6900 Western Star Review If you recall at the conclusion of last month’s Cat powered Mack Titan review Richo offered us one of their 6900FX Western Star for another used truck review. This week he’d arranged a few runs out into the desert to collect plant and equipment as well as a few iron ore…
DetailsD and K Scott Transport Choose Mercedes-Benz Actros again. The addition of a second Actros to deliver massive tyres from Port Botany to the mines in the Hunter Valley will double D and K Scott Transport customer service to the area. The special tyres, mostly for off-road mining equipment, feature GPS sensors that monitor…
DetailsMack Titan with Smith built Belly Dumper Roadtrain It’s hot here! Damn hot! The humidity is stifling and the dust a greyish black. But it’s also home to three Cummins powered Mack Titans that haul 160-tonne payloads of processed manganese in an innovative trailer combination built by J Smith and Sons; Howard Shanks joined Kerren Smith for…
DetailsHeavy Haulin’ Kenworth One question I often get asked is, how much worth is in a Kenworth? To answer this question, I took a ride in 15-year-old T950 on a heavy haulage run to Port Latta. In Launceston early Monday morning the thick blanket of fog that rolled in from the Tamar River during the…
DetailsBecoming a FIFO road train driver with an old Mack Titan Salaries for FIFO road train drivers are usually well into the six- figures and don’t require tertiary qualifications. Hence, it’s no surprise there is a long list of workers signing up to get behind the wheel of a road train and earn big money.…
DetailsKenworth T610SAR makes life a little easier out on the road. This special application engineered Kenworth T610SAR is making the road ahead a lot easier for Tas Road Express operator, Daniel White. The past decade has not been an easy one for him, rather it has been a long tough haul on the road to…
DetailsKenworth T410SAR – First viewing and in depth features review. Kenworth T410SAR provides payload and productivity advantages When it comes to “Australian Made” nothing can lay claim to this title like Kenworth’s SAR model, it is after all designed and built right here in Australia. It was in fact born in Victoria back in the…
DetailsBarker Retractable Skel Review Flexibility with carrying and loading options is the key behind Barker’s Retractable Skel trailer, that allows the tri-axle group to be rolled back for unloading and loading of short containers as well as improved axle weight distribution. Barker trailers are manufactured in Woodend Victoria. The company was founded by two brothers…
DetailsOn the road with Mega Trucker – Jon Kelly Behind the customised Kenworth bug and under the glitter of the acres of chrome, polished stainless steel and aluminium are some of the most heavy-duty highway haulers on the road as Howard Shanks discovered. The sun wouldn’t appear for at least another hour or so. Yet…
DetailsDAF’s CF-530 is turning out to be a real Money Maker! Words and Photography by Howard Shanks. It is said that; DAF’s new CF-530 has a tenacious appetite for hard heavy work, yet the versatility to nimbly run urban errands as well, and it’s all neatly packaged with a spacious low entry cabin. We sent…
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