Transpac R-series Mack Cooltainer semi KB 991

Another handsome study of the iconic R-series Mack, this one working under Transpac colours – freshly painted by the looks of it as the red and white livery is there, but not the wording.

Sitting under an early Steelbro Sidelifter container handler, the combination was a coming together of three technologies that transformed road transport – firstly the container had reached wide acceptance around the world, Steelbro had built the worlds best and they would say first trailer built to self-load and unload and the R-series Mack which was a truck  capable of 1,000,000km of use before major work.

In this day, it’s a minimum requirement – in the eighties it was a technological revolution.