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Custom Rigs

Custom-built 1980 Peterbilt 359

Dave Tompkins out of Scranton, Pennsylvania, had this custom Peterbilt built by Kevin Love of Stretch Customs out of Wingham, Ontario. While not a trucker now, Tompkins has always had a love of trucks and wanted to have one to take to truck shows.

April 25, 2019

Equipment

Peterbilt introduces all-black exterior package

The Blackout Exterior Package includes an exclusive black effect exterior paint for the cab and sleeper, Alcoa Dura-Black matte aluminum wheels and a black finish grille crown.

March 19, 2019

Voices

Old socks: Alternative to greasing hood supports

Dave Marti’s solution to the squeak that can emanate from his six Peterbilts’ hood supports is an alternative to sometime messy greasing: “These aren’t new socks, they’re my old socks,” Marti says, placed just so over the supports to take the squeak out for generally longer than six months per sock.

March 13, 2019

Business

Peterbilt, International, Mack, more announce new equipment at annual Work Truck Show

Peterbilt is adding remote diagnostics and the Bendix Wingman Fusion collision mitigation system to its medium-duty lineup, International debuted a new body builder program to streamline spec’ing, Mack unveiled a new OTA engine update program and more.

March 8, 2019

Business

More than 26,000 Kenworth, Peterbilt, Volvo, Mack trucks recalled over transmission issue

The recalls from Paccar, Volvo and Mack all stem from issues on trucks equipped with automated manual transmissions. In the affected trucks, an internal component in the clutch assembly could fail. Daimler Trucks and Great Dane also recently issued unrelated recalls.

March 4, 2019

Business

Peterbilt names Dealer of the Year

Peterbilt recently honored and recognized its Dealer of the Year, The Peterbilt Store network, which operates operates 16 truck sales and service locations.

February 26, 2019

Business

Nearly 15,000 trucks recalled by Paccar, Daimler, Autocar

According to documents from the NHTSA, almost 15,000 trucks manufactured by Paccar, Daimler and Autocar are being recalled for various defects. Get details.

February 11, 2019

Business

Autonomous retrofitter Embark appears to be hauling Amazon freight in testing

Embark, a startup aiming to develop an autonomous retrofit system for Class 8 trucks, said this week it operated 124,000-plus miles of semi-autonomous testing last year. A photo posted to Reddit this week also shows the company appears to have partnered with major online retailer Amazon.

January 31, 2019

Business

Landstar owner-op wins 2019 Peterbilt 579

Rosemberg Villarreal, of Grand Prairie, Texas, was one of five finalists randomly selected from more than 217,000 contest entries to win the truck.

January 29, 2019

Business

CES: Peterbilt adds third model to electric truck lineup, Continental demos delivery robot concept

Peterbilt this week debuted its third all-electric truck offering, unveiling at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas the battery-powered medium-duty Model 220EV cabover. Also at CES, Continental showed off a driverless delivery van concept capable of delivering packages to homes, the company says, via four-footed robots.

January 9, 2019

Business

Truck, trailer makers issue recalls for lights, tires, power steering, more

Paccar issued a recall for certain 2013-2019 Kenworth T680, T880 and Peterbilt 379 trucks; Mack and Volvo are recalling certain 2019 Mack Granite, LR and Terrapro and Volvo VHD and VNL trucks; Autocar is recalling certain 2019 Xpeditor trucks; and Wabash National is recalling certain 2014-2019 van trailers.

December 3, 2018

Business

KW, Pete expand used-powertrain warranty options

Kenworth and Peterbilt are expanded used-truck warranty options covering engine and aftertreatment-system components on some of the makes’ Paccar-powered Certified Pre-Owned trucks.

November 6, 2018