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Houston flood survivors grapple with loss

After Katrina, blue tarpaulins fluttered in the breeze, trying to protect what little was left. In some places, the cheap tarp was the most expensive thing on the property. In Houston, salvation came in the form of white sheets, white t-shirts, white bandanas, white garbage bags — anything that could be tied to a car antenna, a windowsill, a rooftop, a branch. A sign of life. A sign of resignation. A sign of surrender.

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Carmen Sisson September 1, 2017 October 14, 2018Recent Bylines disaster, flood, flood insurance, Harvey, Houston, hurricane, Hurricane Harvey, Texas 1

Are we asking too much of Houston’s volunteers?

Susan Keays stands at the water’s edge and shades her eyes to better see an approaching boat. As she holds her cellphone, verifying an address, she quickly counts heads. One volunteer is missing. This morning, they were strangers. Now, they are a sort of family. She is on Memorial Boulevard, where kayaks and bass boats bob in a river that shouldn’t be. At first, she came to the edge of the flood to save horses. She is staying to save people.

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Carmen Sisson September 1, 2017 March 24, 2018Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, disaster, disaster response, flood, Houston, hurricane, Hurricane Harvey, Texas, volunteerism 1

Macks lead the way for container drayage company

Shipping containers fill the yard at Intermodal Cartage Company, with the multicolored steel stacks towering over the heavy-duty Mack® Pinnacles® waiting to carry them to their destinations. Memphis-based IMCG, one of eight businesses operating under the IMC Companies umbrella, has become a leader in container drayage, tapping into more than three decades of experience in international supply chain solutions.

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Carmen Sisson March 22, 2017 March 22, 2018Content Marketing, Recent Bylines drayage, IMCG, Intermodal Cartage Company, Mack Trucks, Memphis, Randall-Reilly, Tennessee, trucking industry 0

Macks power Winters Bros. Waste & Recycling

Nearly three decades ago, two young men posed for a picture together, both beaming as they stood in front of a gleaming 1987 Mack® RD model. Sean Winters, 21, had just bought his first garbage truck, continuing the family legacy that began in the 1950s and continues today. Jimmy Brown, 25, was a salesman at Gabrielli Truck Sales in Hartford, Conn., and that first truck was just one of many Mack models he has since sold to Winters. Partnerships like those with Gabrielli and Mack Trucks are the foundation of Winters Bros. Waste and Recycling, Winters says. And their bond continues today.

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Carmen Sisson November 29, 2016 March 22, 2018Content Marketing, Recent Bylines content marketing, Mack Trucks, recycling, trucking industry, waste management, Winters Bros. 0

S.C. loggers turn to Mack Granite

Every tree has a story, and if that tree is in Steadman, S.C., odds are good that the Gunter family knows its history. Tracy Gunter Jr. and his son, Tracy Gunter III, own and operate Tracy’s Logging and T3 Chipping, continuing a family legacy that began with Tracy Gunter Sr., who worked in a sawmill. The woods are where the Gunters make their living, but it is also where they feel most at home, and they see themselves not only as loggers but also as stewards of the land.

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Carmen Sisson November 16, 2016 March 22, 2018Content Marketing, Recent Bylines logging, Mack Trucks, South Carolina, Steadman, Tracy's Logging, trucking industry 0

A rainbow of Granite powers KR Trucking

Keith Radford, owner of KR Trucking, watches as his fleet of Mack Granite dump trucks head into a clay pit, Sept. 20, 2016, in Huntingdon, Tenn. The company, which mines both kaolin and ball clay, uses primarily Mack Granites in its fleet. (Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright)

KR Trucking’s Mack fleet is the talk of Tennessee, and it’s easy to see why. Owners, Kenneth and Keith Radford’s 16 Mack® Granite® dump trucks are some of the cleanest — and most colorful — trucks on the road. Every truck is a different color, prompting frequent comparisons to Skittles candy. But beneath the sweet exteriors, it’s all business, providing the strength Radford needs for clay mining and the durability he has come to expect from the Mack brand.

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Carmen Sisson October 10, 2016 March 22, 2018Content Marketing, Recent Bylines Huntingdon, KR Trucking, Mack Trucks, Tennessee, trucking industry 0
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