Steve Brooks

Truck Reviews

DAF Primes for the big time

In this initial report, we reveal the extent of Paccar Australia’s commitment to creating a continental cab-over like no other, moulding the features of DAF’s superbly equipped XG family with the most advanced big bore truck engine ever created by Cummins. From the boardroom and from the cab, Steve Brooks profiles a truly dynamic step in Paccar Australia's future.
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 Truck Reviews

King of the kennels

Right now, it’s the only one of its kind in the Mack world and apparently, won’t be widely available on the Australian market until the back half of next year. Even so, those inside the corporate kennel say there are already plenty of people eager to bed down in the sprawling 70-inch sleeper showcased on a Super-Liner at this year’s Brisbane Truck Show
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 Truck Reviews

Iveco unearths a better way

Iveco’s S-Way flagship is an all-round more appealing product than anything the European conglomerate has ever before offered the Australian market. It has, quite simply, the ability to surprise and impress in equal measure
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 Truck Reviews

Road testing Hino automatics

Hino Australia is today equipped with the best product range in its long history here. High on the heap is a versatile 9.0 litre line-up capitalising on the modern-day brilliance of Allison automatic shifters. We take two for a run through the ’burbs and beyond
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 Truck Product News, Truck Sales

Strength in numbers

If winners are grinners, then the smiles on the dials of Volvo principals must be bigger than ever before as the Swedish powerhouse kicks ahead of arch rival Kenworth and forges to heavy-duty domination in the first half of a barnstorming 2023 truck market. But as this special report reveals, the greatest achievement is in record performances by the corporate threesome – Volvo, Mack and UD.
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 Feature, TOTM

The mega milk man

AUGUST TRUCK OF THE MONTH: From an inauspicious start with one truck in 1996, SRH Milk Haulage principal Scott Harvey learned early the value of productivity. The lessons, however, appear to have found their highest achievement in Western Australia with the recent creation of what is almost certainly Australia’s biggest dedicated milk tanker combination
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 Truck Reviews

Star Trek: Western Star X series truck review

While supply lines from the US remain stubbornly slow, there’s no denying the potential of Western Star’s new X-series to reignite a return to the days when Stars shone bright across the length and breadth of the country. To put it mildly, there’s a lot to like in the three-pronged line-up but the model with arguably the most to like for our market is the versatile 48X.
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 Feature

Isuzus Quon quest

There’s nothing higher on Isuzu Australia’s wish list than a genuine prime mover model but until very recently, it all seemed an elusive dream for the indomitable market leader. However, there’s now hope on the horizon since news from Japan that Isuzu and UD have combined to produce prime movers powered by a 13 litre Volvo Group powertrain.
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 Truck Reviews

Swede dreams

Sporting the best product portfolio in its half-century history in this country, Scania is on a roll like never before. And now the momentum is almost sure to pick up pace with the introduction of a slick ‘Super 13’ R560 model and, at long last, the option of a bigger cab with a bigger bunk. From behind the wheel of an R560 and later that night from the bigger bunk in an R770 flagship.
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