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Originally Posted by tracer
QuickX, a large carrier in Ontario, Canada, sold off all their Macks a few years ago and switched to Internationals. The same happened at the company I work for - MacKinnon Transport. At one time all their trucks were Macks. Nowadays it's almost all Internationals (9400 and 9900) with a few Volvos here and there. The way I understand it Macks' dealers were not able to provide good service. It took forever to get a Mack back on the road. There's a reason they practically went out of business and were taken over by ...Volvo.
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Actually, Mack was a much better truck prior to their takeover by Volvo.
The post Volvo years have not been good for Mack, due to the fact that too many Volvo parts have been integrated into the Mack line, resulting in Mack being just another bunch of components thrown together from vendor sources, instead of having the traditional "pedigreed" powertrain which was all Mack from engine thru rear ends.
Volvo has commandeered all the Mack dealerships, and it seems they now focus more on Volvo, while the Mack customers are marginalized.