Volvo, Mack unveil Ride for Freedom trucks honoring US military

Volvo and Mack each unveiled last week trucks honoring U.S. military members for Memorial Day weekend events.

Employees at Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley (NRV) assembly plant in Dublin, Va., put together the truck you see above, a Volvo VNL 670 model. It features custom-designed graphics that honor all branches of the U.S. military. It travelled to Washington, D.C. with a motorcycle motorcade.

Both Mack and Volvo Trucks have unveiled heavy haulers customized to honor U.S. military members for this weekend’s Ride for Freedom rally in Washington, D.C.



Volvo Trucks’ New River Valley (NRV) assembly plant in Dublin, Va., unveiled the design of its 2015 Ride for Freedom truck, while employees from the Mack Customer Center and Macungie Cab and Vehicle Assembly, both located in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, unveiled their own Ride for Freedom truck.

Volvo’s memorial truck accompanied a motorcade of approximately 160 motorcycles from the plant to Washington, D.C., during the Run for the Wall motorcycle rally during Memorial Day weekend.



The Ride for Freedom rally, now in its 29th year, salutes prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW-MIA) from all wars, as well as the brave men and women who have served – and continue to serve – to protect America.



Mack’s Ride for Freedom truck, a customized Mack Pinnacle Axle Forward Rawhide Edition, features custom graphics that honor each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, along with the quote, “America, Home of the Free Because of the Brave.”

Mack’s Lehigh Valley Operations and Mack Customer Center employees will travel from Pennsylvania by truck and motorcycle to Hagerstown, Md. for a special memorial ceremony at Mack’s powertrain facility.

A Mack Pinnacle Axle Forward Rawhide Edition was used as the basis for the tribute truck and features custom graphics celebrating each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, elements of the American flag and the motto, “A Beacon of Hope to All.”

Hagerstown employees will then join their colleagues following the ceremony and continue to Washington, D.C. to join thousands of other Ride for Freedom participants.