A field trial of truck platooning in Japan shows how the new technology is spreading across the globe and sees a much more cooperative approach to the subject from the Japanese Government.
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Man Seeking a Truck
Trucking advocate and safety campaigner Rod Hannifey is a man seeking a truck. The current vehicle he drives is past its sell by date and it’s time for Rod to move on. He sent Diesel News this request
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Get With The Strength
Alemlube Automotive offers the industry a complete range of wheel-service equipment aligned with commercial and passenger vehicles, sourced from the world’s manufacturers. Partnerships forged with these companies have been based on, what Alemlube calls, a dedication to quality and engineering excellence, ensuring many years of reliable and efficient performance and as such, Alemlube Automotive says it is committed to the distribution, sales and total support of these wheel-service equipment products.
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Welcome to the Twitterverse
Diesel News says ‘Welcome to the Twitterverse’ and picks out a few interesting tweets we have come across this week. There’s higher voltage electrical systems, load restraint rules and
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The Truckie and Instagram
In Australia, the truckie and instagram have a close relationship. Proud of their trucks, our truckies like to post photos of them on Instagram, to be admired by others in the industry. Today we are looking
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Extreme Truck Testing
This week’s video brings us an excellent example of some extreme truck testing from the Czech Republic. This sees a 4×4 Tatra climbing up and over a seemingly impossible obstacle, designed to show off the off road performance of these all terrain trucks.
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Trucking Territory Style
The fuel operation run by John Fraser is definitely trucking Territory style. The business operates out of Katherine providing a dedicated delivery service in the Territory for IOR Petroleum.
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Key Priorities in a Vehicle Purchase
Versatility and practicality are key priorities in a vehicle purchase. As Diesel News’ Paul Matthei discovered during a recent test, Hino’s 300 Series Crew Auto fitted with a Kyokuto Slide Tray body has these qualities in spades.
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Breaking New Ground
Mercedes-Benz is breaking new ground in releasing the company’s new-generation models refresh. The launch of these rigid trucks follows on from the successful launch of the prime mover models last year. The trucks have just emerged from a similar process to the one the company used in developing the prime mover range. A number of evaluation trucks were put into different fleets around the country. In all, 35 customers tried 20 trucks, covering over 1.8 million kilometres.
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Ramping Up the Safety Agenda
Recent events have seen a number of people ramping up the safety agenda, but it shouldn’t need severe criticism from elsewhere to get us fired up. The trucking industry needs to stand together as a single unit on these kinds of issues and present a strong and practical front, backed up by good PR, there is no room for error.
It all started with the road crash statistics from last year. Although relatively low in number, the percentage jump in deaths from accidents involving trucks in NSW was something the anti-trucking lobby could hang their arguments on.
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