Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 425 i Deals On Wheels Australia

UD TO DAF Within a year, Darius had his first brand-new truck, a 12-pallet UD PK9. Another year later and it started to dawn on Darius that his transformation into a fully fledged ‘truck nerd’ was undeniable. What had started out as an ingenious way to fund his musical passion had now led to a second equally addictive passion. The Mainfreight culture was a leading factor in that. A year after the UD came the DAF that led to Darius’s nickname and the confirmation of his ‘truck nerd’ status. When he refurbished the second-hand DAF, Darius didn’t stop at the eye-catching Mainfreight colour scheme, although the interior was repainted with a strong Mainfreight blue influence. He souped up the sound system, the exterior gleamed, and the personalised number plate read…

Truck shows are not all about winning trophies, but for several attendees of the Tooradin Tractor Pull and Truck Show on January 20, it was an added bonus. Kelly Durkin rolled up at Tooradin with three of his seven Kenworths, including a 2017 Kenworth 900 Legend. When he left later that day he not only picked up the Best Prime Mover under 1 year award with a T909, but also the Rig of the Show trophy with the 900 Legend. “We operated two T900s 25 years ago and a T900 was the first truck I drove, so buying another Legend has some sentimental reasons,” Kelly says of his new rig. David Craig, who now owns one of the old T900s, had the honour of driving the 900 Legend to Tooradin.…

As productive and successful as the operations of Paccar and VGA are, it will be a long time yet before either can start thinking about replacing Iveco’s vast Dandenong (Victoria) facility as the most prolific truck production plant in Australian history. Since the factory was opened in 1952 by the International Harvester company, more than 230,000 trucks have rolled out of the cavernous facility. Things have, of course, changed dramatically since the glory days of IH, and the factory’s future has at times been the subject of much speculation, most of it questioning the economic viability of such a large plant producing a modest number of trucks. Yet despite the death of International Harvester, the subsequent creation of International Trucks Australia and finally, acquisition by Iveco Trucks Australia, the Dandenong…

As seen at the Alexandra Truck Show, this 1976 45-tonne rated Kenworth SAR has been rebuilt from the ground up and features all the bells and whistles, including a fully rebuilt Cummins 400 big cam, coupled with a 20-speed Spicer transmission and Eaton diffs, airbag suspension, 54-inch sleeper, dual six-inch stacks, alloy rims, full deck plates, custom stainless guards and stainless steel visor. For more information visit TradeTrucks.com.au  and search TA807708 in keyword search field.…

Fitted with new technology and unique features, the latest-generation Dometic CoolAir RTX 2000 truck air-conditioner has arrived and has exceeded industry standards with better performance and efficiency than ever before. A step up from its predecessor, the CoolAir RTX 2000 generates more than twice the cooling power with the same run time due to the variable speed compressor. The Dometic CoolAir RTX 2000 is powerful in generating a full 2,000 watts in order to cool down larger cabins quickly, especially ideal for daytime pit stops in hot regions. To provide this outstanding level of performance and quality, Dometic’s product development engineers have put the RTX series parking cooler through its paces under extreme conditions in Australia. The engineers utilised a global-first mobile data interface that enabled them to retrieve data…

While there are a couple of standard weekly loads that Milins do, the majority of their work is, as Mick states, “a lot of machinery, a lot of weird and wonderful things”. This is the work Mick prefers to focus on. “It’s no different from any other work out there because we do it all the time,” he says, playing down the difficulty of some of the loading challenges. “Some get a bit curly; you’ve just got to nut it out.” Mick’s drivers are well versed in chaining and strapping and then delivering the loads wherever in Australia the customers need. BRING ON THE BONNET In the years since its inception, Mick’s philosophy has always been to purchase the trucks needed to do the job. There have been a variety…