300th Kenworth for Lindsay Transport

The 300th Kenworth for Lindsay Transport was handed over at the Kenworth Bayswater plant recently, celebrating a relationship that goes back almost 45 years.

Lindsay Brothers first began carting produce in the Coffs Harbour area in 1953, when Tom Lindsay and his late brother Peter bought three trucks from their father, Victor, and started transporting bananas. Today, Lindsay Australia Limited, has grown into an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed transport, logistics and rural supply company, and runs a fleet of more than 250 prime movers operating out of 33 stores and depots from Adelaide to Mareeba.

From its head office in Brisbane, Lindsay Australia employs over 1,100 people and generates revenue of approximately $310 million per year. The company has also diversified its operations, now hauling fresh and frozen produce, as well as general and express freight from Adelaide to Lakeland Downs (near Cooktown).

MCurrently, the Lindsay Transport fleet travels over 57 million kilometres each year. Lindsay’s Kenworth stable comprises a mix of cabover and conventional models for B-Double and 19-metre line-haul applications. One of Kenworth’s major advantages is the ability to spec trucks for a variety of high utilisation applications, which often sees a truck travel more than 500,000 kilometres a year.

At the handover event, Kim Lindsay, Managing Director of Lindsay Australia said: “We have been working with PACCAR and the Brown and Hurley Group now for many years. They understand our trucking needs – and deliver outstanding sales, service and support Australia wide. PACCAR’s commitment to quality and innovation has helped Lindsay Transport to grow and maintain a large and diverse fleet so we can deliver our service promise to our customers.”

The milestone T409 will go into 26-metre B-Double line haul service hauling refrigerated produce on interstate routes. The vehicle, powered by a 15-litre, Cummins ISX e5 engine with an Eaton Ultrashift Plus transmission, has a number of distinctive features, including gold coloured logos, personalised exhaust shields, a stainless-steel light bar and a specially embossed interior highlighting the 'Lindsay Transport 300th Truck', just to name a few.