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Transport Topics / July 13, 2016 International Truck, a brand of Navistar International Corp., announced that it now offers predictive cruise control technology as an option on its ProStar and LoneStar Class 8 on-highway models to improve fuel efficiency and driver retention. The system will monitor driver speed, engine load, weight and road grade to optimize the vehicle’s performance based on the road ahead, according to the company. Unlike conventional predictive cruise technology, International's predictive cruise control uses preinstalled GPS maps and the latest commercial route data to make adjustments to cruising speed without the need to pre-drive the route, the company said. “We’re seeing data indicating that this technology can increase fuel efficiency by up to 4%, depending on loads and routes. And on some very, very hilly routes we have seen higher savings,” said Denny Mooney, Navistar’s senior vice president, global product development. Mooney spoke during a conference call to discuss the new feature. He said International spent two years developing the needed control-module algorithms and software using both a computer-based simulation process called ‘hardware in the loop’ as well as actual road tests of the trucks. The system uses mapping software from Navtech, Mooney said. The pre-programed map covers the major U.S. highway systems “where you are going to get most of the truck traffic,” he said. “I envision we will upgrade the software to continue to get as many road systems as we can in it.”

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Did you contact Watts Mack (with your 1QHA number) and check if the 204SQ17 tie rod end repair kit is applicable to your truck, and still available?

It's important to remember that the superb customized parts books of the former Mack Trucks were for the one or more trucks on a specific GSO. Given than Mack offered thousands of options, unless the book applies to your truck's specific serial number, it will be of little use to you.

Ken, are those the actual numbers off your bearings, or the part numbers that your Mack dealer gave you?

A little known fact is that the "Jeep" name was really created by Minneapolis-Moline. http://www.farmcollector.com/farm-life/the-real-jeep-story.aspx http://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2010/06/The-Industrial-Jeep---1943-NTX/3396821.html .

As many here know, the Kaiser-Jeep M715 was introduced to replace the Dodge M37 during the late 1960s (Vietnam war). Toledo built 33,000 M715s from 1967 to 1969. However, owing to problems with the overhead camshaft Tornado engine and other, the Dodge M37* was actually superior in many ways to its replacement. * http://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2011/04/From-Zero-to-Hero---Jeep-M715/3697821.html The M715 was a militarized variant of the 1-ton J-3800 civilian Jeep “Gladiator” pickup with a Dana 60 front axle and Dana 70 rear axle (5.87). Today, the defense vehicles unit of Hyundai Group’s Kia division produces a modern diesel-powered M715 called the KM450 under a license from the U.S. government. . http://military.kia.com/en/kia/vehicles/km45-series/km450-cargo-truck.do# .

KamAZ Trucks Press Release / July 13, 2016 KamAZ has developed a new range of turn-key factory built grain truck and trailer combinations for the agricultural segment. Sixty units have already been delivered to Russian grain exporter Agromarket Ltd., for operation in the Stavropol region of southern Russia. The truck and trailer combinations feature a KamAZ model 68901E 6x4 rigid tipper, paired with a model 85310V-85300S 3-axle full trailer (3-axle dog trailer) produced by Kamaz’s trailer-making subsidiary NefAZ. The Agromarket order was handled by KamAZ’s factory-owned branch in Stavropol. A wholly-owned KamAZ subsidiary, KamAZ Maintenance operates 14 factory branches in the country. Agromarket Ltd., one of the largest exporters of agricultural products in southern Russia, is a major supplier of fertilizers, seeds and plant protection products in the Stavropol region. .

The TranStar-based CT610 has a Euro-5 (near EPA2007) emissions variant of Navistar’s MAN-licensed D2676 (MaxxForce 13). The ProStar-based CT630 has a Euro-5 (near EPA2007) emissions Caterpillar C15. Australia's ADR80/03 emissions standard is the equivalent of the global Euro-5 standard.

CAT Trucks Australia / Navistar Auspac Press Release / July 13, 2016 A quartet of Cat Trucks leads a successful container haulage operation into the daily battle of getting freight to its destination, scores of times each day. Over the past two years, Wynnum Haulage has invested in the Cat Trucks, one at a time as each predecessor proved itself. Wynnum Haulage is owned and managed by Paul ‘Buddha’ and Tina Bailey. The tidy operation is based in the dock area of Brisbane with a business office in the bayside suburb of Wynnum. With eleven trucks in the fleet plus container-lift machinery, the business shunts boxes from dock to storage sheds to clients and with occasional longer runs to deliver containers to destinations. Early morning starts see the Cat Trucks on Brisbane’s roads and motorways distributing containers just unloaded from ships in the container terminal to a multitude of destinations. Buddha Bailey says the best thing about the Cat Trucks is their dependability. “I can count on them. I have not had to touch them, we’ve had good run with them,” he says of the two CT610s and two CT630s. Buddha reckons he is particularly pleased with the 13 litre CT610s with their balance of fuel economy and dependability, but he says he has been blown away by the sheer power and torque of the 15 litre C15 engines in the CT630s. “The C15s are brilliant, the torque is just amazing. When I brought one up from Melbourne as a b-double I put a good load on it and it wanted more! It was seriously a case of, ‘oh my god!’ No matter what you throw at it, it just gets up and performs. It will pull up the Gateway Bridge in top gear with a heavy load on. Unbelievable.” With a grin Buddha says he took a CT610 Cat Truck on trial thinking he’d get a couple of weeks free work. But both he and the drivers liked the truck so much, “We asked the finance bloke what he could do and it went from there.” The Wynnum Haulage operation is very much a family affair with Tina heading up the three-person admin and office side of the business while Buddha keeps the trucks rolling. Organising an 11 truck fleet in what is mostly a short-haul operation can be complex. The drivers have a rolling start time, with trucks heading out between three and five o’clock in the morning. The C15s are brilliant, the torque is just amazing. “I try to turn them around with an empty box for dehiring,” Buddha says. “The more we deliver the more money we make for the day so we have to keep them going. The name of the game is prioritising freight in the yard.” The first new Cat Truck came into the fleet two years ago, followed six months later by the first CT630. Two more Cat acquisitions followed. With the trucks running predominantly in urban industrial areas, this is not a high-mileage vocation. The CT630 running in a b-double application is six months old and has knocked up 40,000 kilometres. “That truck has had a few trips away, I like to get it on a longer run at least once a month to give it a bit of a ‘clean-out’,” says Buddha. “I expect it will do about 100,000 clics per year.” “Over the years I’ve pulled into a lot of customers premises with an old banger leaking oil. You go to pull out of the driveway and it’s not a good image mate, especially when they’ve got brand-new concrete and you have to say, ‘Sorry!’ You turn up with good gear and the customers like it.” And Cat Trucks are the good gear leading a successful family business into the high demands of the 21st Century. CAT CT610 brochure - http://www.cattrucks.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CT610_SpecSheet.pdf CAT CT630 brochure - http://www.cattrucks.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CT630_SpecSheet.pdf CAT truck website - http://www.cattrucks.com.au/trucks/ .

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Prime Mover Magazine / July 12, 2016 Australian Frontline Machinery, through online auctioneers GraysOnline, has sold over 4,000 ex-military trucks, trailers and AWD vehicles on behalf of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). https://www.australianfrontlinemachinery.com.au/vehicle-types/trucks “This ongoing campaign is part of the Australian Defence Force’s re-marketing project, as the ADF upgrade their existing fleet,” said Philip Sloman, Senior Project Manager, GraysOnline. GraysOnline, part of the Grays eCommerce Group, is the largest online industrial and commercial auction business in the Asia-Pacific region. .

Ditch the accountants, says 'Kenworth legend' Peter Wickham Owner/Driver / July 11, 2016 The Kenworth Legends Lunch was the highlight of this year’s ATA conference, with Peter Wickham and Phil Russell taking centre stage Peter Wickham has a simple recommendation for budding trucking entrepreneurs. "Don’t listen to accountants, solicitors or financial advisers," reckons the co-founder with his late brother Angus of big east coast operator Wickham Freight Lines. "If you’ve got a gut feeling; if you can buy a truck and make a quid with it, just go and buy it. Don’t listen to anybody, because everyone will talk you out of it. "You don’t need an accountant; you can get him at the end of the year just to count out what you’ve made," concluded the trucking veteran, to a huge round of laughter from the audience. Mind you, Wickham also said that if you do your dough, at least you’ve only got yourself to blame. It was just one of many witty pieces of advice and funny yarns enjoyed by delegates at the Kenworth Legends Lunch, part of the ATA’s Trucking Australia 2016 conference at the Gold Coast last month. The entertainment was provided by this year’s Legends, Peter Wickham from Warwick in Queensland and Phil Russell from Russell Transport in Brisbane. Both Wickham, 74, and Russell, nearly 70, have spent a lifetime in trucks, and their passion for the industry shines through. The pair shared some earthy experience about both trucking and life in general, on stage with ATA CEO Chris Melham asking the questions. Wickham’s has about 120 Kenworths, and Peter Wickham says "probably the main thing that lifted the company" was getting a contract with the Queensland Big W distribution centre in Warwick, requiring the purchase of 30-odd trucks. Wickham recalls the operating environment was easier in the early days, when you simply got in the truck, filled it up with fuel "and went and done the job and got paid for it. If you didn’t want to do it for the price you didn’t do it. "Now you go to get a job, you’ve got to have a folder that thick … [holds thumb and forefinger 10cm apart]. "You might have pretty trucks running up and down the road and it all looks good but behind-the-scenes it’s pretty hard. "I’m not saying the compliance is wrong; your safety stuff and all that is really good, but it all comes at a cost, somebody must pay." Family affair As for the key to maintaining company reputation: "I think the secret is to have family in the business," reckons Wickham, who has extensive family involvement and these days focuses on his horses. "You can pay a bloke all the money you like, but he won’t do the job like you’ll do it, and he won’t put in the extra hours … you have to set a high standard yourself … because that filters down the line. "It’s the example you set from the top, and only the owner of the business can set that example. I don’t know how these big companies run with managers everywhere … It’s family that knows what’s going on and it’s their money that is being spent." Wickham says a genuine passion for the trucking industry and ability to "cop the knocks" is essential to success in transport: "For a businessman to say ‘I’m going to buy trucks and run trucks’ -- he won’t last long." Wickham believes there are more opportunities for young people "than I have ever seen", saying they can rise from a novice to manager in five years. That gets onto a song that wrote and sang himself at the end of the lunch. Its chorus highlights his positive attitude towards young people, and his humble origins carting logs and spuds grown on the family dairy farm. "The young ones of this world today, they’re as good as they’ve ever been," the song goes. "But I don’t think they’ll ever see the changes that we’ve seen." Photo gallery - http://www.ownerdriver.com.au/industry-news/1607/ditch-the-accountants-says-kenworth-legend-peter-wickham/