Equipment

Peterbilt Motors said its vocational Model 567 is now in full production. First introduced at the Mid-America Trucking Show earlier this year, the Model 567 can be ordered in 121- and 115-in. BBC lengths with a variety of heavy-duty components and axle configurations for increased payloads and optimized weight distribution....More

SuperValu, a grocery wholesaler and retailer, has taken delivery of 35 compressed natural gas (CN) Volvo Trucks’ VNL day cabs. The vehicles will operate out of the company’s Mechanicsville, VA, distribution center....More

Dart Transit Co. has partnered with U.S. Oil on construction of a Gain compressed natural gas station for the trucking company. It is the second station U.S. Oil will build and operate for Dart. The new station will be located in Fort Wayne, IN, and compressed natural gas (CNG) to Dart’s fleet as well as other trucking companies and the general public....More

Captured by our intrepid reporter at the big ExpoTransporte truck/bus show in Guadalajara, Mexico, last month was this spectrally minimalist Navistar International that appears to have been purpose-built in the Batcave for strategically positioning a platoon of Caped Crusaders all over Gotham City. In any event, it sure can’t be Ralph Kramden’s idea of a busman’s holiday ride....More

The 2013 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was harvested from the Colville National Forest in Washington State.  Its cross-country trek will take the 80-year-old, 88-ft.-tall Engelmann Spruce from near Usk, WA, to the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, DC.  The tree was slated to make 24 stops along the way. Hauling the evergreen load of holiday cheer was a 2014 Mack Pinnacle Axle Back model.  The truck is wrapped with a custom decal featuring a resolute Mack Bulldog who is, yes, pulling a Christmas tree toward our nation’s capital....More