Close Call

This is a shocking video from Carlisle River in Victoria. It is hard not to assume everything is going to go very badly wrong with the semi tipper so badly out of shape coming around the bend. As it happens,
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No More Smoke and Mirrors

Truck launches have traditionally required loud rock music, along plenty of smoke machines and bright lights. Times are changing! This video  was made at the recent launch of the new F Series medium duty models from Isuzu. Apparently, the new thing is a high tech projection, with a completely white truck and background used along with an innovative design. One of the most eye-catching parts of the show is the way the truck receives a virtual paint job, appearing in a number of customer colour schemes.
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Platoon Challenge

Next month will see a major experiment in Europe, which may take autonomous trucks to a new level. This video shows the Volvo team preparing to meet the challenge, when truck platoons from a number of
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The Big Sleep

A comparison test of European truck bunks shows us what is available and what the European truck wants from a sleeper cab. It’s just a shame the winner is a truck we are never likely to see on Australian
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Back in Time – B-Model Mack

Nothing here but pure nostalgia. This B-Model Mack is still running interstate and is shown in this beautifully realised video traveling through the Bendigo area. The truck dates from 1963 and is owned by Glenn Reedman, running a load from South West Victoria across to Ballina on the NSW Far North Coast. The Mack is now fitted with a Maxidyne 237 driving through a Quadbox. Originally owned by Norgate Transport in Townsville, the truck also features the wonderful double sleeper, or more correctly, a double swag rolled out on a rack slung under the trailer.
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Tanami Trucking

This story encapsulates the philosophy behind a lot of the trucking industry in Australia. The grit shown by operators hauling the Tanami is repeated, to a lesser degree, every day on the highways by
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Rubbish Robots

Autonomous vehicles and robots seem to be the flavour of the month. This video shows the latest idea from Volvo, a robot collecting waste bins and loading them into a garbage compactor. Note, the actual
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Irish Trucking

Diesel News is not quite sure what is going on here, but it looks like truckies in Ireland are having a great time. This video is made by someone called Marty Mone and the words to the song seem to be
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An Accident Waiting to Happen

The most distressing thing about this video is how normal everything is, how the truck is calmly heading down the road, not going too fast, then boom! This is the kind of video  drivers need to see on
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Building for the Future

This is how you build a truck dealership. The video shows the construction of a new facility on a green field site in Queensland by Kenworth and DAF dealers, Brown and Hurley. Often in business, there are two possible ways of looking at the future. You can either take a short term gain approach, or take a long term view on where you are going, and build for the future. Unsurprisingly, those enterprises which take on the more considered long term philosophy also tend to hang around for a long time. Read More