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Freightliner celebrates at the Brisbane Truck Show
A mixture of new and old will grace the Freightliner stand at this year’s showFreightliner will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary at this year’s Brisbane Truck Show from May 25 to 28.
And to mark the occasion the company will be presenting a range of new models including a tough Coronado 122 stock-hauling special, which can pull up to 140-tonnes and also draw a crowd thanks to its muscular design and Bar Up bullbar and new twin exhausts stacks.
There will also be an Argosy cab-over with a 110-inch sleeper and just-introduced X15 Cummins engine featuring ADEPT technology that fully integrates the Eaton UltraShift Plus transmission to maximise performance and efficiency.
Freightliner will also present the proven CL112 tool of trade, which boasts a light tare weight and proven reliability as well as the popular Coronado 114, which was developed specifically for Australia and delivers much valued flexibility for its loyal customers.
At the other end of the scale, a rare A64-800 1950 ‘Bubblenose’ has also been shipped from the United States to help celebrate Freightliner’s rich heritage.
This was one of 116 trucks built that year for Consolidated Freightways, the freight company established by Leland James.
James had approached truck companies with an idea of using lightweight aluminium for truck components instead of regular steel. They weren’t interested, so James hired a team of engineers and built the vehicles himself.
Freightways Manufacturing Company was established in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1940 before changing its name to Freightliner Corporation in 1942.
It soon became North America’s leading heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer and after serving the war effort, resumed truck manufacturing at a new facility in Portland, Oregon, in 1947.
The ‘Bubblenose’ model on the Freightliner stand was initially used as part of the CF on-highway fleet, but appears to have also been worked hard as a logging truck and as the basis for some sort of crane. It was found, in a rather dilapidated state, sitting in the woods near Mt Hood and was lovingly restored by the Freightliner manufacturing team in Portland, Oregon.
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