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Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) / December 30, 2019 NFI has acquired G&P Trucking Company, a logistics provider specializing in asset-based transportation, port drayage, and non-asset brokerage solutions, to expand NFI’s coverage of the Southeast. G&P, headquartered in Columbia, S.C., has been providing transportation services for customers across its 14 locations for more than 80 years, including dedicated, regional, long haul, and Mexico border crossing. The addition of G&P’s 370 tractors and 3,000 trailers will increase NFI’s fleet to more than 3,000 tractors, 12,500 trailers, 2,700 company drivers, and 400 owner-operators. “Unifying the talents of both NFI and G&P teams, we are excited to bring even greater value to our customers through our robust suite of solutions,” said Sid Brown, CEO of NFI. Operating at the Ports of Savannah, Norfolk, and Charleston, G&P will expand NFI’s drayage presence in those ports. With the addition of G&P’s 120 owner-operator partnerships, NFI’s drayage fleet will grow to more than 1,500 tractors. NFI said its expansive drayage presence spans major ports, terminals, and logistics hubs across the U.S., offering a full suite of supply chain solutions that includes transloading, consolidation, deconsolidation, and customs exams. The acquisition will also enhance NFI’s brokerage service offerings. “Powered by the same philosophies as G&P, NFI will allow for greater opportunities for our employees, partners, and customers,” said Clifton Parker, president and general manager of G&P. “We look forward to the future and are eager to continue our growth and success with NFI.”

You begin here: https://www.fordtrucksglobal.com/ ......and click on "Choose your country": https://www.fordtrucksglobal.com/select-languages Then for your purposes, click on one of the countries with an English (EN) version of that website.

Scroll to the bottom and click on the model number of your interest. https://www.fordtrucks.com.tr/en

You would think Volvo's all-knowing engineers in Sweden could remedy loose range shift fork set screws or loose rear yoke bolts. The M-Drive AMT of course is simply a rebadged Volvo single countershaft I-Shift AMT (ZF's superior AMTs feature a twin countershaft design) Mack engineers were developing an AMT version of the "world's best" Maxitorque triple countershaft transmissions, but Volvo canned it.

The more I think about this, i.e. Volvo's termination of Mack-designed Maxitorque transmissions, the more disgusted I feel. Note the webpage while you still can.......obviously it isn't long for this world. https://www.macktrucks.com/powertrain-and-suspensions/transmissions/maxitorque-es/

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Ford Trucks International Press Release / December 26, 2019 https://www.fordtrucksglobal.com/ https://fmax.fordtrucks.com.tr/en/home https://www.fordtrucksglobal.com/construction https://www.fordtrucksglobal.com/tractor https://www.fordtrucksglobal.com/road #SharingTheLoad #FordTrucks Why Ford Trucks? We are one of the largest international heavy truck manufacturers in the world. We produce a range of vehicles including tractors, construction trucks and distribution trucks weighing over 16 [metric] tons (35,274 lb). Research & Development Ford commercial vehicles’ proven track record of quality, durability and efficiency underpins Ford Trucks’ international product strategy. At Ford Trucks, we combine more than half a century of design and production experience with expertise in market-specific product development, to engineer the main components of our vehicles, including the all-new engines. Global Network We currently operate across Eastern and Central Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and the CIS, and continue to grow our international network in 3 continents. Hundreds of thousands of trucks all around the world set out each and every day with the confidence that Ford provides. 2019 ITOY Award-Winner! After winning the International Truck of the Year Award, Ford Trucks F-MAX is ready to hit the road internationally. Now, it's time to carry this great honor on the roads of Europe and around the world.

Ford Trucks International Press Release / December 24, 2019 100 points out of 100! MTEK Logistics, Russia's leading transport company, has expanded its fleet with 100 Ford Cargo model 1848T 4x2 long-haul tractors. #FordTrucks #SharingTheLoad #Russia #1848T .

I agree Timmy, a bit too high.

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Exactly. (but not for the children of illegal immigrants born here, as they are inherently illegally here as well)

https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30411-when-mack-ruled-the-roads-of-iran/?tab=comments#comment-172034 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/33150-when-mack-ruled-the-roads-of-iran-part-2/?tab=comments#comment-211784

Scania Group Press Release / December 12, 2019 Andrea Landi spends his days behind the wheel of an all-wheel-drive Scania G 500 XT, driving up and down the steep gravel roads to and from the marble quarries in Carrara, Italy. Carrara is well known for the quality of its marble, which has been a source of wealth since the Roman era. Though the work has become considerably safer in recent decades, truck drivers like Andrea still rely on considerable experience, tough equipment and knowledge passed down through the generations. .

Good job Vlad ! The lightest Mack camelback suspension with that trunnion I recall is the SS50C. 60 km/h = 37.3 mph

Bad new leadership.......and a government which, unlike shrewder foreign governments, does not support truckmakers (as they do automobile manufacturers).

I respectfully disagree.

On the entry-level trucks and construction trucks, they remain a customer preference. Medium and high-end on-highway have the latest tubeless.

1. Volvo gets out of bed with UD, a relationship it didn't know how to handle. 2. Volvo got UD's (Nissan Diesel's) new 5 and 8 litre engines fresh out of the development pipeline when it bought the truckmaker in 2007, GH5 and GH8 rebadged D5 and D8, allowing Volvo to kick Deutz to the curb in 2010. 3. Volvo gets some fast cash it desperately needs.....$2.3 billion. 4. Isuzu will likely pay Volvo royalties to utilize Volvo's electric truck technology under license.

Transport Topics / December 19, 2019 Volvo is shifting its Mack plant into a lower gear, a slowdown that likely will lead to layoffs at Mack Trucks’ assembly plant in Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania. “We have communicated to our employees that we’ll have to adapt production to reduced demand sometime in the first quarter of 2020,” Mack spokesman Christopher Heffner said on Dec. 18. “Unfortunately, we do expect that this will mean layoffs, but it’s too soon to say how many or when.” In addition, Heffner said, Mack is planning two down weeks at the plant near the end of the first quarter to meet the lower demand. Another two down weeks — which means a majority of the plant will be on temporary layoff — will come early in the second quarter, allowing Mack to complete work on its chassis-insourcing project, he said. The news of additional down weeks and potential layoffs is not unexpected at the plant, which built its employment up to 2,400 workers as orders flew in during 2018 and production surged through much of this year as Mack chipped away at an order backlog. The last significant layoff at the Mack plant came in early 2016, when the company laid off about 400 of the facility’s then-1,850 workers. Walt Smith, president of United Auto Workers Local 677, which represents the plant’s employees, did not return a call seeking comment. Union members, which number more than 3,500 across six Mack facilities in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida, have been back at work nearly two months after a 12-day strike in October over job security and concerns over health benefits. The members ratified a four-year labor agreement in early November, a contract that maintains health care premiums and protects truck production in Lower Macungie. Because the strike idled production for two weeks, Heffner said in late November that Mack canceled its two previously scheduled down weeks in the fourth quarter “to catch up on production.” But now, Mack is adjusting to market conditions. One market analyst is projecting U.S. heavy-duty truck production to end this year at about 287,000, which includes around 211,000 highway trucks and 76,000 vocational trucks. In 2020, truck production is expected to drop to 180,000, which includes a projected 121,000 highway trucks and 59,000 vocational trucks. Projections for this year and 2020 are both lower than estimates a couple of months ago. Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) has announced plans to lay off about 700 employees in January at its Dublin, Va., assembly plant, a facility that has more than 3,000 employees. Also, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) in October cut about 900 jobs at two Freightliner plants in North Carolina as the market began to level off. Mack’s parent company, Gothenburg, Sweden-based Volvo Group, on Dec. 18 announced it was selling its UD Trucks division to Isuzu Motors for about $2.3 billion, the latest example of consolidation within the industry. The sale of the UD Trucks to Isuzu is part of Volvo’s plans to form “a strategic alliance” with Isuzu “to capture the opportunities in the ongoing transformation of the industry.”

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