Truck Horsepower in South Africa: What 380, 420 and 550 Actually Buy You
August 16, 2026
In this market a truck is its horsepower. Nobody buys a “J5N” — they buy a 28.380, and the 380 is the power. It is the model name, the advert, the resale…
Category: Trucks & Equipment
The truck itself: bodies, configurations, axles, mass, power and makes. The technical side of road freight for new and learning transporters.
Matching Your Truck to a Load: Why Only Two Things Decide What You See
August 16, 2026
Two things decide which loads you see: what type of truck you have, and which corridors it runs. That is the whole matching rule. Everything else about the load — its weight,…
Truck Makes and Models in Southern Africa: How to Read a Spec Sheet
August 16, 2026
Three things on a truck’s spec sheet tell you what it is built for. Not the badge, not the price, and not the horsepower on the door — the axle configuration, the…
Truck Axle Mass Limits in South Africa: Why One Axle Group Can Make You Illegal
August 16, 2026
You can be inside your total legal mass and still be illegal. That single sentence catches more new operators than any other rule in South African road transport, and it is written…
Trailer Types in South Africa: Which Trailer for Which Cargo
August 16, 2026
The cargo picks the trailer. Not the other way round. This is the single most useful habit for anyone entering road freight, and the most common thing new operators get backwards —…
Truck Configurations in South Africa: Rigid, Articulated, Superlink and Interlink
August 16, 2026
A configuration is how the vehicle is put together — not what it carries. Rigid, articulated, superlink, interlink: each is a different arrangement of chassis and couplings, each has its own legal…