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)…
Scania Expands Services 360 Support For years, Scania has led the way in showing the Australian transport industry that selling a truck is only half the job. The real challenge begins after the keys are handed over, because in the road transport industry, a truck only earns its keep when it is out on the…
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…
Bendix Modernises the Digital Parts Counter There was a time when finding brake parts meant walking into the local parts shop, leaning on the counter and explaining your problem to a bloke who somehow knew every pad shape ever fitted to a Falcon ute since 1987. Today, that same job often involves three browser tabs,…
Protran Solutions To Showcase Sunswap Solar-Electric Refrigeration System At TruckShowX 2026 For years, the refrigerated transport industry has been fed the same story: if you want serious cooling performance, you need a diesel refrigeration unit hanging off the front of the trailer, rattling away through the night, burning fuel by the hour, disturbing nearby residents…
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…
CoolTrans Sees Fuel Economy Gains with New Actros ProCabin There’s an old rule in trucking that says the faster you push a brick through the air, the more diesel you pour into the process. European truck manufacturers have spent decades trying to bend physics around that problem, but now Mercedes-Benz appears to have taken a…
Scania Longline Cab: The Big Cab is Back Note: The images featured in this article are concept visualisations created for editorial exploration by roadtrains.com.au and are not official releases from Scania. Could the return of the Longline cab spark a modern-day resurrection of legendary trucks like Aerocat? Because every now and then, the truck industry…
Scania R660 Road Test Review: Sweet Spot of the V8 Range. Here’s the thing about the new Scania R660: on paper, it’s just another big European truck with a premium badge, a hint of stainless steel, and enough driver aids to make a Boeing pilot feel underqualified. But out on the road, loaded to 60…
SCANIA R 620 V8 | Power, Torque & Fuel Economy Dream Machine with Real-World Fuel Economy When an owner-driver builds the truck he has always wanted, the result is often more than just a transport tool — it becomes a statement of intent. For Sunbury-based operator Chris Bonnitcha, his Scania R 620 V8 represents the…