Way down a muddy dirt road on the wild west coast of Tasmania is the last place you’d expect to see glistening chrome and polished stainless steel reflecting from a T909 grill. But Adrian Cassidy is a workin’ man, and so is his immaculate 9OH and Lusty 4×4 deck widener. The bright flashing amber LED…
Jerilderie-based Hamilton Contracting says its Freightliner Cascadia has passed the harvest season test with flying colours. Owner Troy Hamilton added a 126 Cascadia with a spacious 60-inch sleeper to his fleet just before the harvest season last year. He says it is ‘working a treat.’ “It hasn’t missed a beat,” Mr Hamilton says. He was…
The good looks and robust construction of the 4 Post Warrego Bullbar from Kingbars is one investment that Hamilton Contracting admit really pays dividends, however, their Lusty-EMS Lead Slider and Tip Over Axle combination are reaping the rewards in terms of payload, as Howard Shanks recently discovered. Increased regulation and a tough economy have taken…
Will current bullbars meet the new Front Underrun Protection Device (FUPD) regulations? For the moment NO! However, the discussion on whether or not they will be is still ongoing. Heavy Vehicle Compliance The release of the delay to the Implementation of Modification codes H6 and H7 in the new VSB6 Version 3 release, covering the…
King Bullbar protects Mack SuperLiner with mDrive HD option Words and photography Howard Shanks (Images supplied by Kingbars – noted) Slingo Earthmoving have had Mack trucks working in their operation in one form or another for over 50 years and recently taken delivery of a new 685 horsepower Super-Liner coupled to an mDrive transmission with…
‘Ore-some’ Azmeb Quad Road Train Words and photos by Howard Shanks. Heading up the Lynd Road in Far North Queensland has until recently been a treacherous ordeal along a narrow pot holed road. Today, it’s all bitumen and there are fewer potholes, nevertheless it has still retained some of its notorious heritage which still tests…