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Channel 19
Roundup: Remembering McGuire Trucking of Ga.; infrastructure process change needed; âdisparate impactâ in CSA algorithm?
Two recommended reads out on the web â and remembering a fleet whose owner recently passed with one of our Reader Rigs gallery contributors.
September 12, 2015
Equipment
More vocational equipment at Work Truck Show
Among new equipment unveiled at the Work Truck Show this week in Indianapolis were a new Allison hybrid-drive system, the International TerraStar 4Ă4 and aerodynamic Kenworth medium-duty options.
March 7, 2013
Channel 19
Farm to market in style â Bill Blankenshipâs 1978 W900A
Bill Blankenship, who with his son, Jerry, runs the McMinnville-based Blankenship Farms & Nursery business, found this member of the 1978 class of Kenworthâs long-running W900 model eight years ago, buying it to haul the products of his business. Today, after a long restore-and-rebuild process, he hauls trees to customers week-in, week-out â â32 trips [âŚ]
June 17, 2012
Business
Kenworth to lay off 10 percent of workers at Ohio plant
Paccar confirmed reports that it plans to lay off 10 percent of the work force at its Kenworth plant in Chillicothe, Ohio, in response to weakening orders.
April 13, 2012
Channel 19
Evel Knievelâs driver and the 1973 Overdrive interview
Unearthing the history behind Evel Knievelâs 1970s touring operation with former driver Mike Draper. Bonus: Videos of the old Mack haul rig, currently undergoing restoration.
March 12, 2012
Business
Paccar recalls trucks equipped with defective part
Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks were using the same brake component that affected production of Navistar and Volvo Group trucks.
February 7, 2012
Channel 19
What it takes: Contractors Cargo hauls B-1 bomber body
âWe transport all kinds of things, from construction equipment, petro-chemical equipment â even wind turbines,â says 84-year-old Jerry Wheeler, owner of the Compton, Calif.-based Contractors Cargo heavy-haul fleet. âAnd then we do the not-so-ordinary. Weâve hauled the Space Shuttle, and we just moved a B-1 Bomber from Arizona to Portland. Itâs loads like that that [âŚ]
January 4, 2012
Channel 19
T370 Kenworth hits medium-duty landmark in Quebec plant
A Kenworth T370 was recently recognized as the historic 100,000th medium duty truck produced at the Paccarâs Ste-Therese, Quebec, manufacturing plant. The plant, which opened as a brand-new facility in 1999, has clearly been hard at work during that time in the medium duty space. âThe employees at the Paccar Ste-Therese are especially dedicated to building [âŚ]
July 27, 2011
Channel 19
Kenworth T700 on Speed
Weâre talking the Speed Channel, of course. The aerodynamic Kenworth T700 (pictured), equipped with the fuel-efficient MX engine, will be featured at 9 p.m. Eastern on April 14, a Thursday, on the new Speedmakers television series on the Speed Channel. The one-hour program was filmed at the Kenworth plant in Chillicothe, Ohio, where Kenworth trucks [âŚ]
March 31, 2011
Business
Kenworth Calendar
The 2011 edition of the six-page wall calendar is 26.25 inches tall and 28 inches wide and features six different KW models.
November 9, 2010
Business
An industry in transition
Truck makers share thooughts on top issues such as their biggest challenge in the next five years, customersâ specâing choices and verticle integration of truck components.
August 1, 2010
Business
Cummins natural gas engine available in Kenworth tractors
Cummins Westport ISL G natural gas engines are available in Kenworth T800 short hodd and W900S models.
December 21, 2009
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