How to Inspect a Ballrace Turntable | Safety & Compliance Guide Learn how to inspect a ballrace turntable, what to check daily, warning signs to watch for, and what should happen during scheduled heavy vehicle services. Don’t Ignore the Turntable – Why Ballrace Care Matters In heavy transport, many parts that quietly perform day after…
DetailsArrow Transport Runs First A-Triple Road Train Trial at Port of Brisbane Arrow Transport has completed a successful A-triple road train trial operating in and around the Port of Brisbane, becoming the first operator to run the high-productivity container combination out of the port under Australia’s Performance Based Standards (PBS) framework. The trial focused on…
DetailsThere’s a moment just after first light when the Martinborough Transport Ltd yard feels less like a working depot and more like a rolling display of pride and craftsmanship. Lined up beneath the Wairarapa sky is a fleet finished in a rich, unmistakable green, cut cleanly by bold silver stripes that accentuate the lines of each cab…
DetailsFitzy’s Patch: Livestock Miles, Long Roads and a Whole Lot of Heart Words and Photography by Rod Simmonds. There are parts of New Zealand where the land doesn’t just roll – it breathes. Long, slow rises, deep green valleys and ridgelines that seem to drift off into cloud. The Northern Wairarapa is one of those…
DetailsStarting With a Clean Sheet: How Scania Is Powering Gouge Linen’s Regional Rise Supplied by Scania Australia By any measure, regional Victoria is a big patch to cover. Yet every day, and well into the night, bright white Gouge Linen trucks spool out across the state and southern New South Wales, quietly sustaining the accommodation,…
DetailsMercedes-Benz Actros ProCabin: Cutting Through the Wind on Australia’s Long Haul Information supplied by Daimler Truck Australia Pacific There’s a moment on any long east–west run when the afternoon light shifts, the shadows stretch across the bonnet, and a driver instinctively knows—today’s fuel number is either made or lost right here. In an age where…
DetailsBuilt to survive the notorious Tanami Track Words and Photography by Howard Shanks There’s not many trucks or trailers can handle the pounding of the corrugations along the notorious Tanami Track deep into Western Australia’s Kimberly country or the 400 odd km run from Cloncurry and the Century Zinc mine near the top of the…
DetailsScania’s Split-Second Stunt: When Autonomous Engineering Meets Human Courage Information supplied by Scania Australia. There are moments in transport history when engineering, innovation and sheer human nerve align so precisely that they redefine what we believe is possible. Scania’s latest autonomous demonstration is one of those moments—a world-first achievement in which two self-driving heavy vehicles…
DetailsService maintenance contracts are maintenance agreements between an equipment owner and a service provider governed by a written agreement or contract. According to Kel Stanton, owner of Kel Stanton’s Mobile Diesel Service, in Brisbane. Service Maintenance Contracts define how the parties will interact and describe all the maintenance events covered, including scheduled preventive maintenance and…
DetailsDoes anyone know the history or the original operator of this tough old logger? Every now and then, a relic from the bush turns up that stops you in your tracks. This old R-Model Mack and tandem-axle jinker is one of them — and we’re hoping one of our readers might recognise it. From the looks of…
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