Great Dane plant restarts

Oct 19, 2010

The first Great Dane trailers were completed at the Jonesboro, Ark., facility in mid-October following a recall of about 70 employees in September, the trailer maker announced. The plant had been idle since October of last year.

Initially, 20 SSL dry freight vans featuring single-sided laminate interior lining will be built per week, said a company spokeswoman Michelle Ryan.

Dry freight van net orders have increased after a period of decline, Ryan said.

Read about the trailer maker at Great Dane Trailers.

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Then-trucker Mike Draper behind the wheel of Evel Knievel's Mack haul rig in the 1970s.

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The 1978 Peterbilt 352 was a model who in earlier years had been driven by Bowerman's father, who passed several years earlier. This one, purchased from a prior owner in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has origins in Illinois, Bowerman said, and is powered by a Cat 3406A run through a 15-speed transmission, 190-inch wheelbase.

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