Farmers Ignore The Rules

Farmers Ignore The Rules

Farmers ignore the rules about keeping livestock off food and water for specific periods before going onto a truck. Operators like Mark Johnstone, from Surat in Queensland, has to cope with cattle producing
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An Older Set of Values

Once you get away from the Eastern Seaboard, the nature of the trucking industry changes – there’s a return to an older set of values. Yes, there are still line-haul and supermarket delivery trucks out here, but the world is dominated by livestock and bulk tippers. This is the core of trucking away from the cities, carting whatever the farm produces to the point where it is to be sold, stored or processed.
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The Trucking Life

In Australia, each area has a different feel, the trucking life changes from region to region. Once you get away from the Eastern Seaboard, the nature of the trucking industry changes dramatically. Yes, there are still line-haul and supermarket delivery trucks out here, but the world is dominated by livestock and bulk tippers. This is the core of trucking away from the cities, carting whatever the farm produces to the point where it is to be sold, stored or processed.

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The True State of Trucks?

The True State of Trucks?

The survey has been done and the results are in, is this the true state of trucks? The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has released the first of what is expected to be a series of snapshots on the condition of the truck fleet on our roads from the National Roadworthiness Baseline Survey. The first report is an overview of the fleet and its basic condition, plus some other basic data on the trucks on the highways.
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Remain Vigilant

People Power

Walking around the Brisbane Truck Show reminds me just how much the trucking industry is about the people. It’s not about the trucks, or the trailers, or the goods being transported, it’s about the
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KISS Principle For Trailers

KISS Principle For Trailers

Freighter were trying to apply the KISS principle for trailers when bringing out a new curtain sider trailer, which only has six buckles down each side, compared to the normal 22. The T-Liner Mark II 
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Building Trailers To Save Fuel

Building Trailers To Save Fuel

Many operators talk about building trailers to save fuel, but not so many put their money where their mouth is and really drive fuel savings from the top to the bottom in a fleet, Diesel News talked to
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New T-liner from Freighter

MaxiTrans has announced a new T-liner from Freighter, to be named ‘T-Liner MARK II’. According to Freighter, the model is a step-change evolution to the curtain sided trailer, featuring less than a
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