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A mechanical engineer by trade, Laszlo ‘Les’ Bruzsa left his home country of Hungary in 1992 and quickly became heavily involved with further developing the very high productivity vehicle combinations that first drew him to Australia. Fascinated with trucks from a...
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Kennedy Trailers was established in Bairnsdale, Victoria, in 1980 by Garry and Debbie Kennedy, when Garry had just finished his apprenticeship as a boilermaker and bought an old Falcon utility to repair timber-working machinery in the bush. In the beginning, the...
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It’s safe to say that Tasmanian-born Graeme Elphinstone is one of the most influential – and versatile – equipment designers in Australia. Be it oversized logging skels or high-tech load cells, Graeme has taken on just about every piece of equipment and improved it...
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Graeme Elphinstone loves a good challenge. If he comes across a component he doesn’t deem well thought-out, he has to find a way to improve, refine, or completely reinvent it. Be it a wiring harness, a fifth wheel bracket, or an entire B-triple, to Graeme, no product...
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Nestling in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, the Melbourne suburb of Bayswater is benefiting from – or becoming a victim of – the unceasing urban sprawl creeping ever closer to the once impenetrable rainforest. Not so long ago, the area was a distant drive from...
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Just as Bob Pearson is known as the intellectual father of the B-double, Greg Byrnes must be considered a key figure in the adoption of modern braking technology in Australia. His 38 years in the industry – 19 with the Road Brake Division of the now-defunct... 