Alex Pillirone from Lalor in Victoria had stopped at the United in Tintinara, when he stopped to chat with Big Rigs.
He was driving his eye catching 2015 Kenworth T409 with a 550 Cummins up front and towing a quad-axle tipper at the time.
Alex had previously headed from Melbourne to Adelaide as he had heard there was a shortage of tippers for the T2D tunnel under construction there, and work was proving a bit short in Melbourne.
However, after a couple of months in Adelaide, he missed the family so much that he has subsequently returned to Melbourne.
Alex recently told us, “I’ve had the Kenworth for 16 months now, and so far, I’d have to say it is a top truck and rig, and it does the job beautifully. I was happy with working it in South Australia, but in the long run I simply missed Sophia and the kids too much and have had to return home in Victoria for the time being.”
He said he has no regrets about choosing driving professionally, and all things being equal he hopes to be out there on the road into the foreseeable future.