Dan Silbernagel, product manager with Western Star, talks about the new 4700 truck, which allows the company lower power offerings and the opportunity to provide a product for vocational trucks ...

The crash happened at 12:03 a.m. June 18 near the intersection of Frank Road and Hardy Parkway, and the van driver died.

Daimler Trucks North America Western Star claims the X-series cab is the largest in the segment with 10% to 13% greater space than competitive cabs. ... such as concrete ready-mix trucks, ...

Western Star’s newest vocational chassis, the 47X – introduced last week by Daimler Trucks North America – is more than a scaled down version of the 49X.

A minivan driver was killed when their vehicle was struck by a concrete truck Wednesday morning, according to the Franklin ...

Tom Berg, Truck Editor. Western Star next-generation 49X heavy-duty truck has a new cab, a lightweight chassis, and electronic safety equipment. The 49X was engineered specifically for vocational ...

Some background on Western Star trucks which are manufactured on Swan Island and shipped all over the world. ... The trailer is loaded with 80,000 pounds of concrete blocks.

Western Star parent company Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is the overall Class 8 market share leader, but holds only 14% of the vocational market, meaning there’s room to grow. ... The Cummins ...

Western Star says the 4700, its most popular truck model, has been updated to make it lighter, safer, more productive, and faster to upfit. Shown at World of Concrete 2019 in Las Vegas, the ...

Allison also recently participated in the “Serious Trucks” driver challenge organized by Western Star at the World of Concrete (WOC) show in Las Vegas, as more than 180 competitors with ...

But twin-steers, which offer stability and proper weight distribution, are also used under mobile cranes and concrete mixers and pumpers in the United States, according to Peter Schimunek, marketing ...

Meanwhile, the Western Star 49X and 47X can be ordered today with factory-installed twin-steer front axle options available in set-back axle configurations. The configurations are designed for heavy ...