Warren Caves, Author at Big Rigs

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Haulin’ the Hume: ‘Wow, what a great weekend’

This is myself and my son Ben (second-generation truckie) and our little red Inter, affectionately known as Mabel. She doesn’t have a KW badge up front, a Detroit under the bonnet or a double overdrive box, hell, she doesn’t even have air horns, but we love her and her trusty Perkins engine just the same.
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Warren CavesMarch 29, 2023, 6:07 pmMarch 30, 2023

Test Drive

Hino 700-series FS 2848: A good all-rounder for tech-savvy owners

Safer-cleaner-connected is the marketing catchphrase for Hino’s all new 700-series. Big Rigs set about testing these claims by taking a 700-series FS 2848 truck and dog trailer combination loaded with sandstone for a spin from Hino’s Sydney headquarters down to the Illawarra region south of Sydney via the arduous Mt. Ousley.
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Warren CavesJanuary 8, 2022, 12:19 pmJanuary 8, 2022

Test Drive

Safer, greener and packed with Euro style

Big Rigs was thrown the keys to a Hino 700-series FR 2632 for a 220km test drive on the south side of Sydney. Read More

Warren CavesDecember 11, 2021, 2:00 pmDecember 7, 2021

Test Drive

Taking charge of metro deliveries

Fuso Trucks has amped up the race to full electric mobility with the recent release of the 100 per cent electric drive eCanter 1.1, lauded as Australia’s first commercially available, production electric truck. Read More

Warren CavesJuly 12, 2021, 10:08 amJuly 12, 2021

Test Drive

Test driving the new Scania P280 7-Litre

In what may send ripples of concern through the sales departments of Japanese truck manufacturers, Scania’s offering the smaller displacement DC07 engine option to complement the existing DC09, five-cylinder, throughout the P-series range. Read More

Warren CavesMay 7, 2021, 9:30 amApril 26, 2021

Test Drive

Scania torques up new six-cylinder Euro 6 engine

Scania recently released the uprated output version of the brand’s proven 13-litre, DC 13 166 in-line six-cylinder engine.
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Warren CavesApril 7, 2021, 12:00 pmApril 8, 2021

Warren Caves

Haulin’ the Hume: ‘Wow, what a great weekend’

Hino 700-series FS 2848: A good all-rounder for tech-savvy owners

Safer, greener and packed with Euro style

Taking charge of metro deliveries

Test driving the new Scania P280 7-Litre

Scania torques up new six-cylinder Euro 6 engine

Heavy haulage truckie shares biggest gripe, best rest area

Scania V8’s fuel economy impresses on weekly Melbourne to Brisbane run

Middle East conflict predicted to keep brakes on new truck sales

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