A closely watched and high-profile delivery has been completed.
The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, hosted by the Architect of the Capitol in coordination with the U.S. Speaker of the House, took place Tuesday.
Knight-Swift driver Michael Porter transported the 2025 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree in a Kenworth T680 from its harvest site in Nevada to the U.S. Capitol during a 3,700-mile cross-country journey that included 15 stops in communities across the country.
The transporting of the Capitol Christmas Tree is one of the highlights of the trucking industry's holiday season.
Kenworth provided a specially decaled T680 designed to celebrate the “Spirit of the Silver State” with a background of the sunset overlooking Nevada’s National Forest.
The Kenworth T680 is equipped with a 76-inch sleeper and the PACCAR Powertrain featuring the PACCAR MX-13, PACCAR TX-12 automated transmission and PACCAR DX-40 tandem rear axles. For the second year, real-time GPS location tracking of the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was provided by Kenworth’s TruckTech+ connected truck technology.
 |
 |
 |
 Knight-Swift driver Michael PorterJudy Mwanzo, Sr. Digital Content Creator at Knight-Swift. |
 |
