For quite some time, automotive marketing people have been labeling fresh products “all-new” when they aren’t. Major parts—usually including the powertrain—are carryovers. But Western Star’s 49X ...

Western Star Trucks has designed a 40-ton dump truck that it says is a lower-cost alternative to traditional haul trucks. The extra-heavy-duty vehicle is based on a 6900XD with a commercial-style cab, ...

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has revealed the Western Star 49X vocational truck, which retains the brand’s tried-and-true toughness while integrating the safety-enhancing Detroit Assurance 5.0 ...

Targeting a new range of vocational applications, Western Star has introduced the 47X, a slightly smaller but versatile alternative to the upfit-friendly Western Star 49X that debuted a year ago. With ...

Western Star's overhaul of its vocational line continued this week with the debut of the all-new 47X. With a standard 111.6" bumper-to-back-of cab (BBC), the 47X will usher out the Western Star 4700, ...

We’ll soon see a new Class 8 highway truck cruising our highways and byways. You may have to look closely for the badge on the hood or the air intake cover to identify it. From a distance, you’d be ...

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. While the 49X, introduced a year ago, is ...

Bobcat Company announced Greenfield Truck and Equipment has joined its dealer network as the newest authorized grounds maintenance equipment dealer. Located on a two-acre site at a former […] ...

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has unveiled the all-new Western Star 49X truck in the United States. Designed for the so-called heavy-duty vocational segment, which designates special vehicles ...

Vocational truck design usually doesn’t get the attention to detail, certainly a focus on in-cab pampering, that highway truck design gets. Western Star stepped out of that practice when it redesigned ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Western Technical College revealed its latest expansion on Tuesday. The Truck and Heavy Equipment Facility underwent a major renovation last fall. At the time, the space hadn't ...