New Actros for Australia

The new shape Actros is set to be on sale here in Australia by the end of 2016 and will be available in Euro 5 as well as Euro 6 versions. The truck was released in Europe in the lead up to the introduction
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Call this trucking?

The reality for, just about, everyone in the trucking world, is the lack of facilities on the road and the cramped conditions living in a cabin. This is especially an issue when driving two-up, even the
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Trucking always bad guys

Here is another prime example of the trucking industry being painted as the bad guy, at the same time as showing unrelated footage very different from the reported incident. The accident was tragic, a
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Looking back

Here’s a compilation of footage of scenes throughout the history of trucking in Australia. Of course, there’s the nostalgia, with the Rotinoffs, Atkinsons, 1418 Benz etc. Then scenes from the
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Freight on the move

Here’s a video extolling the importance of the freight industry to the Australian economy at the same time as publicising the work of the Australian Logistics Council. Some great points are made here about just how important freight is to our wellbeing.
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Hi tech truck building

Behind every new truck coming off the production line are a number of robots and behind those robots is a state-of-the-art computer design and control program. The complexity of the design and manufacture
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The KISS principle

Here’s a video showing just how the cross loading system for livestock, developed by Frasers Livestock Transport from Warwick in Queensland, works in practice. The system won Best Solution to an
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Onwards and upwards for HHA

Here’s a reminder of where the fast growing Heavy Haulage Australia came from originally with footage of the original HHA truck, as shown on the ‘Megatruckers’ TV series which features
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Toll driver saves the day

The amount of footage becoming available form dash cams in trucks will hopefully increase awareness of some pretty ordinary driving practises. In this case, the awareness of the driver in the Toll triple
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Back o’Bourke

How the world has changed in the last few years? Just a short time ago a truckie proud of their truck would carry, at most, a grubby print of their pride and joy taken with an Instamatic film camera. Now,
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