From Workshop Dust to Digital Engineering – Inside Vacvator’s Goulburn Factory What began with a vacuum truck design drawn in the dust of the workshop floor has grown into a sophisticated Australian manufacturing operation. Editor-at-Large Howard Shanks visits Vacvator’s Goulburn factory to see how traditional tradesmanship, modern engineering and some clever technology are producing specialist…
DetailsUnderstanding Truck Blind Spots: Safer Roads for Everyone A driver can sit metres above the road, surrounded by mirrors, cameras and sensors, yet still be unable to see someone standing right next to the truck. Understanding truck blind spots helps everyone stay safer. Key Points Trucks have blind spots immediately ahead, behind and along both…
DetailsScania Fleetline: Less time ticking boxes, more time turning wheels Buying a new truck should be fairly straightforward. You find something with enough horsepower to do the job, a cab that’s comfortable enough to live in, and a fuel bill that doesn’t require a second mortgage. Unfortunately, modern truck specification sheets can be more complicated…
DetailsIs this the future of refrigerated transport? Wickham’s first Sunswap goes to work Australia’s first commercially purchased Sunswap Endurance battery-electric refrigeration unit is heading into service with Wickham Freight Lines, and after months of real-world interstate testing, the question is no longer whether electric transport refrigeration can work. The more interesting question is how quickly…
DetailsScania builds itself an 85-hectare truck playground Scania has spent around SEK 975 million, or roughly A$140 million, building the new proving ground at Södertälje, complete with 17 kilometres of roads, slippery braking surfaces, serious gradients and enough space to teach tomorrow’s trucks how to behave. It is all very serious research and development, of…
DetailsIVECO T-Way 4×4 Takes on Walcha’s Paddocks Steep country, deep mud, fallen timber and wombat holes big enough to rearrange a truck’s suspension are all part of the working day for SRC Rural Spreaders. Fortunately, Shane Carter’s three IVECO T-Way 4x4s were bought for exactly this sort of nonsense. Key Points Three IVECO T-Way 4x4s…
DetailsScania Truck Safety Systems Explained: How Modern Driver Assistance Technology Works Modern trucks are packed with cameras, radar, electronic safety systems and driver-assistance technology, but how many drivers really understand what each one does? In Part 3 of our Scania road-safety series, we look at the major safety and driver-support systems available across today’s Scania…
DetailsChanging a Tyre on a 1929 Chevrolet Changing a tyre on a 1929 Chevrolet is part mechanical skill, part patience and part negotiation with nearly 100-year-old steel. Using an original Atlas rim tool, we look at how it was done — and why the process might cause a modern workplace safety department to have a…
DetailsScania Dynamic R and S Series: 2% Less Energy, More Driver Comfort Scania has given its R- and S-series trucks a sizeable mid-life makeover, introducing the new Scania Dynamic package with improved aerodynamics, digital mirrors, a better bunk, upgraded lighting and a claimed reduction in total energy consumption of around two per cent. None of…
DetailsIVECO Master Technician Tournament 2026 Brings Australia and New Zealand Together Few things stir up Australians and New Zealanders quite like rugby, cricket, and the chance to prove the bloke on the other side of the Tasman is doing something wrong. So, when IVECO expanded its 2026 Master Technician Tournament to include technicians from New…
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