Western Star announces sale of Forty 4900 SA trucks to L&H Trucking

Avatar photo

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio — Western Star Trucks has announced the sale of 40 Western Star 4900 SA tractors to L&H Trucking, Inc.

The vehicles were sold by Rivers Truck Center, the Western Star dealership in Red Lion, Pa.

“We are thrilled to welcome L&H Trucking into the Western Star family of customers,” said John Merrifield, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Western Star Trucks. “L&H Trucking is an important company in the distribution business, and with the support of Rivers Truck Center, we look forward to continuing the relationship.”

L&H Trucking is a high-profile truckload and LTL shipping company with locations in Hanover and Bloomsburg, Pa. Established in 1960, L&H is a mid-sized, family-owned and operated business that provides transportation and warehousing services throughout states east of the Mississippi, as well as some western states.

The purchase includes five Western Stars with 82-inch Stratosphere Sleepers and 15 Western Stars with 68-inch Stratosphere Sleepers – each equipped with Cat C15 engines; as well as 20 trucks with 48-inch sleepers and Cat C13 engines. All of the trucks incorporate Eaton 10-speed transmissions and Michelin X-1 tires. This purchase makes Western Star nearly one-third of L&H’s growing fleet.

The Rivers Truck Center is a 28-year-old dealership, and has been a fully operational sales and service dealer for Western Star for the past five years.

For more information visit www.WesternStarTrucks.com

Avatar photo

Truck News is Canada's leading trucking newspaper - news and information for trucking companies, owner/operators, truck drivers and logistics professionals working in the Canadian trucking industry.


Have your say


This is a moderated forum. Comments will no longer be published unless they are accompanied by a first and last name and a verifiable email address. (Today's Trucking will not publish or share the email address.) Profane language and content deemed to be libelous, racist, or threatening in nature will not be published under any circumstances.

*