Safe Following Distance for Trucks “The Space Between” is the first instalment in a six-part road-safety series proudly developed by roadtrains.com.au in partnership with Scania Australia. Cold, damp air hung lazily over the Windmills Rest Area near Breadalbane, south-west of Goulburn, in the pre-dawn darkness on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Beyond the reach of the…
How Elphinstone’s Long Logger Road Train revolutionises timber haulage productivity Elphinstone’s bright-green Long Logger Road Train is more than an impressive 66-wheel timber haulage combination. It is a working example of how smarter trailer engineering can move the same freight task with fewer trucks, fewer drivers, less diesel and lower emissions. There are moments in…
Winter Truck Air System Maintenance: How to Stop Moisture Freezing Your Brakes Cold weather exposes every weakness in a truck’s air brake system. From tired air dryer cartridges to moisture sitting in trailer reservoirs, winter is when small problems can quickly become frozen air lines, dragging brakes and costly roadside delays. Winter has a habit…
Scania Super 11 Hyva hooklift review Scania’s Super 11 fitted with a Hyva Lift 16-53S hook loader is more than a neat factory-backed vocational truck. It is a cleverly packaged waste and recycling solution that combines easy cab access, city-friendly manoeuvrability, strong safety technology, proven Hyva hooklift hardware and the sort of predictable whole-of-life operating…
How to Manually Release Truck Brakes or cage brakes Words and Illustrations by Howard Shanks In certain emergency situations, for instance, when an air brake system failure has happened and you need to move your truck to a safe position you may need to manually release the brakes to enable the vehicle to be moved.…
Scania Super 11 Concrete Agitator Arrives in Australia. Scania’s new 11-litre five-cylinder Super engine has arrived in Australia with an unexpected target in its sights: the concrete agitator market. And this time, the Swedes are not just bringing horsepower. They are bringing tare-weight savings, serious safety credentials, low-rev torque and a clear warning shot across…
Since the birth of road transport, trucking operators have strived to reduce fuel usage and increase payloads. Over the past decade, the industry’s push towards alloy wheels because they’re far lighter than steel wheels has seen many truck manufacturers make alloy rims a standard fitment on various models. For instance, almost half a tonne (476kg)…
Will the Scania Longline Transform Australian Line-Haul Trucking? Scania’s Longline Could Be the Truck Australia Didn’t Know It Needed. Australia has some of the toughest, longest-distance freight operations on Earth, yet strangely, and somehow, we’ve also normalised the idea that drivers crossing this gigantic continent should live for days at a time inside a cabin…
Iveco Daily 50C Dual Cab Review – When a Ute Isn’t Enough Anymore The Iveco Daily 50C Dual Cab sits in a space that’s been largely ignored by the mainstream ute market, and it doesn’t take long behind the wheel to understand why it exists. This isn’t a dual cab designed for lifestyle buyers or…
How ride height effects truck shockers Words and photography by Howard Shanks (diagrams supplied by Powerdown) As the title suggests, changing the ride height of your truck’s air suspension can have shocking results on the life of your shockers. Suspensions like many components on a heavy vehicle are precision pieces of equipment that play a…