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TRUE The initials in KIM Haulage represent Ken and Inga McClelland. Their specialty is bulk transport in which they use some innovative PBS combinations and state of the art technologies.
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ased near the foot of the Blue Mountains at Londonderry in Western Sydney, KIM Haulage specialises in the transport of bulk materials using a modern fleet of Macks and Volvos coupled to some innovative trailing combinations under the Performance-Based Standards scheme. A number of the KIM fleet are in Holchim livery as they are dedicated to transporting quarry products to that company’s batching plants in various locations throughout the Sydney basin. The KIM/ Holchim trucks usually travel as far as Salt Ash near Williamtown, Marulan in the
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Southern Highlands and Albion Park in the Illawarra region. Other KIM Haulage trucks are employed in moving material to and from Sydney’s many tunnel and infrastructure projects. Ken also has experience in bulk grain movements during harvest seasons. Nine new Mack Granites with engines rated at 500hp were delivered at the beginning of 2020 bringing the fleet size to 35 trucks plus numerous trailers. The advent of the Performance-Based Standards (PBS) scheme has changed not just how Ken operates his business, but has changed his purchasing methods as well,
particularly when it comes to his A-double combinations. Previously the procedure was to buy a truck, put a body on it and add a new dog trailer and later replace the truck and keep the trailer. “But that doesn’t look right with the nice shiny body on the truck and a tired looking trailer, whereas with an A-double we can just replace the prime mover,” says Ken. It’s not just about aesthetics, although Ken and his team take serious pride in the appearance of the fleet. Ken has been a perennial early adopter of technology