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Ford’s LTL 9000: Restoration

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks12 March, 2019

Ford’s LTL 9000: Restoration Words and photography by Howard Shanks – (images during restoration supplied Highland Haulage). The Ford Louisville LTL 9000 was more than an affordable stylish truck when it was released over three decades ago. It boasted all the options of the traditional prestige offerings from Kenworth and Mack and went on create…

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Mar122019

Scania’s All Wheel Drive XT – Operator Review

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks19 February, 2019

Scania 6×6 XT Spreading with Precision Words and Photography by Howard Shanks It’s somewhat uncanny that for all the technology coming into trucking today, the trucks themselves still lead hard lives and need to be built tough. And, no one knows that more than, Tim Murfett, manager of Launceston based Altrac Spreading, after all, his…

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Feb192019

How Freightliner trucks came to Australia

Articles, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks25 January, 2019

How Freightliner trucks came to Australia Words by Howard Shanks, Images supplied by Freightliner (First Published – March 2002 – revised Jan 2019)   Back in 1982 two trucks quietly rolled into the Mulgrave headquarters of Mercedes Benz (Australia). Not well known at the time, only a handful of truck fanatics and industry commentators recognised them…

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Jan252019

Cummins X15 Euro-6 Road Test

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks15 December, 2018

Cummins X15 Euro-6 Road Test. New emission regulations may be just around the corner, but Cummins and Kenworth are certainly getting ahead of the game with real world testing of their Euro-6 engines and models. Technical Editor Howard Shanks joined the Kenworth Safety Truck tour to experience the new high torque output of the Hummin’…

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Dec152018

Barker B-Double Curtainsider Review

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks17 September, 2018

Barker B-Double Curtainsider Review For equipment to last when their regular runs are throughout the back blocks of Queensland, top quality components are a must. When Oakey based, Auchenroad Haulage’s Shane Wadley orders new equipment he always specifies the best components and that’s exactly what he did when he purchased this Barker B-Double Curtainsider from…

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Sep172018

Kenworth T409SAR – MX-13 Review

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks12 September, 2018

The rugged High Country of Victoria is a region where the measure of a workingman and his horse, or machine, is a revered honor, and in some cases etched in a poetic verse as in the tale of Banjo Paterson’s “Man from Snowy River”.  What better place then, to put the new kid in the…

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Sep122018

Heavy Haulage into Savage River

Articles, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks17 August, 2018

Heavy Haulage into Savage River Words and Photography by Howard Shanks Simply uttering Savage River invokes visions of wild raging torrents of white water cascading through steep rugged rocky mountainous terrain. Its a vision was not too far from the truth as Howard Shanks discovered when we sent him on a Heavy Haulage run to the…

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Aug172018
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Kenworth Legend 900 #16

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks21 June, 2018

Kenworth Legend 900 – More than just a truck! There is no doubt that the limited-edition Kenworth Legend Series trucks are special. Special indeed! What makes them so special is often a simple story close to the owner’s heart … this is one of those stories … the story about Kenworth Legend 900 Number-16. When…

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Jun212018

Drake 7-rows-of-8 Platform Review

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks19 May, 2018

Drake 7-rows-of-8 Platform Review Words and Photography by Howard Shanks. Drake’s 7-rows-of-8 Platform trailer is capable of carrying some of the biggest and heaviest loads around the country. We sent Howard Shanks off with Deeson’s heavy haulage driver Craig Oldham for this 180 tonne outback move. We pulled up next to the fuel pump outside…

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May192018

Economy is key with Actros 2658 – Customer Review

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks7 May, 2018

Economy is key with Actros 2658 – Customer Review Words and photography by Howard Shanks Mount Buller Alpine Area Transport owner Evan Lowing cites exceptional fuel economy as the standout feature of their new Actros 2658 6×4 that joined the fleet six months ago. Northeast Victoria was sweltering in a heat wave that had engulfed…

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May72018
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