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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

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Big Rigs jumps behind the wheel of the new V8 Scania R770

Seven hundred and seventy. It’s a big number when we’re talking horsepower out of a truck diesel engine. In fact, it’s the biggest number in the road-trucking world at the moment and it belongs to Scania. Read More

Graham HarsantDecember 17, 2021, 10:05 amDecember 17, 2021

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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

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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

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Power, safety and comfort in new 700hp workhorse

North of the Overlander and then anywhere beyond Carnarvon, it’s easy to gaze through a wide windscreen and deep side windows and think you’re the last person rolling across the planet. Read More

David MeredithJune 15, 2021, 7:40 amJune 15, 2021

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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

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As good as trucking can get

Cruising along the Eyre Highway, eying off the vastness of the Nullarbor on a Big Rigs road test is not everyone’s cup of tea. But if you’re on board the latest Mack Anthem, with its siblings in convoy, it’s as good as trucking can get. Read More

David MeredithApril 23, 2021, 5:00 amApril 23, 2021

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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

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Road testing the new Iveco Astra on a 1632km delivery

A year after the torture and deprivation of Benito Mussolini’s facsist regime came to a blood-curdling end, Sardinia-based Mario Bertuzzi successfully tendered for 1,000 surplus military vehicles, planning to refurbish them and ship them to the mainland for a new life. Read More

David MeredithFebruary 12, 2021, 10:01 amFebruary 2, 2021

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New Mack Anthem on song

It has taken a few years, but finally the new Mack Anthem has arrived in Australia, but the pandemic has meant it will not be launched with all the traditional razzamatazz. Read More

Staff WriterFebruary 10, 2021, 9:08 amFebruary 2, 2021

Test Drive

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

Big Rigs jumps behind the wheel of the new V8 Scania R770

Safer, greener and packed with Euro style

Taking charge of metro deliveries

Power, safety and comfort in new 700hp workhorse

Test driving the new Scania P280 7-Litre

As good as trucking can get

Scania torques up new six-cylinder Euro 6 engine

Road testing the new Iveco Astra on a 1632km delivery

New Mack Anthem on song

ECS Mack attack: Six Superliners strengthen fleet for the future

Landmark NHVR case ends with $100,000 in fines

More trucking closures feared after ICF Haulage collapse

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