• Navistar's top service technician shines at rodeo

    Robert Ball of Maudlin International Trucks Inc of Orlando FL took top honors at the third annual Navistar Service Technician Rodeo.
    June 25, 2009

    Robert Ball of Maudlin International Trucks Inc of Orlando FL took top honors at the third annual Navistar Service Technician Rodeo, where he bested seven other commercial truck service technicians to be crowned “Top Service Technician.”

    The rodeo, held at Universal Technical Institute in Glendale Heights IL, featured the top eight service technicians from International dealerships across North America in a competition designed to test skills in key areas of commercial truck servicing. Competition stations simulate service areas for air conditioning, brakes, drivetrain, and electrical, as well as MaxxForce engines.

    Technicians involved in the competition are either Automotive Service Excellence (ASE)-certified or Canadian-provincial-certified in addition to Diamond-certified, Navistar’s certification program for its service technicians. Participants were selected from an overall group of the top 370 technicians at International dealerships.

    Technicians from these dealerships competed in the rodeo:

    •Maudlin International Trucks–Orlando

    •East Coast International Trucks Inc–Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

    •Les Camions Beaudoin–Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

    •Mid-State Truck Service Inc–Plover WI

    •Les Camions Inter-Estrie–Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

    •Hunters Truck Sales and Service–Pittsburgh PA

    •Roberts Truck Center of Albuquerque (NM)

    •Silver State International–Sparks NV

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