No Compromises for this heavy specked Goldfields Road Train. There is a fine art in specifying an extreme heavy-duty truck that is robust enough to endure the off-highway punishment of mine site corrugated haul roads and rough bush exploration tracks, yet light enough to deliver a viable payload. We sent Howard Shanks to Western Australia’s…
DetailsSince the birth of road transport, trucking operators have strived to reduce fuel usage and increase payloads. Over the past decade, the industry’s push towards alloy wheels because they’re far lighter than steel wheels has seen many truck manufacturers make alloy rims a standard fitment on various models. For instance, almost half a tonne (476kg)…
DetailsMack introduced the world to their unique Camelback suspension shortly after World War Two. This robust suspension system has carried the Bulldog Breed for more than seven and half decades. In fact, at the time of writing, you can jump on Mack’s US website and order a new current model Granite with the famous Camelback…
DetailsClick the play button to listen to “Breaking the Mold: Bendix’s Manufacturing Revolution”. Bendix: 70 Years on the Brakes – Still Driving Australian Innovation Seventy years is a long time in the world of manufacturing. Entire industries rise and fall in that span. But at the heart of regional Victoria, one iconic name in Australian…
DetailsChemistry of Reliability: Packaging Traders Builds In-House Fleet with IVECO Muscle Click the play button to listen to “ Chemistry of Reliability with Iveco Trucks”. https://www.roadtrains.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Iveco_Packaging_Mix_01.mp3 When customer service is the lifeblood of your business, relying on third-party freight can quickly become a liability. For Sydney-based Packaging Traders, one of Australia’s most innovative food-grade packaging…
DetailsSolo Resources Invests in 50 New IVECO Trucks to Power Growing Waste Contracts When it comes to waste and recycling, there aren’t many bigger names on the street or in the job than Solo Resources. For decades, the company has been a quiet powerhouse behind Australia’s waste management services, and now they’re making noise again…
DetailsClick the play button to listen to “Breaking Ground with a Scania R700” Breaking Ground with a Scania R770. How Australia’s tunnelling boom is driving demand for heavy haulage expertise like those offered by D & P Solutions and their V8 Scania trucks. Australia is in the midst of an unprecedented tunnelling boom. Megaprojects are underway…
DetailsWinter Battery Care for Trucks: Keep the Cold from Killing Your Cranking Power If you’re like me and live in a region where the winter mornings bite hard and the frost settles thick across your windscreen, then chances are you’ve come up against the dreaded dead battery at least once. Nothing quite ruins the start…
DetailsMMW Highway-Bowl side tipper quad road train review. Mining company executives have little time for the finer details of truck and trailer specifications and even less for manufacturers marketing garrulity. Except, that is when your trailer combination promises to deliver a 10 per cent payload increase. Townsville based trailer builder; Mick Murray Welding knows this…
DetailsIf, like me, you live in a cooler climate with long frosty winter mornings, then there is a high probability that you’d have undoubtedly encountered a battery that has failed to crank an engine once or twice. But let’s face it, replacing a battery on an icy cold frosty winter morning is no walk in…
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