bate about which services are deemed essential. Building supplies are in short supply and logging governing bodies have recently called for reconsideration. {...}
A new high-torque 510hp FUSO Shogun will be the most powerful Japanese truck available in New Zealand – and is in the final stages of testing and transmission mapping on NZ roads. FUSO Shogun is already the most advanced Japanese truck; the new 510hp models will become the most powerful {...}
Scania New Zealand has announced changes to its dealer network with new authorised service dealers appointed for Whakatane (East Coast Heavy Diesel and Machinery Ltd) and Drury (Broshmik Trucks). Additionally, in Timaru the Scania owned dealership has closed in favour of authorised service dealer ACL Smallbone Timaru. {...}
Light duty again drives July numbers but heavy duty no slouch either Commercial vehicle sales continue to defy turbulent times in Australia and threaten historical records, Truck Industry Council (TIC) T-Mark figures reveal. In an Olympic month it’s hard to avoid sporting idioms, with July’s 3,296 monthly and 23,216 year-to-date {...}
Scania Australia is continuing its spare-parts investment in Australia as its business grows at record levels across all divisions, it reports. Hard on the heels of the start of construction of a new company-owned sales and service branch at Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Scania is acquiring two new warehouses {...}
Fleet maintenance teams are struggling to source many of the truck parts they need as suppliers face shortages of commodities from microchips to rubber. “It’s really starting to dribble down into common parts,” said Darry Stuart of DWS Fleet Management, during an online Fleet Talk presentation for the spring meeting {...}
The trucking industry is seeing a parts shortage. Although it started with the truck makers having trouble sourcing computer chips and other parts and components for their assembly lines, it is now rolling into the aftermarket, and fleets are experiencing wait times for replacement parts needed to complete maintenance service {...}
Heavy equipment, more specifically trucks have recently come under scrutiny for the integrity and strength of their hand brake mechanisms. Frightening statistics reveal that the problem could be far worse than first imagined. Tests on truck hand brakes have found high rates of failure, and concluded the way the brakes {...}
Hiab truck loader cranes have long been regarded as best-in-class and the release of an even safer line of cranes comes as no surprise to many. The extension of their already well equipped line of truck loaders brings a new perspective on safety and efficiency. HIAB is launching its new {...}
NZ is currently undergoing some rigorous and significant changes to their main state highways and under the spotlight is the section of road between Ōtaki and Levin. Locals will know that the section of road has remained much the same over the last decade. Traffic congestion has only heightened with {...}