Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 401 i Deals On Wheels Australia

Make/ model 1975 White 4000 Engine Detroit 8V71NA Trans 15-speed Eaton Overdrive Power 318hp/ 800lb/ ft@1,600rpm Final Drive 4.1:1 GCM 42,500kg Freight carried General Bird scarer, screamin’ demon, Jimmy, window rattler, mobile oil leak and even Driptroit Diesel. The old two-stroke GM Detroit diesel can be called a lot of names, not all of them complimentary; an engine famed as much for its aural drama as for its ability to drink copious amounts of fuel and leave an oily smudge of nostalgia floating in a highway sky. But it’s not until you’ve driven one that you realise just how far heavy-duty diesel engines technology has come. The Detroit brand revived and prospered as a leader in truck engine technology with the computerised Series 60 back in the 1990’s. Yet for…

Brown and Hurley Kenworth DAF Yatala (Queensland) has been named the 2015 DAF Dealer of the Year for its outstanding market share performance, technical service and customer support. Mike Dozier, managing director of Paccar Australia, presented the Dealer of the Year trophy to Paul Hurley, the dealer principal of Brown and Hurley Kenworth DAF Yatala during the prestigious annual Paccar awards night, which was held on February 15 at Pier One, Sydney Harbour. “Brown and Hurley Kenworth DAF Yatala has made a significant contribution to DAF’s collective market share, and the dealership continues to exceed technical workmanship and customer needs,” Mike says. “In 2015 they provided outstanding facilities support for the DAF product. They achieved their quotas and a high sales turnover for new and old customers, and increased parts…

Make/ model Western Star 4964FXT Engine DD15 EGR 14.8 litres displacement Outputs Power 560hp at 1800rpm; torque 1850ft-lb at 1200 rpm Trans Eaton Fuller 18-speed overdrive Ultrashift-Plus automated with hill start aid and auto traction control Rear axle Meri tor RT46-160GP drive tandem; 4.3:1 final drive ratio Front axle Meritor MFS-16-122A; capacity 7.25 tonnes (16,000lb) Rear susp Airliner airbag 20.8 tonnes (46,000lb) capacity Front susp Meritor taper-leaf 7.25 tonnes (16,000lb) capacity Sleeper Western Star Stratosphere 54 inch hi-rise Fuel Four x 473 litre round aluminium tanks Wheels Alcoa 10-stud aluminium discs Tyre Front – Michelin Multiway XZE 295/80R 22.5; Rear – Michelin Multiway D 11R22.5 Sure, I have a soft spot for old bangers, the heroes of yesteryear. I guess most truck nuts do! There is, after all, nothing like…

In brief Driver’s name Todd Malycha Company Corbet’s Transport Truck 2005 Mack Titan Engine 600hp Cummins Trans 18 speed Freight carried Logs Regular run Byfield to Gladstone, Qld In 2014, Cyclone Marcia carved its way through the Queensland coast, flattening acres of pine plantation around Byfield, an hour or so north of Rockhampton. Today, around 40 trucks run 24 hours a day, five days a week, to salvage the pine before it rots. Andrew Corbet has nine trucks hauling pine, one of which is a 2005 Mack Titan with an enthusiastic Todd Malycha behind the wheel. The Titan has recently been rebuilt and refurbished in Corbet’s own workshops. “They just don’t make trucks like this,” Todd says. “The 600hp Cummins in this Titan is just awesome.” Corbet’s Timber Haulage trucks…