Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, truck dealers have been creating new procedures to help ensure the safety of employees and customers, from paperless document handling to pickup and delivery for customers. Mack and Volvo highlighted what some of their Certified Uptime dealers have been doing.
Daimler Trucks North America said its recent and upcoming rollouts of Techlane, Service Pre-Authorization, and TechAssist will help dealers meet its goal of 24-hour maximum repair turnaround time.
HDT’s second webinar in a series helping fleets navigate the COVID-19 pandemic will cover equipment- and technology-related aspects of what they need to know to keep working safely and efficiently, including truck cleaning/sanitizing, how fleets can use technology, and working with truck dealers.
Steve Bassett, dealer principal of General Truck Sales in Muncie, Indiana, took the helm of the American Truck Dealers as chairman during the 2020 ATD Show in Las Vegas.
For his exemplary leadership and innovation in truck dealership management, service to his trucking industry dealer colleagues and customers and his community impact, Oscar Horton of Sun State International Trucks has been selected 2020 American Truck Dealer of the Year.
The American Truck Dealers, Heavy Duty Trucking magazine and Procede Software announced the nominees for the 2020 Truck Dealer of the Year, a national award that recognizes commercial-truck dealers for business performance, industry leadership and community service.
Daimler Trucks North America developed the Custom Hardware and Electronics Configurator tool to streamline the vocational customization process. The new tool is intended to help manufacturers and dealers reduce upfit time.
While used truck prices only dipped slightly in August, the 1% year-over-year decline is the first since January 2018, according to ACT Research’s latest report on used Class 3-8 trucks.
Mack Trucks dealer Kriete Truck Centers invested $6 million in a new building at its Racine, Wis., location, doubling the amount of service bays at the facility.
Navistar’s Severe Service team recently launched an Application Engineering Hotline that gives International dealers direct, rapid access to the product experts who designed the vehicles.