The 2025 Log Haulage Industry Code of Practice sets new national standards for safe and legal timber transport. Explore the latest compliance rules, safety protocols, and operator responsibilities shaping Australia’s forestry supply chain. After years of consultation, industry input, and field testing, the newly released Log Haulage Industry Code of Practicehas officially hit the ground –…
DetailsClick the play button to listen to “Why Haulmark Wins in the Wild”. Australia’s most durable side tippers! Haulmark Trailers: Heavy Metal in the Outback. Why Roma Transport’s Charlie Burke Backs Haulmark Side Tippers for the Harshest Work on Earth There’s a certain kind of toughness you need to thrive west of Roma, Queensland. Not…
DetailsNew Elphinstone steerable Dog-Logger improves road safety and lifts productivity standards for Queensland-based Suncoast Harvesting. “If you’re interested in a good story on something new, then give Greg Watson at Suncoast Harvesting a call up in Gympie,” Graeme Elphinstone suggested. “We’ve recently commissioned a new trailer fitted with our EasySteer suspension and a full loadcell…
DetailsIveco S-Way on Supercars Odyssey Coast-to-Coast, Melbourne to Perth to Darwin and Back: We join driver Timmy Jennings, behind the wheel of Australia’s longest Supercars road trip with Erebus Motorsport and IVECO. 📍 TOTAL DISTANCE: ~11,200 km round trip 🚚 TRANSPORT: IVECO S-Way 550 AS with B-double trailer set ⚙️ GCM: ~53 tonnes loaded 🛣️ Key Stops: Nhill, Kimba,…
DetailsThe Deep South When fully loaded B-doubles crawl out of Tasmania’s unforgiving Southern Forests, every ounce of traction counts. We sent Roadtrains.com.au’s Technical Editor, Howard Shanks, deep into the Huon Valley to ride shotgun with veteran logger Peter Madden and discover how AIR-CTI’s central tyre inflation system (CTI) is helping loggers conquer steep inclines, save tyres, and…
DetailsValtra T-Series Tractor Review Words and Photography Howard Shanks The flourishing, rolling red-soil fields of North East Tasmania are the perfect place to see the big white Valtra T-Series tractor demonstrate its versatility. The Valtra T-Series is blessed with more than just stunning good looks. In fact, the model range has racked up an impressive…
DetailsVolvo L90F Wheel Loader Review. CJD Equipment’s commitment to customer service, along with Volvo’s L90F proven economy, efficiency and reliability, delivers increased productivity to a Tasmanian sand quarry. TasMulch is Tasmania’s leading producer of high-quality mulching services, aggregates, decorative rock product, sand, soil, stone and specialty composed products for the landscaping industry. A statewide operation…
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…
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…
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