A new ‘Good Practice Guide for Supply of Replacement Parts for use on Heavy Vehicles’ issued by ARTSA-institute aims to boost safety for heavy vehicle drivers and all road users. Released at the Brisbane Truck Show, the ARTSA Institute (ARTSA-i) says the Guide aims to raise awareness of suppliers, purchasers and installers of safety-critical replacement…
Understanding the importance of S-Cam brake balance in heavy-duty trucks is a fundamental part of truck safety and will go a long way to prevent brake failure. Many operators often see brake components as a costly profit eating commodity, consequently and, sadly, they opt for the lowest priced option when selecting replacement parts. However, regulators…
Freightliner has revealed a new-look Digital Dashboard for its Cascadia conventional truck at the Brisbane Truck Show. Cascadia will be the first conventional truck to be available with the digital dash feature when it becomes an optional item in Australia and New Zealand from the fourth quarter of this year. The high definition Digital Dashboard…
In this technical tip article, we’ll look at when to check the locking mechanism adjustment of a Jost fifth wheel and, importantly, how to perform the adjustment to return the fifth wheel to the manufacturer’s recommended specification. As a rough rule of thumb, the perfect time to check the adjustment of the fifth wheel is…
Service maintenance contracts are maintenance agreements between an equipment owner and a service provider governed by a written agreement or contract. According to Kel Stanton, owner of Kel Stanton’s Mobile Diesel Service, in Brisbane. Service Maintenance Contracts define how the parties will interact and describe all the maintenance events covered, including scheduled preventive maintenance and…
Regular maintenance and service is the key to ensuring that you get the most reliable service possible from your truck. All Isuzu cabover trucks require the cabin to be raised or tilted to provide access to the engine bay when service and maintenance work is needed. Thankfully, the larger, heavy-duty Isuzu trucks have an electrically…
D and K Scott Transport Choose Mercedes-Benz Actros again. The addition of a second Actros to deliver massive tyres from Port Botany to the mines in the Hunter Valley will double D and K Scott Transport customer service to the area. The special tyres, mostly for off-road mining equipment, feature GPS sensors that monitor…
First Freightliner Cascadia 126 Operator’s first impression. Conbar Transport livestock haulage devision welcomes a new Freightliner Cascadia to their fleet. Hauling livestock at a maximum combination weight of 68 tonnes, the new 16-litre Cascadia 126 is already impressing with its fuel efficiency. “Livestock hauling is tough on fuel and each run is different, but the…
27-Meter B-Doubles to get Green Light, great news for bonneted truck operators. For many years, industry bodies have been lobbying to have the restrictive existing 26-Meter B-Double length laws changed to allow longer bonneted prime movers with larger capacity sleeper berths. Finally, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Safety is the…
What does Ad-Blue do? The inspiration behind this advice article began when a reader wrote in asking why modern trucks have a warning sticker next to the electrical master or isolator switch advising to wait at least 80 seconds before turning off after the engine has shutdown. The simple short answer is to the let…
