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Autocar Terminal Tractor — A Good Move
“It was our busy season so we had to do something pretty quickly. We had one terminal tractor that already had some issues. Our backup was not worth fixing, so we decided to rent an Autocar terminal tractor through Johnson Truck Center,” said John Tate, day lead man, Pepsi-Cola Company. Johnson Truck Center began selling [...]
December Truck Orders Close 2020 With a Bang
New truck orders collapsed during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but orders of Class 5 through 8 trucks bounced back at the end of the year, nearly breaking sales records. Preliminary North American Class 8 sales numbers from FTR and ACT Research estimate between 51,000 and 52,000 trucks were sold in December. This is [...]
Manassas Move
SAME PEOPLE. SAME SUPPORT. ONE LOCATION. On January 18, 2021, Johnson Truck Center’s and Western Branch Diesel’s respective Manassas, VA branch locations will merge into one location, running out of the current Western Branch Diesel facility at 12011 Balls Ford Road in Manassas, VA. This location will be rebranded as Johnson Truck Center. The current […]
Trucking After the Pandemic: Lessons from Homebuilders
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has highlighted the resilience of the human spirit, but it has also shined a spotlight on many of the vulnerabilities hidden beneath the surface of various industries across the planet. Trucking, which has suffered its own setbacks in recent years due to changing regulations and driver shortages, has been affected [...]
Distracted Driving in Trucking
DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO HAVE ONLY BEEN MADE WORSE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF SMARTPHONES AND OTHER MOBILE DEVICES. EACH YEAR, DISTRACTED DRIVERS CONTRIBUTE TO THOUSANDS OF DEATHS ON THE NATION’S HIGHWAYS, AND EVEN TRUCKING PROFESSIONALS ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THE DANGERS OF DISTRACTED DRIVING. Currently, one of the biggest problems facing [...]
The Next Western Star: The All-new 49X
The All-New 49X LONG LIVE TOUGH Western Star trucks have always been built to deliver more. More durability, more dependability and more value. And with the all-new 49X, Western Star have taken that commitment even farther. This is a truck that breaks new ground both on the jobsite and in how the job gets done. It [...]
Getting you back on the road. Not only fast, but safely.
Every minute you are off the road puts important shipments, deliveries, and services at risk. At Johnson Truck Center, our goal is to diagnose your technical issue and make the necessary repairs quickly, to get you back up and running. Currently, we do not plan to restrict our hours or services due to the Coronavirus, [...]
JOHNSON & TOWERS AND WESTERN BRANCH DIESEL ANNOUNCE MERGER
JOHNSON & TOWERS AND WESTERN BRANCH DIESEL ANNOUNCE MERGER BALTIMORE, Maryland, and PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – June 28, 2019 – Johnson & Towers, Inc. and Western Branch Diesel, Inc. today announced that they have closed on a transaction merging the respective organizations. Johnson & Towers LLC and Western Branch Diesel LLC, along with Johnson Truck Center [...]
