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Second truck for ATA auction
Prime mover from the Volvo Safety Truck up for grabsThe ATA will now auction a second truck at Trucking Australia 2017 – the Volvo ATA Safety Truck prime mover.
CEO of the ATA, Ben Maguire, said it was the first time that Trucking Australia delegates would be able to bid on two prime movers.
“As part of its sponsorship of the ATA, Volvo Trucks provides us with the prime mover for the Volvo ATA Safety Truck,” Mr Maguire said.
“The current prime mover is the third we have operated since 2008, and Volvo Trucks has kindly agreed that we can auction it to support our road safety and other advocacy work.
“Volvo Trucks will replace the prime mover later this year, so we can continue spreading our important safety message into the future.
“The Volvo ATA Safety Truck prime mover to be auctioned is three years old and has travelled 154,000 kilometres. In that time, it’s seen every state and territory of Australia and has taught more than 40,000 people vital road safety information.
“During its time with the ATA, the prime mover has been driven by two excellent, careful drivers – Glen Schmidtke, our Safety Truck Advocate, and Justin Fleming, our TruckSafe General Manager.
“This is a great opportunity to own an immaculately maintained and driven prime mover that is also part of the trucking industry’s history.
“I would encourage anyone who’s interested to check the truck out on the Trucking Australia 2017 auction website, and then come to the event and be a part of the action,” Mr Maguire said.
The prime mover is a Volvo FH540 Globetrotter XL with Bridgestone steer (R150) and drive (M766) tyres with 50,000km on them, Ecowind diesel cooler, TV/DVD in cabin, 12 and 24 volt outlets and the cab rides on four airbags.
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