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BULK FUEL CARRIER, TROJAN HAULAGE, RUNS A VERSATILE OPERATION AND HAS INCREASED ITS PRODUCTIVITY POTENTIAL WITH ITS LATEST POCKET ROAD TRAIN COMBINATION DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY ATE TANKERS.

Founded in 2012, Trojan Haulage is a family owned and operated transport business that is based in Western Australia and aims to bring ‘old fashioned values’ to the industry while focusing on providing the best service possible to its valued clients. Trojan Haulage delivers fuel safely and efficiently throughout its home state, servicing retail, mining and agricultural industries. To do this to the best of its

Australian Made CEO, Ben Lazzaro, says buying Australian strengthens local manufacturing capabilities. ability, the business invests in state-of-theart road transport technology from ATE Tankers. “Our high level of service and attention to detail is what drives our business growth,” Callum Lumsden, Director of Trojan Haulage, says. “We have a great team of staff who support our business from top to bottom and wouldn’t be where we are today without them.” To ensure greater flexibility in the Trojan Haulage fleet to cart both spirits and diesel to clients across WA, Callum consulted with ATE Tankers on the design and manufacture of a pocket road train combination. “The pocket road train is designed to be paired with an 8x4 prime mover, meeting the maximum length requirement in WA of 27.5m in length,” he says. “We wanted to design and build a combination that gave our business maximum versatility while still maintaining a healthy payload. Our drivers have commented on how well the combination tows at maximum load which is an important aspect of the design.” Equipment versatility with maximum payload capability is a standout feature for Callum. “This pocket road train combination can service all our clients while simultaneously maintaining efficiencies loading to our maximum allowable Accredited Mass Management Scheme (AMMS) rating. This ATE Tanker combination, according to Callum, will travel from the Kwinana fuel terminal to the company’s client base in regional WA – both on and off the road. Trojan Haulage placed the order with ATE Tankers to assist with growth in the fuel business. “We currently operate four ATE combinations and specify the manufacturer for build quality and acute attention to detail,” Callum says. “At Trojan Haulage, we also enjoy working with like-minded family operations like ATE Tankers. The ATE team have been a pleasure to deal with from start to finish.”

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In addition to transporting petroleum products, WA-based Trojan Haulage can also be called upon to move emulsions, lubricants, acid, crude oil and other dangerous goods. The fleet specifies road tankers from ATE Tankers to get the job done.

Contact ATE Tankers 29-35 Vella Drive Sunshine West VIC 3020 Ph: 03 9310 2722 E: sales@atetankers.com.au Web: www.atetankers.com.au

Champions of Aussie authenticity

FUEL DISTRIBUTOR, KEL CAMPBELL, INVESTS IN AUSTRALIAN MADE ROAD TANKERS FROM ATE TANKERS TO MANAGE A COMPETITIVE GENERAL ACCESS FLEET THAT SUPPORTS LOCAL INDUSTRY.

Kel Campbell Fuel haulage distributes fuel and engages in other contracts out of Sydney into short-haul areas as far as Eden in the South, Newcastle in the North and Galong in the West. The business also has a retail arm that operates 13 Caltex-branded service stations and diesel stops in that distribution area.

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Australian Made Campaign Chief Executive, Ben Lazzaro, says ATE Tankers is a great example of Australian manufacturing excellence. “It’s clear the entire ATE Tankers has enormous pride and passion for producing the highest quality products right here in Australia,” he says. “As the country’s only certified Australian Made tanker manufacturer, the Australian Made logo helps ATE Tankers make a powerful statement about its product offering and commitment to local manufacturing.” The company currently uses four road tanker combinations built by ATE Tankers which were all purchased in 2020. These include two 19m tanker combinations (56,000-litre Gross Vehicle Mass – GVM – with seven compartments) and two tri-axle road tankers (45,000-litre GVM with six compartments. Tim Campbell, Managing Director, and having worked in the business since 1994, says the latest order from ATE Tankers focuses on value “with a view to maximise payload on general access vehicles with no PerformanceBased Standards (PBS) requirements”. He adds that while PBS vehicles are an important part of Kel Campbell’s future, the particular mix of vehicles from ATE Tankers is better suited for general access. “Two of the 19m tankers are being pulled by 2020 model Kenworth T610 SARs,” Tim says. “One is pumped, with the pump unit on the prime mover. The pumped 19m combination has a carrying capacity of 38,740kg which translates to around 45,500 litres of diesel at a utilisation rate of 100 per cent. This is around 950 litres more than some older 19m configurations we have in

Kel Campbell turns to ATE Tankers for quality general access road tankers. our fleet.” The single tankers are paired to 2020 model Kenworth T410s which also feature pump units on the trucks. “The pumped tri-axle has a carrying capacity of 28,560kg which is about 34,350 litres of diesel at a utilisation rate of 100 per cent. This is around 400 litres more than some older triaxle configurations we have in our fleet.” Tim says the fleet has another 19m combination in build with ATE Tankers at the moment and is due for delivery early August. “It’ll be pumped with a 2020 Kenworth T610 SAR.” One of the most important considerations for Kel Campbell is specifying road transport equipment that is Australian built for Australian conditions. “Also, given these tankers were built to a tight budget to fit in with the contract work and keep us cost competitive against major carriers who are ‘volume buyers’, ATE delivered,” he says. The new tankers will journey throughout Sydney, Illawarra and the South Coast of New South Wales. Tim adds these road tankers will travel on bitumen for about 99 per cent of the time. “Part of the reason for specifying ATE Tankers was how great their equipment looks on the road when I saw another carrier using them,” Tim says. “They used trusted name brand suppliers for their equipment such as Liquip, Hendrickson, WABCO, Hella and JOST. The process of dealing with ATE was easy and even during the Covid-19 pandemic they met their strict delivery window times with zero delays.”

Contact ATE Tankers 29-35 Vella Drive Sunshine West VIC 3020 Ph: 03 9310 2722 E: sales@atetankers.com.au Web: www.atetankers.com.au

REDARC on advanced manufacturing technology

REDARC ELECTRONICS IS AN ADVANCED ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURER WIDELY RECOGNISED FOR ITS RANGE OF AUSTRALIAN MADE HEAVY VEHICLE PRODUCTS. THE PROUD FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS IS BASED IN LONSDALE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

REDARC’s products, according to Managing Director, Anthony Kittel, benefit from an ever-increasing level of quality and rugged durability, through continuous improvement, world class manufacturing processes and capability to test products to the extremes. In October 2018, REDARC’s upgraded facility officially opened with an additional 3,000-square-metres of advanced manufacturing and testing space. “A credit to REDARC’s success, and future success is our focus on innovation, building a team-based culture and our willingness to embrace risk,” Anthony says. A peek behind the curtain reveals the breadth of REDARC’s $22m expansion investment to meet increasing demand and expand the inhouse testing capabilities. The technology that produces printed circuit boards changes rapidly. REDARC’s new Surface Mount Technology (SMT) line is specified so highly that it is one of few in the world, placing components twice as fast as their older model, and allowing the company to ramp up production by 250 per cent. The HALT/HASS (Highly Accelerated Life Testing and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening) compresses the time required to determine the life of the product and identifies potential weaknesses in the design. It tests to extreme temperatures from +200°C to -100°C and uses a vibration platform to ensure our products can withstand extreme conditions across Australia and the world. The AGREE or ‘Shake & Bake’ Chamber (named after the US military consortium that first issued specifications requiring their use) is a combination of an electro-magnetic shaker and climatic chamber that simulates 10 years of a product’s life in two days. The Semi-Anechoic Electro-Magnetic

Semi-Anechoic Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Chamber test facility.

Compatibility (EMC) Chamber is a multifunctional EMC test facility and complies with international immunity and emission test standards which ensures products won’t interfere with each other, communications systems etc causing static, which is typically picked up on the drivers radio, and ensures the products themselves are not affected by any of these EMC generating systems. “Manufacturing heavy vehicle safety products at our facility also provides capability to meet a range of stringent local and international quality standards,” Anthony says. For example, the Battery Master Isolation

Switch (BMIS) exceeds the requirements of the charging systems on large diesel engines in 12V and 24V systems and features an ISO 26262 rated dual redundancy system to avoid false triggering. The Roll Over Sensor (ROS) is resilient to truck electrical environments, immune to vibration, shock, electrical transients and is rated to IP66, IP67 and IP69K .

Contact REDARC Electronics 23 Brodie Road North Lonsdale 5160 South Australia Ph: 08 8322 4848 Web: www.redarc.com.au

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