Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 391 i Deals On Wheels Australia

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Mix Trailer Mods (MTM), a growing trailer manufacturer and repairer, has recently celebrated 12 months in their factory in Rocklea in Brisbane’s inner west. Managing Director, Greg Suter says “we are proud of our achievements to date. In the past year we have worked hard to build strategic alliances with our suppliers to be able to build quality products at reasonable prices”. Being situated in the transport hub of Brisbane, MTM can take advantage of this location being close to suppliers and customers to offer a premium service. So if you want a new trailer or a modification to an existing truck or trailer MTM can build it to your specifications. MTM’s production manager Mick Arrabal, a founder of MTM five years ago, is now back in charge of production.…

Holding a Federal Government Department of Transport and Regional Services Registered Automotive Workshop Scheme (DOTARS RAWS) approval for the Generation 3 Dodge Ram truck for year models 2010 to current, in all variants of 2500, 3500, 4500, and the ‘big daddy’ of them all — the 5500 — allows Newcastle-based The Toy Shop Automotive Imports to import and convert these awesome trucks to RHD for full road use in all states of Australia. Having perfected their right-hand drive (RHD) conversion in-house over the past several years, and importantly conducting the conversion locally in-house, company managing director Brad Host started to think outside the square. This led to further specialising a variant of the Ram; namely the 2014/15 Dodge Ram 5500HD cab chassis. Fuelled by his own desire and need to…

Alan Shearer has been running trucks for half a century, and one of his favourites through all those years is this immaculate old White Road Commander. Alan, from Wagga Wagga between Sydney and Melbourne, bought his trusty steed down the Olympic Way at the White dealer in Albury back in 1979. Back then it was the bee’s knees, with power steering, a sleeper and a powerful V8 Cummins pushing out 350hp (261kW). “In that day you thought you were absolutely made,” Alan says. “To have something with a sleeper cab and to go as well as it did, you thought you were king of the world.” Of course in hindsight the flash new White wasn’t so grand, but it still has plenty of character. “It probably rode as well as…

Lars Søndergård from Denmark kept a cool head throughout the day and earned the title of best Young European Truck Driver (YETD) for 2014/2015. The competition was decided in Södertälje, Sweden, on April 25, and attracted close to 10,000 spectators. Sondergård, who participated in the YETD final for the second time, beat 25 other talented young professional drivers from countries throughout Europe. “I can’t believe it. The competition was very tight,” Søndergård says. When it was time for the final exercise, the Super Z, the only three combatants left with a shot at the first prize were Søndergård, Patrick Schildmann from Germany and Thomas Knüsel from Switzerland. The first prize in the competition is a brand-new truck from Scania, valued at £100,000 (AU$143,000). More than 22,000 young truck drivers under…

The optimism of senior Cat Trucks representatives in the new CT630HD road train triples model has been firmly vindicated both during and after the recent Brisbane Truck Show. “We were certainly anxious to gauge reactions to the CT630HD, particularly to see if the level of operator interest would be equal to our confidence in the model,” says Gary Johnson, general manager of the Hastings Deering Cat Trucks dealership in Richlands, Brisbane. “But any concerns disappeared as soon as the doors to the show opened. “The huge number of visitors to the stand and the sheer volume of interest and feedback from customers and drivers were incredibly positive. Best of all, the level of inquiry has continued to be extremely strong since the show,” he adds. “In this part of the…

Among the early adopters of the Iveco Powerstar 7800 for road train applications is Greg Robertson who runs a successful livestock haulage operation out of Toowoomba. Having previously enjoyed strong performance from other Iveco models, Greg took delivery of the first available truck and promptly put it to work hauling two and three trailers. The truck regularly travels large distances as far north as Cape York and to Perth in the west, and is fast approaching the 500,000 kilometre mark. When the laconic Queenslander says the big Iveco “is doing all right” he means it’s very successfully doing the job asked of it, and definitely as good as the North American trucks Robertson’s Transport. Robertson has around 20 prime movers in his stable along with 50 trailers. The Powerstar 7800…

Continental has announced the release of the 90-page 2015 VDO catalogue, featuring a range of new products from rugged analogue gauges to sophisticated flexible Controller Area Network bus (CANbus) platforms. This version is spiral bound and carries information and listings on the latest vision and cockpit international line of instruments, updated CANcockpit GEN III, expanded oil and temperature sender listings, more electronic cruise control applications and an expanded technical data section on senders and switches. In addition to these listings is extensive coverage of VDO’s hour meters, trailer-weighing systems, alarm and central locking systems, speed alerts, tyre gauges, electronic switch boxes and gauge accessories.…