment Named J&J Truck Bodies Dealer
J&J Truck Bodies and Trailers, based in Somerset, Pa., has named Walsh Equipment Inc. as its new dealer to serve Western Pennsylvania. Walsh Equipment Inc. will provide trailer and dump body sales and service to Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland counties from its facility at 796 Unionville Rd., in Prospect, Pa., 40 mi....
Mon November 09, 2009
U.S. Army Again Chooses Mack Trucks
Mack Trucks Inc. has received three additional delivery orders for Mack Vision Elite model tractors from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command. The orders are part of a three-year $28.5 million contract for 152 heavy-duty tractors and trailers, as well as spare parts....
Wed November 04, 2009
Kenworth Receives Green Washington Award for Hybrids, LNG Trucks, Renton Plant
Kenworth Truck Company was honored with the 2009 Green Washington manufacturing award from Seattle Business magazine during a special awards banquet in Seattle. Kenworth received recognition for its T270 and T370 diesel-electric hybrid trucks, T800 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles, and award-winning efforts by its manufacturing plant in Renton, Wash., to build trucks in an environmentally sustainable manner....
Wed October 21, 2009
Terex Welcomes Central Equipment Company As New Articulated, Rigid Truck Distributor
Central Equipment Company now distributes a full line of Terex articulated and rigid trucks to its customers in Pocatello, Jerome and Heyburn, Idaho. The Terex line of construction trucks includes six articulated models, ranging from 25 to 42-ton (22.7 to 38 t) payload capacity, and six rigid models, ranging from 35 to 100-ton (31.8 to 90.7 t) payload capacity....
Wed October 14, 2009
WES, Tow Trucks For Tots to Build on Success
For the second year in a row, Worldwide Equipment Sales LLC is sponsoring Tow Trucks For Tots — collecting toys for the non-profit orgranization Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle parade. Last year was the organization’s first year, which displayed more than 240 trucks....
Jennifer Hetrick - Tue October 13, 2009
Bronx County Recycling, Atomic Truck Crush Problems
Salvatore Cascino, owner, and Vincent Grottola, facility superintendent, both of Bronx County Recycling, wanted to produce a cleaner, higher-quality end product for their customers. Bronx County Recycling, as its name implies, is located in the Bronx, N.Y., within a few blocks of Yankee Stadium on a modest five-acre parcel....
Jay Adams - Mon October 12, 2009
Antique Truck Lovers, NE Rockbusters Join for Sixth Annual Machine Show
In trucking, cooperation is everything. The same could be said for construction work, all contracting and the running of any successful club or organization. Cooperation in all these arenas came together as one at the Antique Truck Club of America’s Little Rhody Chapter’s Sixth Annual Antique Truck Show on Sept....
Wed October 07, 2009
New Vanguard Truck Center Facility Opens Outside Austin
Vanguard Truck Center of Austin, a member of the Vanguard Truck Centers dealer group, marked the opening of a $4.5 million truck center facility in Buda, Texas on Oct. 2. The group, which distributes Mack Trucks, Inc....
