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Delegates at the recent Livestock and Bulk Carriers Association conference at the showgrounds at Wagga Wagga NSW were treated to a display and parade of historic trucks involved in rural road transport in the past. The show saw trucks from the twenties through to the seventies, all running well and with many looking good after [...]

In the buildup to exhaust emission regulation changes for heavy trucks around the world, the debate about the pros and cons of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) keeps on rearing its ugly head. The debate is currently raging in the USA with engine makers casting aspersions on their rivals technology and [...]

Freightliner have spent a big marketing budget setting up something they call a ‘Grille to grille’ challenge. The idea is simple, take their new Cascadia on the road from truckstop to truckstop and let truckies have a go at driving the new model. The difference is they also brought along their biggest competitor, an International [...]

The latest new ‘World Engine’ from Detroit Diesel has just been unveiled in the US and will be replacing the MBE 4000. The new 12.8 litre DD13 will provide the basis for all of the engines in Freightliner, Sterling, Mercedes Benz, Western Star and Fuso trucks in the intrastate and vocational segments needing a 13 [...]

With the next series of EPA regulations quickly approaching for the US truck market, Daimler Trucks North America has begun explaining why it will use SCR on its Detroit Diesel engines.