Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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Refined workhorse Drive Test D riving a new fully-loaded Mack Granite dump truck near Allentown, Pa., I was reminded that there's something special about the rolling Pennsylvania backroads. I was following State Road 309, running south from West Hazelton toward Tamaqua. It's something like 350 years old – a pleasant reminder of how much transportation has changed. The old farmhouses are so close to the road that in many cases you could stand on the porch and spit on the traffic. Often, the house sits on one side of the road and the family barn on the other. It's something you see only in the Eastern United States. Mack has deep roots in this area. The Mack brothers hammered out their first bus 112 years ago and 80 miles away in Mack's Granite blends power, performance and elegance By Jack Roberts New York City. The brothers relocated to Allentown – not far from the big-city action but with the benefit of being close to Bethlehem Steel Works. My Granite test drive began at the company's Customer Center – a combination museum, product and technology showcase and test facility. Curtiss Dorwart, Mack's vocational products marketing manager, explained how Our Mack Granite awaits a 72,000pound load of gravel at a quarry outside of Allentown, Pa. 40 | Overdrive | March 2013 Test_Drive_Granite.indd 40 2/27/13 11:10 PM