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Western Star Truck Sales, Inc. today introduced its all-new Class 8 vocational truck – the Western Star 4700. The 4700, combined with the Western Star 4900 and 6900 truck models, provides ...
The all-new Western Star 49X is the OEM’s next-generation vocational truck, with a host of features designed to make life easier for drivers both on- and off the highway.
The core of Buckner's fleet is eight Western Star 4900 SB (set-back axle) trucks it bought in 2012. Buckner spec'd four tri-axle trucks and four twin-screws.
Trucks affected by the recall include Freightliner Cascadia, Century, Columbia and Coronado models, and Western Star 4700, 4900, 5700, 5900 and 6900 models.
This year marks the 55 th anniversary of the Western Star brand, but never has a truck by that name been so lavishly dressed with driver comforts and advanced technologies as the new 57X. The ...
Daimler Trucks North America claims its next Western Star vocational truck, scheduled for a big reveal on Sept. 29, “will have the undisputed honor of being the most tested truck in Western Star ...
Two videos -- one professional and one amateur -- about the Western Star industrial trucks built in Portland. First, from a guy who says he was unexpectedly sent to plow some backroads in his truck.
HDT's Deborah Lockridge sat down with David Carson, who took over the helm of Western Star at the beginning of the year, to talk about his first six-plus months on the job and the vocational truck ...
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, ...
Western Star, founded in 1967, recently built its 200,000th truck and its newest truck the company will continue Western Star’s emphasis on productivity, driver comfort and safety while ...