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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100104180213
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000075362-10-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100104

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Quinn T. Kyle
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001478418

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14817
		FILM NUMBER:		10503519

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 106TH AVENUE NE
		CITY:			BELLEVUE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98004

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PACCAR INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000075362
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES [3711]
		IRS NUMBER:				910351110
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PACCAR BUILDING
		STREET 2:		777 106TH AVENUE NE
		CITY:			BELLEVUE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98004
		BUSINESS PHONE:		425 468 7383

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PACCAR BUILDING
		STREET 2:		777 106TH AVENUE NE
		CITY:			BELLEVUE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98004

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PACIFIC CAR & FOUNDRY CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19720707
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    <periodOfReport>2010-01-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>PACCAR INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PCAR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>98004</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President &amp; CIO</officerTitle>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares held in PACCAR Savings Investment Plan (SIP).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Option to buy awarded under PACCAR Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Share units held in deferred phantom stock account under PACCAR Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) convertible to common stock on a one-for-one basis upon satisfaction of all applicable vesting conditions.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>T. Kyle Quinn</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-01-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>quinndec09.htm
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR KYLE QUINN TO D.C. ANDERSON, J. M. D'AMATO, AND B. N. HOLLIDAY
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY





 I, T. Kyle Quinn, hereby appoint and constitute Janice M. D'Amato and David C. Anderson, acting individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power to sign and submit for me and in my name a Form ID and other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings of reports required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, an Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities issued by PACCAR Inc on Form 3, and a Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities issued by PACCAR Inc on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5, all to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with any and all amendments thereto.  This power of attorney shall remain in effect until terminated by the undersigned in writing.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney this  9th  day of December, 2009.





 /T. Kyle Quinn/





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