The story of MFT Hughenden began in 2007.
Headquartered in North Queensland, the business was established by identical twin brothers, Peter and Robert Mills, who both set out to start transporting cows and cotton seed throughout Australia. Together, they saw everything grow from there.
In the time that has passed, AB-triples, road trains and B-doubles from Moore Trailers have been essential in the fleet’s freight tasks around the country, with the trailer manufacturer being the fleet’s sole supplier.
MFT Hughenden has now accumulated 10 AB-triple sets from the OEM which are all identical to each other.
They’ve been spec’d directly to the fleet’s needs, with underneath hook-up and double return lines, 60A road train plugs and air fittings, Hendrickson axles and suspension, custom-made tarps, submarine doors for easier access and improved safety and much more.
“We’ve been buying between two and three new A-double or AB-triple sets from Moore Trailers every year since 2021,” Robert says. “The sturdy Moore trailers suit our business. We do a lot of rough work in North Queensland and in the bush and we can also deliver to the Port of Brisbane or the Port of Newcastle with the same trailers.”
MFT Hughenden’s latest addition to the fleet is a Performance-Based Standards (PBS) AB-triple road train of drop deck chassis tippers which are built exactly like the others within the business.
With a Gross Combination Mass (GCM) of 114.5 tonnes, it provides the Mills brothers with a 74-tonne payload to operate under Higher Mass Limits (HML) for up to 250,000 kilometres per year.
“It suits our application in every way,” Robert says. “We’ve been buying A-double sets with a 23-foot slideback that can be removed. If you put the slideback into that combination, you’re under 36.5 metres with a six-two wheelbase truck that can go anywhere.
“I only own Moore trailers, so everything in my fleet is interchangeable, compliant and legal for an A-double or AB-triple.”
MFT Hughenden’s new AB-triple is the culmination of years of collaboration with Moore Trailers, a company which Robert says has been extremely accommodating to his requirements by making improvements in each and every build.
“For the new one, we’ve put a drop pin in the front of the A trailer so that it can be hooked up to a quad combination,” he says. “Our A trailers also have a return line in them so that the rear A trailer can be slid back.”
This versatility, Robert says, is why he only runs Moore trailers and will continue to do so.
“The Moore Trailers brand and the ‘MFT’ name are pretty much stuck together,” he says. “We have a very good working relationship with Moore because they can get very precise on what a client wants. My trailers would not be as good as they are without Scott Gollan and Corey Ruhle.”
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