Cummins Asia Pacific Magazine - Issue 1 2023

Cummins’ Euro 6 X15 promoted on
an Emerald Carrying B-double.
“We have very few breakdowns – perhaps
one a month, if that,” confirms ECC
maintenance manager Chris Chalmers.
“We’re proud of that considering the size
of the fleet.”
Today, ECC operates out of Darwin,
Cairns, Emerald, Townsville, Mackay,
Rockhampton, Gladstone and Brisbane,
while its Monaro fleet – ECC acquired
Monaro Fuel Haulage in 2016 – has depots
in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
At the time of the acquisition, the Monaro
fleet totalled six trucks; today 50 trucks
operate in the Monaro blue livery.
“Our B-double prime movers are brought
in for checks every 12,500 km which is
generally a week to 10 days while our
engine oil change intervals are 50,000 km
for the B-doubles and 25,000 km for the
roadtrains,” Chalmers points out. “We look
at fuel burn every service to check engine
load factors and that our servicing intervals
are where they should be.
“Accurate forecasting is the key to our
maintenance system, and each week
we get an automated report detailing
which trucks are due in for servicing. We
have five workshops and 30 mechanics
including nine apprentices,” he adds.
Emerald Carrying MD Greg Haylock (left)
with son and fleet manager Matt Haylock.
Family-owned ECC has certainly come a
long way since Bill Haylock’s modest start
in the mid-1960s in the central Queensland
town of Emerald, where he had a 4-ton
Austin carting off the rail. Team effort,
employee loyalty and business integrity
are obviously guiding principles behind
an operation that today uses premium
equipment to provide a premium service.
‘Super Triple’ – a PBS-certified unit – hauls 130,000 litres of fuel,
a gain of up to 22,000 litres compared with a standard roadtrain triple. 9