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granitefan713

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  1. They are planning on making the M-drive available on the Granites when the contract with Allison to supply auto transmissions for the vocational models expires. The M-drive/I -shift trans is available on the VHD vocational truck. Its a matter of time before its offered in the Granites..

    I heard recently that Mack just renewed their contract with Allison.

  2. No, not really. Those familiar with the former Mack spec sheets can tell you that the minimalist information now shown on the website is far from what the industry standard spec sheets had. This minimalist information direction is signature Volvo.

    Ahh ok. I'm only familiar with the ones that were on there from the previous website design, so I only had those to compare too.

    I hear you. But thinking of on-road LTL operators, and the falling availability of skilled truckdrivers, the application for the bullet-proof Maxidyne-Maxitorque 5-speed concept remains bright.

    Mack actually built a few Pinnacle demo trucks around 2008/2009 with the Maxitourqe 6 speed for companies to test out, as I remember reading the articles about them. I guess the promoting didn't help as shortly after that the 6 speed was dropped from the line. It must have been their last stitch effort to see if anyone was still interested in that type of trans.

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