PACCAR parts and accessories will take a new diversified approach towards their offerings this year with a core focus on Kenworth and DAF. The quality aftermarket parts will be seen on these trucks across Australia as the company looks to integrate their approach with the two companies. {...}
PACCAR the US truck parts company has teamed up with Aurora and FedEX to produce an industry leading innovation that will change the game for line haul trucking operations. {...}
A new incentive by the ARTSA-institute has released a new ‘Good Practice Guide for Supply of Replacement Parts for use on Heavy Vehicles’, which aims to provide a basis of knowledge for safe reinstalls of the best parts on machinery. The guide will provide a useful go to for Australia's {...}
Truckers across Australia can all now breathe a sigh of relief knowing that previously implemented rules and regulation surrounding tyre dimensions will be banished in the coming months. {...}
As part of the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI), the Truck Industry Council (TIC) is conducting a road wear test on wider tyres as part of a $395k fund. The purpose of the project is to improve safety for commercial and heavy vehicles. {...}
Scania NSW has announced its decision for further investment in its infrastructure across Australia in the coming months. The build for the sales and service branch in Eastern Creek is now underway with the plans to build two more parts and spares warehouses. {...}
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 {...}
The Trucking industry often comes under harsh scrutiny when it comes to sustainable practice and looking after the environment. A new step in the right direction made by truck manufacturers and transport companies across New Zealand will ensure that their fleets will make use of recyclable mudguards going forward. The {...}