CASCADIA ON TRIAL
It was an opportunity too good to miss and the timing simply could not have been better: a stint aboard the first right-hand drive Freightliner Cascadia test truck in the country, just days before heading to the United States for a detailed look at the testing and development work being done in preparation for the model’s Australian launch later this year. A Cascadia 126 model, the right-hooker has been operating in the fuel haulage fleet of Toowoomba-based Maktrans since February this year and with almost 72,000km under its belt, has done everything expected of it, according to company owner Rob Hannaman.
Maktrans runs nine trucks with Freightliner Coronado punched by Detroit’s DD15, being Rob’s established combination for the 25 metre B-double
