Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 443 i Deals On Wheels Australia

Deals on Wheels’ publisher Bauer Media Group has unleashed an action-packed, first-of-its-kind television show called Mighty Machines, showcasing the mightiest machinery the world has to offer. Hosted by young guns Harrison Hunkin and Cobey Bartels, Mighty Machines airs Saturdays at 4.30pm AEST, as well as Sundays at 12:30pm AEST, on 10 Bold, and Saturdays at 7pm on Prime TV in New Zealand. Episodes are also available on catch-up service tenplay.com.au – as well as TradeTrucks.com.au. Each episode features highly-entertaining and engaging reviews, comparisons, adventures and profiles of the men, women and machinery that underpin the transport and machinery world. Road transport, earthmoving, farming and everything in between – we shed light on industries that traditionally fly under the radar! From a first-of-its-kind ‘Burnout Symphony’, to racing hardcore off-road buggies through New…

With the ink drying on EOFY and Brisbane Truck Show deals, Australian truck and van sales continued their seasonal climb in June – albeit on a slightly smaller scale than last year’s records. Nonetheless, the figures hit the 4,000 mark in the month for the second year in a row, reaching 4,072, and taking the year’s tally to 18,889, according to Truck Industry Council (TIC) T-Mark figures. The numbers are healthy if not quite the 4,231 and 19,970 respectively in 2018, but above the levels of the previous boom year of 2008, which saw 3,671 vehicles sold in June and 18,218 year-to-date. The figures are also up on May’s 3,556 and April’s 2,943 after March’s 3,296 and February’s 2,826. Isuzu continues to steam ahead across all categories, becoming the first…

an advanced truck with a range of clever innovations Heavy-duty trucks wearing the three-pointed star are once again a common sight on Australian roads. The latest generation of big Mercedes-Benz trucks has been a sales hit since they arrived in late 2016, reminding many of just how popular the brand has been. FIRST SIGHTINGS Australians have had a long relationship with Mercedes-Benz trucks dating back to the early 1950s when trucks were assembled in Melbourne from CKD kits sent from Germany. Local assembly of Mercedes-Benz trucks was carried out in four different locations over the years, including a line on the grounds of the current Daimler Truck and Bus Australia Pacific head office in Mulgrave, Victoria. The truck that would really put Mercedes-Benz on the map in Australia was the…

One hour and 35 minutes in the air, followed by a one-hour-and-35-minute layover, then on to a 13-hour-and-40-minute flight. Add another four-hour-and-20-minute layover and topped off with a quick one-hour jaunt. Easy? Bulls#@t! It’s an awful way to spend a day, but it’s necessary. Necessary if you want to spend the weekend at the world’s largest historic truck show. Trust me, if you love trucks then you do want to make the effort to get to the world’s largest historic truck show. Every year the American Truck Historical Society (ATHS) holds its gala event in a different location. This year saw the event take place in Reno, Nevada and I was lucky enough to find myself holed up in the Grand Sierra Resort, looking out over several carparks full of…

Iveco was by far the most-searched and enquired-upon light commercial vehicle (LCV) brand on the Bauer Media Group truck and machinery classifieds network in the period January 1–July 23, 2019, exclusive new data reveals. Almost 250 second-hand LCVs are currently advertised for sale across the network comprising Fullyloaded.com.au, OwnerDriver.com.au, TradeTrucks.com.au, TradeEarthmovers.com.au, TradeFarmMachinery.com and TradePlantEquipment.com.au – reaching an average of almost 500,000 ‘unique’ in-market buyers each and every month. LCVs – including utes, vans and cab-chassis – accounted for just 0.66 per cent of searches in the period. Of the key brands, Iveco – which comprises more than half of total stock for sale – dominated buyer interest, accounting for 91.5 per cent of total searches. The Italian make also monopolised enquiries, with more than one-third heading its way. With close…

RGM Maintenance is offering a Mercedes-Benz Actros 2658 prime mover for sale. Equipped with leading vehicle technology and components that have been tested under the toughest driving conditions, this is one of the best models in the market. This ex-demonstrator truck might have 160,000km on the clock but it presents in excellent condition. The Actros’ 580hp (433kW) 16-litre turbo intercooled Euro 6 diesel engine is not only high power, but also dependable and durable in design. Mercedes Benz’s reliable clutch technology incorporates overload protection for maximum torque of up to 2,800Nm (2,065 lb ft). The wider torque curve reduces the number of gearshift operations and thus lowers the strain on the clutch and transmission. Mercedes’ 12-speed Powershift automated manual transmission ensures simple operation, reduced shift times and precise gear selection.…

they surprised a few with their reliability and strength Hindsight is a wonderful thing isn’t it. It allows us to look back and judge the choices of those before us with an air of superiority. We can be especially judgemental when it comes to aesthetic choices. When it comes to the 1970s there are many things we can shake our head in bewilderment at: bell-bottom jeans, flower power, lava lamps, even afros, though I do believe tube tops were invented then and there are very few complaints about them! Another immediately recognisable symbol of the 1970s that cops a fair bit of flak for its out-there appearance is the bulging bonnet of a big 1418 Mercedes-Benz. The unmistakable front end of the 1418 may have given it a face that…

Whether it’s a subtle shed skid, a sneaky clutch kick, or an all-out tyre fryer... us Aussies love it! Now look, everyone’s seen burnout cars – big HP V8s shoehorned into whatever you can get your hands on. Be it a Cortina, Corolla, Commodore, as long as it skids, it’s a go’er! Well, over a beer or two during the planning of Mighty Machines, we had a crazy idea ... Why not go bigger? Why not find the biggest, angriest burnout machine Australia has to offer? Well we set out to do just that. Some of you might remember a particularly sinister yellow White 4000, built to decimate rubber like nothing else. How does this sound: 12 cylinders, two turbos bigger than your head and 900 angry horsepower ready to…

there are long-gone American truck brands like Dodge and Fargo My first job out of school was unloading wheat trucks and loading wheat trains at the silos at The Rock, a lovely small town between Wagga Wagga and Albury in southern NSW. It was 1980 and nearly every farm truck which trundled in was a small rigid built in the 1960s, with a grain bin perched on the back. Unloading involved opening usually very stiff old side chute doors. So it was quite a novelty and a relief when the very occasional semi-trailer tipper turned up. Fast forward several decades and of course the grain game has gotten much bigger in every way, but on country roads you can still see the occasional ancient old rigid with a grain bin…

How hard do you need to be to handle a cargo of crocodiles? For a Northern Territory task, the UD Quon that Innisfail Carrying Company (ICC) MD Lance Law won for a year was fitted with a refrigeration unit to keep the latter-day dinosaurs at a quiet and comfortable 25 degrees for their journey east. That is a pretty fair way away from Queensland’s north coast, where the Quon has been put to the sort of stern test UD was hoping for when it launched the exercise. After UD organised its placement from Brisbane to ICC’s Townsville Carrying Company (TCC) operation, run by brother John Law – as Lance said it would six months ago on being presented with it – the Quon was quickly put to B-double use, both…