Tim Giles

up and down the hill with Bill

Up and Down the Hill With Bill

A series of videos has been posted by the Queensland Trucking Association about safe truck driving on Cunningham’s Gap, which is undergoing major repair, as we are taken in a truck cabin, up and down the hill with Bill Manton.
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a quartet of industry updates

A Quartet of Industry Updates

A prosecution, tyre pressure monitoring, an expansion for Scania and a new braking calculator are all part of a quartet of industry updates this week.
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what chain of responsibility?

What Chain of Responsibility?

Looking back over the past five years, the trucking industry will have read the industry news each week, from PowerTorque of course, and one of the questions which will have comes to mind is, what chain of responsibility? 
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look into the technology crystal ball

Look Into the Technology Crystal Ball

PowerTorque sat down for a chat with Stefan Pahl, Director Application Engineering and Technical Sales at Knorr Bremse, to talk about future developments and look into the technology crystal ball for the trucking industry.
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sixty years and counting

Sixty Years and Counting

The backbone of the trucking industry was formed by the many major regional operators, which were founded from the fifties through to the seventies, for many of those businesses it’s sixty years and counting. They built their brand and their fleets when the going was tough but the rewards were good enough to invest in growth.
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Brisbane down to Sydney with a fully loaded B-double

Brisbane Down to Sydney With a Fully Loaded B-double

The first serious test drive of the new Iveco S-Way for PowerTorque was on a run from Brisbane down to Sydney with a fully loaded B-double set. This is the S-Way with AS (Active Space) cab and the 550hp 13 litre Cursor engine, putting out 2500Nm of torque at 1000rpm.
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first drive in the new Scania electric heavy

First Drive in the New Scania Electric Heavy Truck

Our colleagues in the International Truck of the Year Jury had the opportunity to get the first drive in the new Scania electric heavy trucks at the company’s HQ in Södertälje in Sweden and recorded their first impressions for us.
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last minute and chaotic

Last Minute and Chaotic

A constant refrain from people in the road transport industry is that there is no clear strategic plan on most of the topics, which concern the development of the trucking industry into the future, planning seems to always be last minute and chaotic.
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