Mack Debuts Refreshed Granite Trucks at World of Concrete

Mack rolled out its refreshed Mack Granite vocational trucks, including a cement mixer at World of Concrete.

The new Granite gets a modernized front appearance and some handy new features to improve safety, especially when driving at night.

The company will start taking orders in February for the refreshed model, with production starting in summer.

The new LED headlights on the refreshed Granites deliver cooler, whiter, light and illuminate more of the front and sides of the road.Mack TrucksThe new Granites will come standard with Grote automatic-heating LED headlights, replacing the halogen ones. Heating is automatically triggered by outside temperature – no need to push a button – to remove snow and ice from the lenses.

“We've had great feedback from our field tests in the North, and it's actually performing better than the previous headlights,” said Tim Wrinkle, Mack senior product manager. Noting that halogen lamps produce their own heat, he said the LED auto-heated versions were removing snow and ice quicker.

The lenses are impact resistant, and UV resistant to prevent yellowing over time, Wrinkle said.