No Compromises for this heavy specked Goldfields Road Train. There is a fine art in specifying an extreme heavy-duty truck that is robust enough to endure the off-highway punishment of mine site corrugated haul roads and rough bush exploration tracks, yet light enough to deliver a viable payload. We sent Howard Shanks to Western Australia’s…
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…
6900 Western Star Review If you recall at the conclusion of last month’s Cat powered Mack Titan review Richo offered us one of their 6900FX Western Star for another used truck review. This week he’d arranged a few runs out into the desert to collect plant and equipment as well as a few iron ore…