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The M-B Arocs is a great artic Ted. I prefer cab-overs, the driving position, for the visibility. You’d be happy in a new K200.

I was at first leery of the cheaper-for-IH-to-build S Series range, however they proved to be solid trucks worthy of respect.

On behalf of everyone at Autocar, we would like to say, “Thank you” to Ed and Lillie Minshall for their donation of Autocar memorabilia to the Autocar Museum. Ed is not only a member of the Autocar family, but is a lasting legacy of the Autocar brand’s rich history. Ed's parents met as Autocar employees, and along with his uncle and brother, all contributed to Autocar’s success over many years. Ed’s donation of his family’s Autocar memorabilia collection will ensure that these artifacts are displayed publicly for others to enjoy. Thank you again to the Minshall family for this incredible gift. Always Up - Autocar Trucks .

This thread isn't about politics David. Joe Schmo could be president for all intents and purposes. This global pandemic, this virus, doesn't care about political differences.

Agreed that most American operators don't know of Traton. However, many know Navistar reintroduced Cummins power, making the EGR engines past history. Now, on road fleets are operating A26s with no more issues than the competition's engines have (e.g. Volvo, Paccar).

I don't know about that. Today's market doesn't look back very far.

The MAN D26 (Navistar A26) is proven superb powerplant.

Barron's / July 10, 2020 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Bank President Robert Kaplan urged Americans to wear a mask, saying that it doing so would help the economy grow faster by slowing the spread of coronavirus. “If we all wore a mask, it would substantially mute the transmission of this disease and we would grow faster,” Kaplan said. “We would have a lower unemployment rate. We’d grow [the economy] faster and we’d be far less likely to slow some of our reopenings.”

Fellow BMT members, I began this thread meant as a serious discussion on Covid-19 developments. If you believe the virus is a hoax, lie or other, or have other thoughts unrelated to serious discussion of the virus, I humbly ask you to please by all means post your feelings on the CoronaFarce-rus thread which is, by name, intended for such thoughts. https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/60880-coronafarce-rus/

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Ford faces parts shortages as virus impacts Mexico factories Financial Times / July 10, 2020 Ford is facing potential parts shortages from suppliers in northern Mexico as the pandemic throttles production, threatening the ability of US factories to keep manufacturing vehicles. The governor of the state of Chihuahua, an important region supplying the US automotive industry, has barred employers from operating with more than half their workforce in an attempt to control the spread of Covid-19. “Due to COVID-19, the State of Chihuahua in Mexico has limited employee attendance to 50 per cent, a region in which we have several suppliers,” Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford’s Americas and International Markets Group, said in a statement. “With our US plants running at 100 per cent, that is not sustainable. While we do not expect any impact to production next week, we are continuing to work with government officials on ways to safely and constructively resume remaining production.” Besides suppliers, Ford operates an engine plant in Chihuahua where 2,400 workers make engines for its larger F-series trucks and the Escape crossover utility vehicle. Christopher Landau, the US ambassador to Mexico who has a reputation for speaking candidly, told an Atlantic Council webinar on Thursday that Ford was struggling to deal with capacity constraints at the engine plant. “Last night at the dinner I was talking to one of the senior executives from the Ford Motor Company,” he said. “They were saying they are going to have to start shutting down their factories in the United States as of next week if they don’t get that rolling.” The dinner he referred to was at the White House during Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s visit to Washington. Óscar Albín, president of the National Autoparts Industry, said that while he had not heard about Ford’s problem specifically, in Chihuahua, “many car parts are not being produced to the needs of the car factories in the US and Mexico. In June, production was sufficient because the car factories were not working at 100 per cent either, but in July the [car] factories are at 100 per cent”. Asked if there could be shortages, Mr Albín added: “It’s not that there could be, there are. And not just Ford, all the factories in the US.” Luis Carlos Ramirez, Chihuahua president of Index, which groups manufacture-for-export industries, said Ford had started at 30 per cent capacity at the start of June, when the automotive industry was designated essential. At that time, under Mexico’s traffic light system which governs the gradual reopening of the economy according to the spread of the virus, Chihuahua was on red, but two weeks ago, it moved to amber and increased to 50 per cent. “We hope we will soon change to yellow and be on 80 per cent,” Mr Ramirez said. The only surprise in a carmaker experiencing supply chain problems in Mexico because of the pandemic was that it had not happened sooner, said Kristin Dziczek, vice-president of industry, labour and economics at the Center for Automotive Research in Michigan. She said trouble at the Chihuahua engine plant would be particularly painful because while all vehicle sales are down — Ford’s US sales plunged 33 per cent in the second quarter — demand for trucks had been more resilient. Furthermore, trucks were more profitable.

International Trucks / July 9, 2020 What are you waiting for? It's never been easier to buy an International Truck! Take advantage of no payments for six months. Learn more at https://bit.ly/30RK36f. .

If NAV falls under $6 again, I will buy again. (It fell to $5.99 on Jan 16, 2020, and $5.78 on Jan 20, 2020.)

ENDTF673C, E6-250, E6-270, ENDT675, ENDT676, E6-350 (2VH), ENDT865, ENDT866

Scania Group China / July 9, 2020 Since 2013, Scania China has awarded a gold medal to customers who have driven a Scania truck for more than 3 million kilometres (1,864,114 miles). As reported by truck journal ZHKA (重型车网) on June 29, another two Scania trucks recently reached this impressive milestone. The recipient is a G 420 6×2, which has been in operation for nine years between Shanghai and Shenzhen. The other truck is a Scania G 380 6×2, which transports ordinary goods from Guangzhou to Wuxi. "It is very easy and convenient to drive a Scania truck. I don't have to worry about failures if I have the truck maintained regularly. I must complete the 1,400-kilometre long trip from Shanghai to Shenzhen in 22 hours, and I can make 12 round trips every month. The engine has never had a repair over the past nine year," said Tan Zhiping, owner of the G 420. These testimonies show that paying for quality pays off for the right application. More and more transports in China put high demands on the transport business. .

The US has 4 percent of the global population.........and 25 percent of infections.........from a virus that began on the other side of the world. A record 62,751 new infections were reported across the US on Wednesday, including 9,979 in Texas and 11,694 in California.

NAV stock is still expensive.

Daimler Trucks Press Release / July 9, 2020 The Mercedes-Benz Arocs is a handsome eye-catcher just on its own. However, the fleet of Tony Rees from Porthcawl in the UK is it also at second glance. This proud customer of Mercedes-Benz Trucks is an avowed fan of Formula 1™. This is evident in the airbrush artwork on the rear wall of the cabs showing sports stars Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas with their racing cars. Founded in 2004, the company specialises in transporting very different types of reusable materials and scrap – from carpets and electrical items to metals and plastics. Equipped with the fuel-saving Predictive Powertrain Control systems and the latest generation of Active Brake Assist as well as with the intuitive multimedia cockpit with touch function on-board, the new Mercedes-Benz Arocs is particularly suited to this task. .

MAN Truck & Bus / June 4, 2020 . . . .

“Overall, [our] mask requirement has been well received. There have been some who have chosen not to shop here. But overall, the majority of the people have been supportive of it. We believe it’s to help slow the spread of the virus. If we’re right, we’re right. If we’re not right, it’s a relatively small inconvenience. We’re not trying to challenge anybody’s constitutional rights. All of these things were not done to help our business. We were trying to be responsible. We know there are differing viewpoints, but certainly our employees appreciate it. We have over 2 million people come into Costco every day. If someone comes in without a mask, we just ask them to leave.” Richard Galanti, chief financial officer for Costco (Costco has 547 stores across the US and 250 international locations)

South African operators run a lot of "interlinks", their name for B-doubles (aka. B-Train).