Isuzu Trucks. AtkiPete's had an NNR on hire and some fun and games with its auto box. Biglorryblog has the story.

AtkiPete Lynch has sent me this shot of a little Isuzu following my recent blog on the forthcoming producitivity test of a 7.5, 12 and 18-tonne Isuzu. Pete says: "G'day Brian. Not so chirpy this week, have been busy at work and the shocking bushfires seem to have dampened everyones spirits. Will be interested to read your forthcoming epistle on the new Isuzu range. I hired the smallest one of these (picture here) to move some furniture and found it ideal for local work."  However he adds: "There are a couple of drawbacks, the unit in the photo is limited to 4500kg gross ( maximum for car licence holders down here) but actual payload only comes to less than a ton. With a couple of well built assistants on board it would only be about 600kg legal! The one I got was the 150hp AMT equipped version and it only seems like a couple of years back when 150hp was considered over the top for an 8-tonner. In my case the AMT transmission seemed to be out of adjustment, backing off just before every up shift and often requiring manual intervention. At one stage it was in 6th ( top) gear cruising at 50kph, then a couple of downshifts needed when acceleration was called on.. Cheers Pete."