Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Together DRIVE TEST O Availability of the Cummins ISX15 in the International ProStar+ comes at just the right time: The manufacturers are smart to be reuniting. n a cold, windy day in February, I came to Waters Truck and Tractor – an International dealership in Columbus, Miss. – for a test drive. While the dealership was happy to host an Overdrive editor, my visit was hardly the day's big news. Instead, the spotlight rightly was focused on sales representative Don Saverly, retiring after 50 years there. Saverly's longevity at the dealership wasn't the only example of loyalty that day. A new partnership founded between two old friends – International and Cummins – was By Jack Roberts The International ProStar+ test truck was nothing special – simply a pearl-white daycab tractor with a 500-horsepower Cummins ISX15 under the hood. 40 | Overdrive | May 2013 Test_Drive_Prostar.indd 40 4/30/13 10:31 PM