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Mack Barnabas Nelson was born in Arkansas in 1872. He came to Kansas City in 1894, where he worked for the Long-Bell Lumber Company.At the time of construction, Nelson was vice president of the lumber company, but he later came to the top position in the company after Long suffered financial reverses early in the Great Depression.
The original factory ("Old Mack") was built in 1916 by the Michigan Stamping Company. When Michigan Stamping was sold to Briggs Manufacturing Company in 1920, Briggs made bodies there for Plymouth, Ford, and others. Chrysler Corporation bought Mack Avenue and 11 other plants from Briggs in 1953.
The Ford Mack Avenue Plant, a rented wagon manufacturing shop in Detroit, Michigan, was the first facility used by the Ford Motor Company to assemble automobiles. [ 1 ] : 10–11 Henry Ford began to occupy it in April 1903 in preparation for the company's incorporation, which occurred on June 16, 1903.
Mack was founded in 1920 in Little Falls, N.J. Today, it is headquartered in Arlington, Vermont , and operates 11 locations throughout Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Mexico, totaling 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m 2 ) of manufacturing space.
Mack Trucks is the fourth-largest employer in the Lehigh Valley region as of 2024. [6] Mack Trucks is one of the top producers in the vocational and on-road vehicle market, class 8 through class 13. [citation needed] Mack trucks have been sold in 45 countries.
The Mack R series (also known as the Mack Model R) is a series of trucks that was manufactured by Mack Trucks from 1966 to 2005. The successor of the Mack B series , [ 2 ] the R was a heavy-duty truck (Class 8) with a conventional (bonneted) cab configuration.
Sectional garage door Up-and-over garage door Garage Door Hardware. A garage door is a large door to allow egress for a garage that opens either manually or by an electric motor (a garage door opener). Garage doors are frequently large enough to accommodate automobiles and other vehicles. The operating mechanism is usually spring-loaded or ...
The successor to the 1940-1956 Mack L series, [2] the B-series was a line of heavy conventional-cab trucks. Adopting a more streamlined appearance over its predecessor, the B-series was designed with a sloped windshield and larger, rounded fenders [ 1 ] The model line was sold in multiple configurations, including tractors and straight/rigid ...