Winter Battery Care for Trucks: Keep the Cold from Killing Your Cranking Power If you’re like me and live in a region where the winter mornings bite hard and the frost settles thick across your windscreen, then chances are you’ve come up against the dreaded dead battery at least once. Nothing quite ruins the start…
MMW Highway-Bowl side tipper quad road train review. Mining company executives have little time for the finer details of truck and trailer specifications and even less for manufacturers marketing garrulity. Except, that is when your trailer combination promises to deliver a 10 per cent payload increase. Townsville based trailer builder; Mick Murray Welding knows this…
Crusin’ the Corrugations! In the wet season the track is impassable. In the dry season it’s a long dusty corrugated track, 800 odd kilometres or so. Yet this is where one Kenworth T6 travels each week delivering much needed supplies to remote centres inhabitants. It is a little before 4am in Mareeba one Saturday morning…
From the late eighties through to the end of the last century, Eaton globally dominated the manual transmission market with their popular Roadranger gearboxes. So popular were Eaton Roadranger transmissions that many European manufacturers had to fit them merely to get a sale here in Australia. In fact, there was a time once, where if…
Australia’s freight industry is no stranger to tough terrain, long distances, and razor-thin margins. That’s why the release of Scania’s new Super 11 engine is sending waves of excitement through the transport sector. Touted as lighter, leaner and smarter, the Super 11 is a significant addition to Scania’s high-performance Super powertrain family—one that could be a…
V8 Thunder, Electric Promise & Real-World Emission Solutions It’s been six long years since Scania last rolled into the Brisbane Truck Show. But in 2025, they’re back – and they haven’t just returned with a whisper… they’ve thundered in with a full-throated V8 roar. Positioned proudly on Stand 50, three unmistakably bold 6×4 prime movers…
Revolutionising Load Management for Five Decades: Click the play button to listen to Why Elphinstone Weighing Systems’ Easyweigh is the Smart Choice for Heavy Haulage. Since 1976, Elphinstone Weighing Systems has pioneered onboard weighing technology, transforming the landscape of load management for the Australian transport industry. For five decades, our mission has been clear: to…
Driving a Greener Future: How Mercedes-Benz Actros is Helping Eather Group Achieve Its Sustainability Goals In the heart of Sydney’s bustling construction and infrastructure landscape, the Eather Group is proving that heavy haulage and sustainability can go hand in hand. With the strategic addition of a new Euro 6-compliant Mercedes-Benz Actros 2658 to its growing…
Emily Shadbolt drives a new Kenworth T410SAR for Tasmanian based Walters Contracting. She explains what it’s like being a young woman working in what was once considered a “man’s club” and offers encouragement for other women contemplating a career in road transport. It’s fair to say that when a family company is in the hands…
They say timing is everything, and sometimes it comes with its own reward. Livestock Trucking-The Progressive way! Submitted by Rod Simmonds. It was a sight to behold, a freshly minted first week on the road, a stunning Kenworth K220 cattle unit parked up for the night at the Tuakau Saleyards. This unique unit, with its…