Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 410 i Deals On Wheels Australia

The technology is collision mitigation, not collision prevention. Decades ago, not too long after Volvo bought the financially-stricken US truck maker White in the early ’80s, I asked a senior Volvo executive in Sweden if safety would be part of future product developments for White. After all, Volvo’s commitment to truck safety was already firmly entrenched, whereas across the Atlantic, the attitude of America’s truck makers to safety was somewhat inferior to their continental counterparts. Vastly inferior! There were those who even thought that if Volvo pushed the safety barrow hard enough – particularly in development of stronger, safer cabs – it would actually encourage other US truck makers to follow suit. It was, however, naivety at its best. Anyway, I can’t for the life of me recall the Volvo…

1986 INTER ACCO TK2670 One owner and 469,639km on the clock, this 8x4 model has a 300hp engine and features a 7.3m steel and timber tray fitted with a Hiab 880 Duo 7-metre 1,000kg crane. Includes 8 new spare capped tyres. 0407 786 747 $50,000 1994 INTER ACCO T2700 This 8x4 water truck has 207,120km on the clock and boasts a 330hp Cummins L10 with a 15-speed RR box, 20,000L water tank, 3 x pressurized and 2 x gravity fed sprays at rear, 2-inch manual cannon + hyd 3-inch pump at rear. 07 3073 8140 $89,000 inc GST 1981 INTER ACCO T2670 With almost 650,000 km’s on the clock, this 8x4 Acco features an 8m tray fitted with a PTO and Palfinger PK17000 B crane. Comes with 10 months’ registration…

Thirty-three names were added to the Australian Truck Drivers’ Memorial (ATDM) Wall at Tarcutta during the 23rd annual memorial service on October 29. Co-founder Allan Browne says he is proud to see how the annual ceremony has grown. Allan founded the wall with Noel Brown and Ron Pullen but had not attended the annual service for a decade. Addressing a crowd of more than 1,500 people, Allan recalled when memorial patron, the late Slim Dusty, invited him into a motel room to listen to a new song – ‘Names upon the Wall’. “By the time he had finished I was nearly crying,” Allan says. “The words were so lovely.” ‘Names upon the Wall’ was composed by Slim’s wife, Joy McKean, who is also a patron of the memorial. Speaking during…

… there’s an energy and enthusiasm within UD ranks that’s entirely upbeat and right now it’s the new PW 24 280 model driving a high level of confidence. UD PW 24 280 6x4 Engine GH7 7-litre overhead cam in-line 6-cylinder. Variable turbocharging and intercooled. SCR Euro 5 emissions system Perf Power – 206kW (280hp) at 2500rpm. Torque – 883Nm (651lb-ft) at 1400rpm Trans Allison fully automatic 3500 series 6-speed Rear axle Meritor MT 44-144GP tandem drive. Ratio 6.14:1 Susp Front – Three-leaf taper leaf Rear – P wheelbase: UD multi-leaf six-rod. W wheelbase: Hendrickson HAS 460 airbag. Wheel base 5300mm P version. 6710mm W version. Weight Gross vehicle mass 23,500kg. Gross combination mass 28,000kg After many months putting the final touches to well-publicised plans for the launch of a dedicated…

Despite an overcast sky organisers estimate 8,000 people turned out at the lake for the truck display and family fun day. The Riverina Truck Show has been run and won, and you didn’t have to be a truck buff to enjoy it. The show was held in late September at Wagga Wagga on the crossroads between Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. Thousands of people from the trucking-friendly city lined sections of the route between the livestock saleyards at Bomen, the bottom end of the main street and the shores of Lake Albert. Wagga highway patrol police lent a hand in blocking off roads. Despite an overcast sky organisers estimate 8,000 people turned out at the lake for the truck display and family fun day with attractions including not only shiny…

We’ve got it running pretty sweet, we played with the cam timing a little to make her bark. 1983 Atkinson 4870 Owner Brendan and Nick McKnight Engine 14-litre BC3 Cummins Trans 15-speed reduction ‘box I swear there are some trucks that were deliberately engineered to be fallen out of. The best example I can think of is the International T-Line cab. If you’d poking around the ‘burbs in an Acco and the boss then chucked you the keys to a T-Line, chances are that the first thing you did when you got to the other end of the journey was plummet to the ground scrabbling for grab handles and steps that weren’t there. I’ve also been told that the Mack Ultraliner was another serial offender when it came to driver’s…

Truck lovers from as far as Queensland and the Northern Territory attended the official opening of the Tarcutta Transport and Farming Museum on Saturday morning, October 29. The ceremony took place beside the attraction’s first building, a five-bay shed, which was funded by Bunny and Diana Brown of nearby Adelong, New South Wales. Bunny’s brief speech was received with enthusiastic applause. Earlier in the year he enlisted the help of Doug and Pam McMillan of Albury, Denis Robertson of Sydney and George Goold of Bribie Island to form the Tarcutta Transport and Farming Museum, which was incorporated in June. The honour of opening the first stage of the museum was accepted by Liz Martin, the driving force behind the successful National Road Transport Hall of Fame in Alice Springs. Liz…