Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 446 i Deals On Wheels Australia

Volvo is inching its way ever closer to Kenworth’s crown as leader of the heavy-duty truck market, figures released by the Truck Industry Council (TIC) for the nine months to the end of September show. At the end of the third quarter, Volvo had narrowed the gap to just 32 units with Kenworth notching 1,688 deliveries for the year and Volvo gliding further into the slipstream with 1,656 units. For the year to the end of September, Kenworth held 17.8 per cent of the heavy-duty sector and Volvo, 17.4 per cent. However, the most telling factor in the hunt for heavy-duty honours is that the Swedish giant has outsold its illustrious rival in four of the last five months, September included. The contest for heavy-duty leadership has never been closer…

International Harvester (IH) Australia commenced its operations in 1912. From this time up until 1950 IH had created a large dealer network and opened its own retail outlets in all major cities of Australia. It also purchased land at North Shore, Geelong, in Victoria in 1937 with the intent to build farm implements and the first IH tractor in Australia. The factory/foundry was opened in 1939 but due to the start of WW2 the plans were put on hold as IH was requested by the Government to assist the war effort by making guns, bullets and equipment for the Australian Army. This would later prove very beneficial to the company. A LEGEND IS BORN It was not until 1949 that IH built the first tractor at Geelong and the following…

“Idon’t want anything to do with these old trucks.” Those are the words a father really doesn’t want to hear from his son; harsh words really. The only thing worse I guess, would be ‘check out my new ecofriendly electric car’. It’s enough to send shivers down your spine. However, “I don’t want anything to do with these old trucks,” was the line that Adam Twyford said to me when I asked him about how much time he’s spent driving around the two classic rigs I had lined up for a photo shoot. The irony of that statement was that Adam had just climbed out of a beautifully restored 1984 Kenworth. It’s a truck that Adam is often seen in, and one he’s had a lot to do with when…

Year No. For Sale Av. Price 2670 1985 1 $15,500 Unknown 1 $11,000 3600 1995 1 $68,500 1999 1 $27,500 7400 2010 1 $79,990 7600 2007 2 $62,500 1830A 1987 1 $10,000 1850E 1982 1 $6,800 1994 2 $25,850 2350G 1997 1 $42,888 1999 1 $45,000 2002 1 $88,000 2007 1 $79,500 2013 1 $82,500 Unknown 2 $28,950 3072B 1978 1 $11,000 9000 EAGLE 2007 2 $62,470 2010 1 $89,500 9200 EAGLE 2004 1 $121,000 2005 1 $47,000 2008 1 $44,000 2009 2 $60,250 2010 1 $64,990 9900 EAGLE 2007 1 $55,000 2008 1 $105,000 ACCO 1980 1 $6,000 1991 1 $45,000 1998 1 $22,000 1999 1 $15,000 2005 2 $33,000 2009 1 $137,500 2010 1 $187,999 2011 1 $95,000 2017 1 $259,990 2018 5 $48,620 2019 3 $159,831 Unknown…

Planning for the 2020 National Diesel Dirt & Turf Expo is well under way, with sponsors lining up to be part of the action. Komatsu has weighed in as Gold Sponsor and Carl Grundy, the company’s national sales manager utility, is indicating there will be many exciting innovations on display. Gold Media Sponsor is Bauer Media’s construction and transport titles, and Graham Gardiner, Bauer Media’s general manager – industry, says: “As Australia’s leading publisher of multi-platform transport, farming and civil construction industry titles – including Deals on Wheels, Earthmovers & Excavators, Farms & Farm Machinery, Australasian Transport News (ATN) and Owner Driver, Bauer Media is delighted to partner with the nation’s premier earthmoving and civil zconstruction industry event. “Under the Gold Media Sponsorship, Bauer Media will heavily promote the show…

I tall started with a young Sidney Richard McCutcheon and his secondhand “Brockway” truck in Narromine way back in 1928. Brockway was an American brand later taken over by Mack, which hung around until the late 1970s. Back then trucks ran on solid rubber tyres, so you can imagine how bone-shaking it must have been carting drums of diesel, petrol and kerosene from Sydney to western NSW along dirt roads. restored to pristine condition Fast forward 90 years and the fourth generation of McCutcheons is still going strong in the trucking, farming, earthmoving and heavy haulage games, with a fifth generation coming through. Deals on Wheels recently checked out some great old Macks and some impressive newer Kenworths on the four properties of two sets of McCutcheon cousins – grandsons…

Today’s story shall start with a confession. I’ve been in the transport game a fair while now and luckily I’ve been able to try my hand at nearly every market available: general freight, logging, dangerous goods, ‘mud-carting’, oversize and even stock (go on, try the sheep shagging jokes). However, one of the few areas I’ve skipped completely is the concrete game. If I’m honest, the limits of my concrete knowledge extend to offering my mate Donna a cup of it, every year, for over a decade, when the wallabies lose the Bledisloe Cup to New Zealand, again and again. With only that knowledge it’s fair to say I was a little naive about the intricacies of it all when I got the chance to sit down with Marco Revelant to…

Welcome folks. Before we begin, I recommend everyone do a quick status check. Is your beer cold? Have you got some chips to crunch on? Have you emptied your bladder? Because I’m inviting you to sit down and enjoy a story I’ve been waiting 17 months to write. For those dubious about the level of amusement involved, well when you’ve got a story that involves names like Plugger, Ferret, Tart, Bullbar Bob, Burloo, Popeye and even Festus, I think you can be assured it’s an interesting tale. By now I’m sure you have already flicked through the photos accompanying this piece and after wiping the drool off your chin have come to the same conclusion as countless other truck fans: “DAMN that’s a fine-looking Superliner”. And you would be right.…

I don’t want to sound ungrateful, but sometimes I don’t think you guys appreciate the lengths I’m willing to go to bring you the comprehensive stories that I do. I mean, I have very limited journalistic ‘skills’ but what I do have, I try and put to productive use. All I’m asking for is the occasional thank you for volunteering to suffer through some atrocious working situations at times, all in the interest of entertaining you guys. Take this story you are about to read now for example. As a lifelong truckie and truck fanatic, I know we all have a grizzle about some of the truckstops we encounter; sometimes it’s the food, sometimes it’s the parking, sometimes it’s the facilities and sometimes it’s the fact we need to grizzle…