Volvo's Ride for Freedom Trucks

May 12, 2016
Every year, employees at the Volvo Trucks New River Valley (NRV) assembly plant in Dublin, VA, and the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2069 Veteran Committee help design and install special graphics for one of two “Ride for Freedom” tractors that accompany of a motorcade of hundreds of motorcycles that travel from the NRV plant to Washington, D.C., during the “Run for the Wall” motorcycle rally on Memorial Day weekend. Work just finished on the 2016 “Ride for Freedom” truck, which is now being prepped for its participation in this year’s rally.

Every year, employees at the Volvo Trucks New River Valley (NRV) assembly plant in Dublin, VA, and the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2069 Veteran Committee help design and install special graphics for one of two “Ride for Freedom” tractors that accompany of a motorcade of hundreds of motorcycles that travel from the NRV plant to Washington, D.C., during the “Run for the Wall” motorcycle rally on Memorial Day weekend. Work just finished on the 2016 “Ride for Freedom” truck, which is now being prepped for its participation in this year’s rally. (All photos by Sean Kilcarr/American Trucker)

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Sean Kilcarr | Editor in Chief

Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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