Bapcor Limited, the Asia Pacific’s largest automotive aftermarket industry specialised company, has assembled its Australian commercial light and heavy duty parts businesses to form the Bapcor Commercial Vehicle Group. Read more
Family-run Dalby delivers on dependable cooling
Natrad HDS Dalby/Dalby Radiator Works is a family-run business that started back in 1952 as a small radiator shop. It has been supplying and servicing the radiator industry in Queensland and throughout Australia for almost 70 years.
How to introduce new safety technologies
Having good technology and good driver relationships is often overlooked, yet it doesn’t have to be difficult.
Check your tech: Top 5 trucking safety systems
Truck safety begins with your pre-start checklist. This guide from NTI provides information on the technologies designed to keep you safe, why they matter and what to look out for to check that they’re working.
Are you working in your business or working on your business?
A friend gave me a business improvement book a few years ago. It explained that most of us that work for ourselves were successful up to a point, because we are good at doing the work. But, if you are like me, we get busier and busier, until we have too much work.
Sydney to Brisbane for $525 in electric converted prime mover
Janus Electric, based on the NSW Central Coast, is about to road test the world’s first patented exchangeable battery for heavy vehicles. Read more
Road wear testing of wider tyres underway
The Truck Industry Council (TIC) has begun road wear testing on new ultra-wide tyres as part of a $395,000 project funded by the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI). Read more
Are you managing your tyre pressure for profits?
What tyre pressure are you running in your steer, drive, and trailer tyres? If it is 100 psi, like most do, your steer tyres are 20 per cent under inflated, which increases tyre temperature, and reduces steering accuracy. The drive tyres are 33 to 300 per cent over inflated, and the trailer tyres are 85 to 400 per cent over inflated.
New heavy-duty wheel takes lightweight champion title
Weighing in at just 18kg, the new Ultra ONE wheel from Alcoa Wheels has been heralded the new Lightweight Champion in the world of commercial vehicle wheels.
No more polishing alloy wheels
In 2021 Superchrome Pty Ltd celebrates 25 years of chroming steel wheels and 20 years of chroming alloy wheels for the truck, trailer and bus markets.