NextTruck Blog & Industry News – Trucker Information

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, […]

“Breaking the Mold,” the fourth episode of Mack Trucks’ RoadLife series released today on roadlife.tv and Amazon Prime Video, shares the stories of two women blazing trails in the trucking industry, in which women make up just 12 percent of the workforce. “I never thought my life would be with trucks,” said Raquel Renda, vice president of […]

When multiplatinum GRAMMY Award-winning artists Zac Brown Band needed a truck for their 2018 “Down the Rabbit Hole Live” tour, they knew only one brand would do. Mack Trucks and Zac Brown Band recently collaborated to create a custom-wrapped Mack Anthem® 70-inch stand-up sleeper model to transport the band’s merchandise to all 26 tour cities across […]

Mack Trucks released the third episode of its RoadLife series, “New Blood,” on roadlife.tv and Amazon Prime Video. Featuring Bubba Wallace, the rookie driver for the iconic Richard Petty Motorsports 43 car, NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty and veteran drivers who deliver the critical gear needed for each race, the episode focuses on the extreme coordination […]

Mack Trucks expanded the availability of a pre-wire option for equipment from Lytx® – the global leader in video telematics – to the Mack® Granite® model. Mack made the announcement during a ride and drive event featuring Lytx DriveCam®-equipped Mack models in Fontana, California. “Expanding the Lytx offer to our Granite model means customers with on- and off-road […]