At the ATA ARTSA Technical and Maintenance Conference this week the safety message comes up over and over, to the point where we can become quite blasé about it. Then reality kicks in!
This video
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What do they think they are doing?
Here’s a compilation of truck incidents recorded on the dash cam by just one driver. This is the normal day to day job of any truck driver and probably gives us a clue as to why working in the transport
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Vintage trucks in Dubbo
Some nice old examples of vintage trucks, especially the 1950 Federal painted up in Ampol’s colours pulling a single axle trailer. Then there’s the 1964 Peterbilt cabover. Good work, Truckstop
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Giving birth to a van
What is going on in the heads of these advertising guys? There must have been a meeting with an ad agency pitching the idea of a van launch video referencing a porn movie, and the executives took them
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Third world trucking
Sitting in queues and dealing with dodgy road surfaces, we complain, as we sit in our air conditioned cabs, about our treatment. These are first world problems.
This video about trucking in Madagascar
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New in Hannover
Once every two years the trucking world descends on Hannover for the IAA. This is, probably, the world’s biggest truck show and subject to a lot of attention. Global launches of trucks and trailers abound and everyone has something new to sell. This year, Daimler have introduced their Future Truck 2025 concept, the self driving truck in this video.
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Volvo set out to tease
Next week is going to see the release of another of the series of YouTube videos Volvo Trucks has been releasing on social media to increase awareness of its brand. We have seen trucks running with the
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Finding out about the new Western Star
Here is the video Western Star released to coincide with the launch of the new 5700 XE model onto the North American market. It’s a great video, dynamic, exciting with loud music.
Unfortunately,
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Aerodynamic Western Star?
A new model has been introduced to the Western Star range in the US. The new 5700 XE has a new swept back aerodynamic design to improve fuel consumption. As yet, the Penske organisation in Australia, which
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Diesel gets on its bike
This week, as part of the Tour de Office fundraising campaign at Simons National Carriers at their head office in Carole Park on the outskirts of Brisbane, two Diesel Magazine staff put in a few kilometres
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