NextTruck Blog & Industry News – Trucker Information

Owners of Mack® trucks have the chance to once again be in the spotlight for a month, courtesy of the 2020 Mack Calendar Contest. For the fourth year running, six lucky truck owners will be chosen by Mack Trucks’ social media followers to appear in next year’s Mack Calendar. The contest runs from April 2 to […]

Mack Trucks announced it will donate a Mack Anthem® 70-inch Stand Up Sleeper model to the American Trucking Associations (ATA) to assist in the recruitment and hiring of military veterans into the trucking industry. The Anthem model will travel across the country and be used to encourage veterans to consider a second career in trucking. “Mack […]

Mack Trucks announced today it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Trimble Transportation Enterprise (formerly TMW Systems), an industry-leading provider of transportation software solutions that help change the way freight is moved. Mack made the announcement during the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition in Austin, Texas. “We are pleased […]

  CAPTION: Throughout the month of October, Mack Trucks has demonstrated its support for breast cancer awareness by showcasing a pink Mack Anthem® model at its Greensboro, N.C. headquarters, on its website, www.macktrucks.com, and at dealer, customer and community events. One of the most eye-catching features of the truck, nicknamed the “Pink Lady” by employees, is the pink […]

Mack Trucks will feature its Mack® LR  and Granite® models in its booth at the Canadian Waste and Recycling Expo 2018, Oct. 24-25 at the Enercare Centre, Toronto. Featuring a comfortable yet functional driver-focused design for improved productivity and enhanced visibility for increased safety, the LR model is available in two configurations: A 6×4 configuration and a 4×2 configuration for a […]

   The Mack Anthem® shared the spotlight in a new music video for country music artist Jon Pardi’s latest single, “Night Shift.” The music video features Pardi and his bandmates traveling down Nashville’s iconic Broadway on a stage trailer being pulled by a Mack Anthem model. To watch “Night Shift” and see the Mack Anthem in […]

A Mack Anthem® model recently participated in “Trucking For a Cure,” an annual truck convoy that raises money in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Mack Trucks dealer Vision Truck Group in Cambridge, Ontario provided the truck, which was driven by members of the OwnerOperators Business Association of Canada (OBAC) and raised $3,340 CAD in […]

The Industrial Designers Society of America today awarded Mack Trucks’ design team a Silver International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in recognition of their work on the all-new Mack Anthem® model. The team accepted the award at the 2018 International Design Conference IDEA Ceremony & Gala in New Orleans. “For those of us in this field, being […]

Jamie Davis, star of the international hit television show “Highway Thru Hell,” recently visited Mack Trucks’ Lehigh Valley Operations in Macungie, Pennsylvania, where all Mack® truck models for North America and export are assembled. Davis followed his Mack Anthem® model (left) through the assembly process, even lending a hand to help install the iconic Mack Bulldog (right). Davis’ Discovery Channel […]

Mack Trucks salutes the dozens of drivers who participated in this year’s recent National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC) in Columbus, Ohio, as well as all professional drivers who keep our economy moving. Showcasing the talents of professional truck drivers from around the country, participants competed in nine vehicle classes that tested driving skill, safety and acumen. At […]

Mack Trucks released the sixth episode of its RoadLife series, “Long Way From Home,” on roadlife.tv and Amazon Prime Video. The episode focuses on two Canadian long-haul truckers as they share the personal sacrifices they make to ensure goods are delivered on time. A transplant from Newfoundland, Bill Flynn has spent the past 14 years working in […]

Mack Trucks released the fifth episode of its RoadLife series on roadlife.tv and Amazon Prime Video. “Ryan’s Route” stars 8-year-old Ryan Hickman, a recycling entrepreneur and owner of Orange County, California-based Ryan’s Recycling, as he trades in the family pickup for a more appropriate work truck: a Mack® LR refuse model. “When Ryan was about three years old, […]