Classy steed Max Murtagh reckons he became a lifelong Scania fan the day his ageing T142 blew an injector line in the Adelaide Hills three years ago. Read more

Number one It’s not many coach operators who’d notice the steering wheel-mounted sound system controls available on a Scania truck aren’t offered on a Scania K 470. Read more

A fine vintage How many 61-year-old trucks would you see driving from Melbourne to Brisbane in an average year? Not many. And there would be even fewer left-hand drive trucks that age on the road. Read more

Family ties Fifty years ago, Nick Diamond’s idea of overnighting was parking beside the road, climbing into a sleeping bag and resting his left shoulder on the engine cowl. After dozing long enough to recharge his batteries, he’d renew his assault on the two-day trip from Adelaide to Melbourne. No bunk, not even a horizontal surface. Tough guy. Read more

When comfort's a curse With Scania’s strengths in driver ergonomics, it’s hard to believe the brand could be linked to a health and safety issue. Read more

It's not all about purchase price There’s a bloke in Newcastle who is about to pay nearly twice as much for his next truck as he needs to. Read more

The view from the tower Long before it became fashionable for businesses to call themselves family-friendly employers, Towers’ Transport was a family-friendly employer. Read more

Freedom to choose Reputations are strange things, and as any marketing guru will tell you, they’re built on reality – a product develops a reputation because its customers are well served. Read more

Long arms When Brisbane-based LinCon went looking to build the world’s largest under-bridge inspection unit, it needed a truck with a feature unique to Scania – a load-share twin steer with all-round air suspension. Read more

Big Carl's world first When Carl Hansen went looking for all-wheel drive 8x8 trucks for his mining vehicle hire business three years ago, his choices were down to three makes. Two were established names in the all-wheel drive game, but the third was something of an unknown. Read more

Million-kilometre baby Steve Scott’s history as a Scania buyer is separated into two periods – the purchase of four K93s in the late 1980s, and a second phase, which has seen him accumulate up to 30 L94s in his fleet. Read more

Making the workshop manager's life easier In an era when professional drivers are in desperately short supply, it’s the workshop managers that have become one of the forgotten victims. Read more

Overdrive fuel miser Danny Hartwell is one of those operators dealt a bad hand when it comes to his freight’s aerodynamics. Read more

Crossing the void “Are you doin’ this to promote them MANs,” asks a rotund bloke in a blue singlet at Eucla, on the border between Western Australia and South Australia. Rob is the first to splutter in disbelief. Read more

Second-life Scanias While there might be plenty in road transport doing it tough, the fact remains that Australians are more affluent than they were 20 years ago. And it’s that affluence that’s creating something of a headache for Paul Hiscock. Read more