Where have all the Mack trucks gone?

Factual Questions
1

On a recent cross country trip, I decided to start identifying all of the big rigs that I met. It didn’t take long to recognize them by their grills. In order of frequency, I would list them like this:

Freightliner
Peterbilt
Volvo
Kenworth
(big gap)
International
(big gap)
Western Star
Mack

Before this trip, I’d always assumed that Mack trucks were a leader in the industry. There’s even the expression “like getting hit by a Mack truck”.

Wiki tells me that Mack is now owned by Volvo. Did Volvo rebadge most Mack trucks as Volvos or were they never as popular as I assumed that they were? They still appear to be big in construction type trucks (cement mixers, etc). Is that all that they ever were?

2

We used to do that in my family on road trips back in the 1970s. Macks were in the top 10 makes (and Volvos were not) but White Freightliners were the most popular (and apparently still are). You’d see … one of the brands also used for mainstream pickup trucks… Dodge? Chevrolet? can’t remember. Peterbilts and Kenworths were the fancy classy rigs. Don’t recall Western Star.

3

Truck sales by manufacturer

4

TheMack Truck websiteshows that the Pinnacle series models don’t have the distinctive giant MACK lettering on the grill. Maybe they just aren’t as visible as they used to be.

5

Mack has been owned by Volvo since 2000 when the acquired Renault trucks, which had previously bought Mack. Volvo also owns White and the former GM heavy truck line, and owned Autocar and Western Star at one point.

Freightliner and Western Star are owned by Daimler Trucks

Peterbuilt and Kenworth are owned by PACCAR

International is under the Navistar name.

6

Long time pa-a-ssing!

7

Gone to Volvo, every one.

8

BigBear, this is RubberDuck, we goin 10-7 good buddy, no more american trucks to drive.
This is RubberDuck signing off at the pickle park. :frowning:

9

Well, they are trucks after all.

10

Gone to flowers, every one.
When will they ever learn?

11

Old truckers never die. They just get a new Peterbilt.

12

Exactly what I was going to post. :smiley:

13

To me most Mack trucks aren’t tractor trailers. A majority of Mack trucks I see are Class B’s. Dump trucks, Garbage trucks, stake beds etc. Styles of trucks that see less time on the highway.

14

There was always something about that bulldog above the grille…

15

I think Peterbilts and Kenworths are still American-made.

16

ETA: not to present myself as knowledgeable, I just checked a link from upthread.

17

Ditto International (Navistar.)

18

Mack is more popular on the East Coast whereas Western Star is more popular on the West Coast. Somewhat depends on where you were.

19

So are Freightliner and Western Star. They may be owned by Daimler, but they’re made in Portland and North Carolina.

20

I was going to say that I always thought Mack Trucks were short haul, not long haul.