Tech Know visits the Carrier facility to see how the job of keeping freight cool in Brisbane is handled on a day to day basis.
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Let’s Talk About Air Supply
No, we’re not talking about the Australian 80s pop band. Let’s talk about air supply, as the crucial link between the driver’s brake pedal and the trailer braking system.
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Servicing Older Trucks
As truck purchasing goes onto the back burner during a crisis, workshops will probably be servicing older trucks, as operators run them out longer than they normally would. Holding on to trucks a little longer brings different issues for the workshop.
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Payload, Drivability, Towing Capacity, Manoeuvrability, Efficiency and Reliability
As COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease and a semblance of normality returns, the road to economic recovery lays before us all, with many businesses continuing to look for capital equipment that brings with it operational efficiency and genuine bang for buck, with payload, drivability, towing capacity, manoeuvrability, efficiency and reliability topping the list.
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Using Truck Maintenance Data for CoR
There has been a change in emphasis of responsibility for those working on the maintenance of truck, in terms of the Chain of Responsibility and operators could be using truck maintenance data for CoR.
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Australia’s Most Promising Automotive Apprentice
The Capricorn Rising Stars search for Australia’s most promising automotive apprentice returns in 2020.
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A Simple National Compliance and Enforcement Policy
All the trucking industry is asking for is a simple national compliance and enforcement policy. Whether we get that or not is often the subject of heated discussions.
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Keep the Wheels Turning
As always, the best facility in the world is only as good as the staff who keep the wheels turning and, in this respect, Gold Coast Isuzu appears to have all bases covered. Diesel Workshop spoke with three key people, General Manager Andrew Purvis, Service Manager Greg Robbins and Spare Parts manager Steve Picton.
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NTI’s Mean Green Fund-Raising Machine
Every now and then the opportunity to write about something really special comes along, this time it’s NTI’s Mean Green Fund-Raising Machine. Diesel Workshop has the story of the full restoration
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NHVR Ticks Two More Boxes
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has announced two more milestones, for the NHVAS and the NHVIM, in the road towards a more
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