The corporate history of Mack trucks goes back to 1890 when John M. Mack took a job at the carriage and wagon firm of Fallesen and Berry in Brooklyn, NY. John and his brother Augustus would soon purchase the factory.
While Henry Ford would introduce the Model T, the Mack brothers were coming up with innovative designs for the most durable and powerful heavy-duty trucks and engines in the world. The Mack brothers' first successful vehicle was a 40
horsepower, 20 passenger bus. The bus would eventually travel over a million miles, and this was in the early 1900's!
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