Kenworth retiring K500 severe-service truck after 14 years

Kenworth Truck Co. is retiring its K500 severe-service off-highway truck after 14 years. The export-only truck was sold mostly to oil and gas exploration and mining customers in Asia, Russia and Africa.

The PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) brand built just 283 of the vertical front, “flat face” K500 models in its plant in Renton, Washington. 

Sintagma Holding purchased the last Kenworth K500 cabover for a gold mining operation of the Mining Society of Chitotolo (Sociedade Mineira do Chitotolo) in...

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