Kenworth

A Matter of Professional Pride

A Matter of Professional Pride

Most truck drivers like to think they have a high skill level, it’s a matter of professional pride and the result of years of experience out on the highway. In the normal course of events, these precise
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Controlled By The Climate

Controlled By The Climate

Life is controlled by the climate in North West Victoria, where the Murray River winds its way westwards forming the border between NSW’s Riverina and the Mallee, it’s all about what the local farms
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New Kenworth T610 Cabin Tour

This week Diesel News is going on a new Kenworth T610 cabin tour, checking out how much has changed from the brand’s traditional design. The single windscreen is one of those indicators of US influence and all of the original launch trucks are fitted with them. However, the split windscreen has not gone away and Kenworth promise it will appear sometime soon. The question has to be, is the single windscreen really a step too far?
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Building Trucks Australian Truck Drivers Want To Drive

Kenworth have been the dominant player in the heavy duty truck industry for over twenty years, building trucks Australian truck drivers want to drive. The changes which have arrived with the new T 610 and the T 610 SAR from the Bayswater-based company suggest the tastes of the Aussie truckie have changed, but not that much.
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Building Trucks Australian Truck Drivers Want To Drive

Cabover vs Conventional and Euro vs USA 

A wise man once said, ‘the only constant is change’ and this applies to the cab vs conventional and Euro vs USA debate. However, when a situation lasts for quite a few years, the human mind tends to
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Pure Pulling Power

Pure Pulling Power

Diesel News is not quite sure what is going on here, but this Mack is reckoned to be showing “Pure Pulling Power”. Here we have a 1972 Mack Truck, which appears to be performing a wheelie
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Heavy Haulage Around the World

Heavy Haulage Around the World

This week we look at heavy haulage around the world. This is a very specialised area of the transport industry and requires highly specialised equipment. Each country has its own way of doing things, but,
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New Kenworth Out on the Highway (Video)

Paccar HQ in Bayswater has seen a new Kenworth unveiled, the T610. Available in two models, the T610 and T610 SAR, this new generation of Kenworths looks set to revolutionise the truck maker’s range, here in Australia. After almost a decade of development, and the result of more than 100,000 Australian design hours and more than ten million kilometres of testing and validation, Paccar said the T610 is the single largest investment in product development the company has ever made in Australia.
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