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How to operate tandem drive Power Divider and Diff Locks

Features, Tech TipsBy Howard Shanks9 June, 2022

Bogie Drive Basics – Advice for truck drivers Dana Diff Lock Driver’s instruction manual available to download at end of article.  Diff Lock engaged – axle in the locked position All bogie or tandem drive trucks require an inter-axle differential, also referred to as the Power Divider, which allows the forward and rear axle to…

No Compromises – Murphy SwichGage Road Test

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks5 October, 2021

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…

Becoming a FIFO road train driver with an old Mack Titan

Articles, Features, Truck ArticlesBy Howard Shanks9 December, 2020

Becoming a FIFO road train driver with an old Mack Titan Salaries for FIFO road train drivers are usually well into the six- figures and don’t require tertiary qualifications. Hence, it’s no surprise there is a long list of workers signing up to get behind the wheel of a road train and earn big money.…

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