Equipment World Digital Magazine
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May 2014 | EquipmentWorld.com 38 done by dint of sheer, brute force. Titan isn't a new truck, exactly. Mack debuted the model back in 2006 – just in time to watch the economy – and the construction sector in particularly – crash spec- tacularly. Since then, the company hasn't bothered to do much in the way of promoting the truck, prefer- ring to wait patiently until things improved. But things are starting to look up for construction, so when I asked Mack about getting behind the wheel of a Titan, they were only too happy to oblige. For a good indicator of how tough Titan is, you just need to reference the Australian Outback, where the truck is a preferred hauler pulling road trains across the barren desert wastes. According to Mack, the Titan currently holds the record Down Under for the largest road train haul on the books. With numbers like that backing it up, it was a sure bet my Titan – which had just returned from do- ing booth duty at ConExpo – was more than up to hauling a flatbed loaded with 80,000 pounds of con- crete barricades. Stu Russoli, Mack's product man- ager for vocational market segments, told me this particular truck is spec'd especially for Texas oil field work, and as such comes with the afore- mentioned longer wheelbase and high-horsepower diesel engine as well as extra goodies like a 52-inch axle spacing, Mack 18-speed manual transmission and top-of-the-line Raw- hide interior package. This is a truck that looks good trucks | continued Large, easy-to-read gauges provide information at a glance.