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Компания Volvo Trucks North America объявила, что известный дилер Volvo Trucks Nextran Truck Center приобрел компанию Westfall-O’Dell Truck Sales. Приобретение является одним из крупнейших дилеров Volvo Trucks за последние пять лет. Компания Nextran Truck Center, основанная в 1993 году, представляет собой дилерский центр по продаже коммерческих грузовых автомобилей с полным спектром услуг, работающий в основном вдоль основных автомагистралей в Алабаме, Флориде и Джорджии. Приобретение компании Westfall-O’Dell,...

Caterpillar required the use of special tools for some repair operations. Detroit Diesel had a less capricious disposition. Its powertrains were less sensitive to fuel quality and somewhat easier to repair. But in any case, American tractors nursed their phenomenal resource only with timely maintenance. The main rule in our conditions was the regular change of fuel filters. And also, the use of specific American engine oil and high-quality antifreeze in the cooling system. The chassis, with two rear...

In the pre-crisis period, the percentage of Yankee imports in the total share of imported tractors jumped to an unimaginable 80%. And there were reasons for that. European two-axle tractors did not quite suit carriers operating in the east and north of the country. In these regions, the tractor requires great traction dynamics, cross-country ability and handling in difficult road and weather conditions. The first American "swallows" were purchased on the occasion, at random. Subsequently, they proved to be the best for the Russian operating conditions...

The heyday of "Americans" in Russia fell on the first five-year plan of the 2000s, although the "experiment" on the import of secondhand from the United States began earlier and dates back to 1995. Used overseas tractors, which looked like spaceships against the background of dry KAMAZ and MAZ trucks, quickly multiplied and filled the cargo market of our country. According to the State Customs Committee, only about two hundred American trucks were imported to Russia in 2003. And after a couple of years, this figure increased to four and a half thousand...