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Although it is a slow and steady process, some strength appears to be returning to the Australian truck market. There are none of the disastrous falls in sales numbers witnessed in the early months of 2009. Instead, it appears to be very much “steady as she goes” with average numbers holding up and some signs of growth in particular sectors of the market.

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Here is a video of the Scania reversing test being carried out at the Anglesea testing grounds just off the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. The idea is to demonstrate the precise slow manoeuvring mode which has been added to the Opticruise automated gear box.In this exercise the patsy has to move the truck forward and in reverse before lining it up on a difficult undulating track. The idea is to finish up with the rear axle of the 6×4 P Series truck sitting directly on the piece of timber. Sounds easy and it is, it just needs careful feathering of the accelerator to get the job done (there is no clutch).This attempt wasn’t the best but most could get the tyre lined up pretty well.

The LBCA conference took place in the large exhibition centre on the edge of Tamworth. this is a great place to hold this kind of conference, there is enough room to bring trucks and B-double sets of trailers into the hall. It makes it into a proper trucking conference.

The event saw all of the usual discussions coming up and it just wouldn’t be the same without a representative of the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority up on stage and getting enraged questions from the floor from frustrated operators. However, the chain of responsibilty seemed to be a part of many discussions as the trucking industry is starting to get a handle on how to use it for trucking’s benefit.

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It’s the Livestock and Bulk Carriers Association of NSW conference this weekend. There’s a lot of people here who are having difficulty both up and down the supply chain. Often in the agricultural sector there is very little consideration for the legal requirements which the trucking operators have to work with.

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etruck has spent the day test driving Scania trucks fitted with the new two pedal Opticruise automated gearbox. The test track in Anglesea on the Victorian coast is not really big or rigourous enough to really get a handle on the new gearbox but the changes seem to be very quick and smooth when compared to it’s predecessor, which was pretty slick.

Testing included a competition involving reversing over a corrugated onto a lump of timber and getting the rear wheel centred on the timber. Easier said than done but the new manoeuvring mode makes it a lot more possible to reverse with care.