Mavin Trucks Greg Walker is the Freightliner 2020 Service Manager of the Year!
Congratulations to Greg Walker who is the Freightliner 2020 Service Manager of the Year! We are proud to have Greg as our long standing Service Manager. He has been at Mavin Truck Centre for 19 years and 13 of those as our Service Manager. Greg is currently supervising 30 mechanics across our dealership network who…
Read MoreWhen your truck carries loads of 4.2m high tyres to the mines then the Actros MirrorCam is a no brainer!
D and K Scott Transport specialise in the haulage of mega tyres from Port Botany to the mines in the Hunter Valley and they have just added a second Mercedes-Benz Actros to their fleet. Their current 13-litre 2653 Actros has performed above expectations in a pretty unique use that involves pulling custom-made trailers built to…
Read MoreFreightliner is cruising past Tesla on the electric truck superhighway
Tesla and Elon Musk might be getting all the attention for the all-electric Tesla Semi, but they’re far from the only manufacturer looking to make electric trucks. Freightliner, the leading heavy-duty truck manufacturer in America, is hard at work testing trucks with actual customers while Tesla is still stuck on the test track. Freightliner recently…
Read MoreEverson’s take delivery of their 5th Freightliner Columbia Rigid from MTC
Everson’s Food Processors, Frederickton, have taken delivery of their 5th Freightliner Columbia Rigid from Mavin Truck Centre. The trucks are powered by a 380hp Cummins ISLe 5 engine with an 18sp Eaton ultra-shift Transmission. The bull-bar we fitted made by AJ’s Total Truck Gear makes them look seriously tough!
Read MoreThe Freightliner Cascadia has won the Trucksales Innovation Award for 2021
In a unanimous decision from the judging panel, the Freightliner Cascadia has been awarded the Trucksales Innovations Award 2021. “The Freightliner Cascadia is the most modern and innovative bonneted truck on the market today, and a worthy winner of the TruckSales Innovation Award for 2021,” said TruckSales editor, Geoff Middleton. The Cascadia is the most…
Read MoreIf your veggie fields are 50kms from your processing plant what do you do? Buy a Unimog or 12!
So what do you do when the distance between your vegetable fields that are ready to be harvested and your processing plant can be up to 50 kilometres? Well it’s too far for a conventional tractor that’s for sure and it would be so slow but this German vegetable grower came up with a unique…
Read MoreKen Blanch Transport take delivery of a new Freightliner Cascadia from MTC
We are proud when we develop great, working relationships with our clients and particularly when it comes to long term ones like Ken & Janet from Ken Blanch Transport in Taree, NSW. They have just taken delivery of a brand new Cascadia 126 from Mavin Truck Centre. It is the 48” XT Sleeper model and…
Read MoreDid you know Mavin Truck Centre do truck wheel alignments?
At Mavin Truck Centre we use the TruckCam wheel alignment system which is one of the most advanced systems available on the world market. The system is designed for measuring all wheel angles, including parallelism between axles, on commercial (heavy duty) vehicles, such as trucks, trailers, buses, vans, mobile cranes and agricultural vehicles. The TruckCam…
Read MoreDaimler Trucks unveils BharatBenz Reefer Truck for COVID Vaccine Transportation in India
You may not be aware but Daimler Trucks have a locally based manufacturing plant in India building BharatBenz trucks. They have just unveiled the BharatBenz ‘BSafe Express’, a specialized reefer truck designed for the safe transportation of COVID-19 vaccines. Equipped with state-of-the-art connectivity, the BSafe Express uses newly developed refrigeration units that ensure the temperature…
Read MoreDaimler Trucks North America introduces the new Detroit ePowertrain
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) have announced the new Detroit ePowertrain that will power the upcoming Freightliner eCascadia and Freightliner eM2. It is part of Daimler Trucks’ global platform strategy to establish a uniform basic architecture for their broad line-up of battery-electric vehicles around the globe. Its use in North America brings the company unprecedented…
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