Scania Super 11 Front-Lift Waste Truck: 7% Less Fuel, More Payload Scania’s new Super 11 front-lift waste truck combines a lighter five-cylinder engine, claimed 7% fuel saving, strong low-speed torque and greater payload capacity in a package aimed squarely at Australia’s hard-working waste fleets. There is nothing particularly glamorous about the working life of a…
DetailsHow Aussie CTI Keeps the Long Logger Moving Deep in Queensland’s coastal pine plantations, where soft sandy tracks, heavy payloads and relentless production demands collide, the world-first Elphinstone Long Logger Road Train is rewriting the rules of timber haulage. But moving more than 130 tonnes of truck, trailer and timber through the forests surrounding Tuan…
Details“I’ve just paid the registration on my old Dodge tipper for the 52nd year,” Rodney Linger smiled as he introduced himself, replacing the dipstick back into the Perkins 6-354 engine. “It still doesn’t use a drop a drop of oil,” he casually remarked, giving the left mudguard an affectionate pat as he walked back inside…
DetailsDriving Ahead of the Truck Professional Driver Behaviour and Defensive Driving Principles The best professional drivers do not wait for trouble to arrive. They identify the warning signs, create room and quietly remove the danger before it becomes an emergency. Driving Ahead of the Truck is the second instalment in a six-part road-safety series proudly…
DetailsA quarter-century on call: Dananni and IVECO Daily mark 25 years together When a multimillion-dollar mining operation grinds to a halt because one vital component has failed, all that expensive machinery suddenly becomes little more than very impressive scenery. That is when Dananni HOTSHOTS gets the call—and the clock starts ticking. In the mining,…
DetailsScania Safety for Dangerous Goods When you are carrying Dangerous Goods, there is no room for shortcuts. For more than four decades, Morrow’s Logistics has built its reputation on safety, reliability and trust, supported by a fleet increasingly standardised around Scania trucks. Carrying Dangerous Goods is not a job for crossed fingers, cheap equipment or…
DetailsTreading Lightly – How MAN’s 18.340 4×4 with AIR-CTI is Revolutionising Spreading in Tasmania On a rain-soaked Tasmanian morning, the mist hangs low over Deloraine’s rolling hills, and the waterlogged paddocks glisten momentarily when the sun peeps through the clouds. Most trucks would be parked up, waiting for the ground to firm up. But not…
DetailsTaking out the Trash JR Richards and Sons adds 26 new IVECOs to its fleet The average household wheelie bin lives a relatively peaceful existence. It spends most of the week leaning against a fence, occasionally gets dragged to the kerb and, once emptied, is returned home with varying degrees of accuracy. The truck collecting…
DetailsCookers and Scania Deliver the Good Oil Cookers has added a Scania P 360 rigid to its fleet, combining fuel efficiency, driver comfort and an impressive array of safety technology for demanding regional delivery work. Key Points Cookers has added a Scania P 360 rigid to its fleet for regional cooking oil deliveries across Victoria.…
DetailsScania: Keeping the Pilbara Moving Scania dealer Finmec’s purpose-built rental fleet supports the mines, railways and port that keep Australia’s iron-ore export machine running At Port Hedland, distance is measured in more than kilometres. It is measured in the time required to send a technician to a stranded machine, the hours lost while a rail…
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