• Volvo's Ride for Freedom Trucks

    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.
    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. (All photos by Sean Kilcarr/American Trucker)

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