Scania Super 11 takes centre stage at Waste Expo Australia 2026 Scania’s about to wheel its low-entry Super 11 front-lift and hook-lift trucks into Waste Expo Australia 2026, and they’re the sort of machines that make you wonder why anyone still bothers with anything less clever, less frugal or less determined to keep the driver…
IVECO T-Way 4×4 Takes on Walcha’s Paddocks Steep country, deep mud, fallen timber and wombat holes big enough to rearrange a truck’s suspension are all part of the working day for SRC Rural Spreaders. Fortunately, Shane Carter’s three IVECO T-Way 4x4s were bought for exactly this sort of nonsense. Key Points Three IVECO T-Way 4x4s…
Truck Driver Ordered to Repay $200,000 After Compensation Fraud A Victorian truck driver has discovered there are considerably cheaper ways to earn a living than collecting workers’ compensation while simultaneously driving trucks for somebody else. A 61-year-old truck driver has been ordered to repay more than $200,000 in workers compensation payments after a WorkSafe Victoria…
Scania Dynamic R and S Series: 2% Less Energy, More Driver Comfort Scania has given its R- and S-series trucks a sizeable mid-life makeover, introducing the new Scania Dynamic package with improved aerodynamics, digital mirrors, a better bunk, upgraded lighting and a claimed reduction in total energy consumption of around two per cent. None of…
IVECO Master Technician Tournament 2026 Brings Australia and New Zealand Together Few things stir up Australians and New Zealanders quite like rugby, cricket, and the chance to prove the bloke on the other side of the Tasman is doing something wrong. So, when IVECO expanded its 2026 Master Technician Tournament to include technicians from New…
Ryco Cabin Filters: When and How to Replace Yours Ryco cabin filters tackle one of truck maintenance’s most easily forgotten jobs: filtering the air coming through the vents. While the engine enjoys fresh oil and regular filter changes, the driver can be left breathing through something that looks as though it was excavated from beneath…
Why LinCon is building an all-wheel-drive Scania fleet At 75 metres above the ground, the truck beneath you stops looking like a truck and starts looking like a rather important insurance policy. LinCon makes its living putting people where ladders, common sense and ordinary cherry pickers fear to venture. Getting them there increasingly falls to…
IVECO S-Way AS 550s join City Timber’s Melbourne fleet after nearly 50 years with the brand Melbourne timber wholesaler City Timber has added two IVECO S-Way AS 550 prime movers to a fleet relationship stretching back almost half a century. Founded by Con Peluso in 1976 and now run by sons Tony and Joe, the…
Scania P 280 4×4 XT water carts bound for Pilbara mines Premium Plant Hire is adding four Scania P 280 4×4 XT rigids to its fleet, including three 11,000-litre water carts destined for hard-to-reach drill sites in the Pilbara. Mining is rather fond of enormous machinery. There are dump trucks the size of suburban houses,…
Scania Super 11 Front-Lift Waste Truck: 7% Less Fuel, More Payload Scania’s new Super 11 front-lift waste truck combines a lighter five-cylinder engine, claimed 7% fuel saving, strong low-speed torque and greater payload capacity in a package aimed squarely at Australia’s hard-working waste fleets. There is nothing particularly glamorous about the working life of a…