Kenworth T950 Road Train

Trucking Through the Last Frontier in a Kenworth T950 Road Train. By Howard Shanks – First published in Truckin’ Life, Volume 19, No. 10, July 1996 with the title Peninsular Purrer! It’s been nearly three decades since this unforgettable yarn first rolled off the pages of Truckin’ Life magazine and into the hearts of readers across Australia…

Is It Time to Mandate CTI for PBS Vehicles?

Is It Time to Mandate CTI for PBS Vehicles? Weighing the Pros and Cons for Braking and Stability Compliance As Australia’s Performance-Based Standards (PBS) scheme matures, the spotlight has intensified on the systems and technologies that enable heavy vehicle combinations to meet its stringent performance thresholds – particularly in the domains of braking efficiency and dynamic stability. Among…

Navigating the New Log Haulage Code

The 2025 Log Haulage Industry Code of Practice sets new national standards for safe and legal timber transport. Explore the latest compliance rules, safety protocols, and operator responsibilities shaping Australia’s forestry supply chain. After years of consultation, industry input, and field testing, the newly released Log Haulage Industry Code of Practicehas officially hit the ground –…

Wettenhalls Welcomes Mercedes-Benz Actros to Fleet in Centenary Year

Wettenhalls Welcomes Mercedes-Benz Actros to Fleet in Centenary Year In a significant milestone that bridges its storied past with a technology-driven future, Wettenhalls has marked its 100th year of operation by welcoming ten new Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks into its national fleet. The new trucks, all Mercedes-Benz Actros 2653 models, are now operating across Wettenhalls’ Queensland…

The Cost of Mismatched Tires

With the rapid increase in heavy vehicle running costs, the following tips on how to match your tyres will undoubtedly see you extract a few extra thousand kilometres out of your tyres. But ultimately, it will make all the difference to your bottom line. Furthermore, it might even save you costly downtime from changing a…

Iveco S-Way on Supercars Odyssey Coast-to-Coast

Iveco S-Way on Supercars Odyssey Coast-to-Coast, Melbourne to Perth to Darwin and Back: We join driver Timmy Jennings, behind the wheel of Australia’s longest Supercars road trip with Erebus Motorsport and IVECO. 📍 TOTAL DISTANCE: ~11,200 km round trip 🚚 TRANSPORT: IVECO S-Way 550 AS with B-double trailer set ⚙️ GCM: ~53 tonnes loaded 🛣️ Key Stops: Nhill, Kimba,…

How Hub Reduction Differentials Work

Regular readers would recall that we’ve reported on several tri-drive units operating in high productivity heavy road train applications over the last few years. Truth be told, the site of a tri-drive or “tridem” road train with four to six trailers in tow is indeed an impressive sight. Their daily payloads undoubtedly would have made…