Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 398 i Deals On Wheels Australia

This old Mack might not look real flash, but its owner gives it plenty of TLC and says it goes like a train. Brian Shiner has been wanting to send his 1990 workhorse to a paint shop for a decade, but like a lot of owner-drivers, he says he hasn’t had both the necessary time and money at once. But he’ll get around to it one day and in the meantime there’s nothing wrong with what counts, which is underneath the skin. And the V8’s note is awesome. The old girl has done just over 2.5 million kilometres, with a reconditioning job at 1.4 million kilometres, despite no major problems “so it’s nearly due to be done again,” Brian says. He bought the Brisbane-built Valueliner — which is the successor…

Narva has added two new entrants to its range of driving light bars — the 9-33 multi-volt comprising a 200-watt bar producing a 18,000 lumen of light output, and the more powerful 300W variant shining 27,000 lumen. Narva says these latest additions feature a double bank of high quality ‘Cree’ LEDs, which reportedly show significant increased visibility at night time for improved safety. The new driving light bars are said to project a bright, white light both to the sides of the vehicle and far down the road due to their output and unique beam pattern. The bars are suitable as standalone lighting or to supplement traditional driving lamps. However, Narva says despite the high output performance and double row LED configuration, the bars offer an unobtrusive, low profile design…

THE INTELLIGENT TRUCK THERE ARE SO MANY PLUSES TO OWNING AN ISUZU THAT THERE’S A BIG ONE YOU’LL PROBABLY NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT. UNTIL IT’S TIME TO UPGRADE TO A NEW ISUZU, OF COURSE. BECAUSE THAT’S WHEN YOU’LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT THE RESALE PRICE YOU GET. Speaking of pluses, every new Isuzu comes equipped with a DAVE (Digital Audio Visual Equipment) unit, featuring MP3/CD/DVD, video playback, digital radio (including live recording), and hands-free Bluetooth – you can also opt for a GPS upgrade^ . And DAVE is Telematics^ -ready so you can add the option of automatically tracking the truck and the driver in real-time. If you spend all day in your truck being comfortable is a very smart thing and that begins with 90° opening doors that make…

Esperance Freight Lines in Western Australia’s south has grown from a five-truck, 20-trailer operation to a 73-prime-mover, 300-trailer fleet company. Local tippers and out-of-town subbies are working hard to keep up with what is predicted to be a bumper harvest for the Esperance zone, with 3.3 million tonnes of grain expected to be stripped. EFL has 26 trucks dedicated to harvest work as well as using subbies over the season. Outside of harvest time these trucks spend their time hauling bulk product like fertiliser. For bulk tipper work, EFL uses the 35.5m-long C-train combination. This is essentially made up of an 8x4 prime mover, a B-double combination and a dolly and dog trailer. With concessional loading the whole rig can gross up to 121.5 tonnes, which in the case of…

The chairman of Penske Automotive Group, Roger Penske and Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown has officially opened Penske’s New Zealand headquarters. Measuring just shy of 18,000 square-metres, the property has been purpose-built on the outskirts of the city and accommodates the combined resources of Penske Commercial Vehicles and Penske Power Systems. It represents more than $40 million of investment for the company. Speaking at the official opening attended by special guests and media, Penske underlined the large investment in human capital and building a state-of-the-art facility to carry the business brands into the future. The group will distribute and service Western Star and MAN trucks from the site, as well as the Detroit Diesel brand. The sale of these vehicles however, appear to represent only a small amount of the…

From pesky potholes to dangerous ruts, erosion and plain old hard-wearing have long plagued roads across regional and urban Australia. Now, Queensland based Global Road Technology (GRT) has developed an innovative and extremely successful solution now being utilised all over the world. Founded just three years ago, the Australian road construction company has become an international juggernaut, with some 18 offices popping up around the world, and it’s all down to their use of innovative soil-stabilization polymer solutions. “This technology allows us to create a much more solid soil base, and as with all construction projects, a solid base is the most important starting point,” explains Troy Adams, GRT managing director. GRT polymer products works to solve road stabilisation problems and dust control for all types of roads, from major…

Fuso has introduced an imposing concept truck inspired by a giant spider. The big black and red rig was built to wow crowds at last year‘s Tokyo Motor Show and features boom cranes and attachments that can dig, drill, grab and bite. Just like its insect inspiration, the Fuso Spider has eight limbs. However, in this case, four are legs and four are arms. The legs are outriggers that extend out from the truck body to give it maximum stability. The arms are articulated cranes that can be fitted with a wide range of attachments to carry out almost any task and are capable of moving up and down as well as side to side. Fuso fitted the show truck with a post-hole auger, a bale grapple, a log grapple…