New South Wales based Rodney’s Transport Service has taken delivery of its 200th Kenworth truck. The K200 cab-over was one of seven delivered to the firm by PACCAR Australia's senior management this week and will join 27 other K200s in RTS interstate general freight division.
“This is a very proud moment. It's a milestone I never thought we'd achieve,” said RTS Managing Director, Peter Rodney.
“Our continuing success is a team effort by all of the employees at Rodney's. It's also the result of a close and long-standing relationship with PACCAR Australia, its dealers and the consistent performance of the Kenworth product. Put simply, Kenworth trucks are the driving force behind our business.”
The milestone K200 is configured as a 34-pallet B-double tautliner with a payload capacity of 40 tonnes. The prime mover will cart a variety of goods, from batteries and paper to various agricultural products. It will make interstate deliveries to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, clocking up around 7,000 km a week.
The truck is powered by a Cummins 15-litre ISXe5 Euro 5 engine, producing 550 hp and 1850 lb/ft of torque. The engine utilises SCR exhaust after-treatment technology for emissions reduction and is equipped with an Eaton Fuller 18-speed manual transmission. It also features two 750-litre, long-range fuel tanks, a 200-litre AdBlue tank and a 2.3-metre Aerodyne sleeper.
PACCAR Australia's Managing Director, Mike Dozier, personally came out to Wagga Wagga to hand over the 200th Kenworth. “This is an important event for Rodney's Transport Service and for everyone at PACCAR Australia – from the factory and other divisions of the company to the nationwide dealer network which supports it,” he said.
The milestone follows another significant event for the two companies. RTS purchased Kenworth's 50,000th Australian-manufactured, heavy-duty truck which rolled off the production line in July 2013.