KIRKLAND, Wash., October 31, 2018 - It’s been said that to truly understand a person, you have to walk a mile in their shoes.
That’s not a concept lost on engineers at Kenworth. When Kenworth designed its flagship truck, the T680, it received feedback from more than 850 drivers to help develop the model into a driver friendly truck that would become an industry standard.
From left, Patrick Dean, Kenworth chief engineer; and Lizbeth Davern, Kenworth engineering manager for the cab/sleeper/HVAC group; are shown with a Kenworth T680 76-inch sleeper.
For many of the Drive and Sleep trips, engineers will drive out to the Gearjammer truck plaza near Yakima -- about three hours east of Kenworth’s headquarters in Kirkland, Washington. Once they arrive, engineers spend time at the truck stop and interact with drivers.