When his parents sold the family cattle station at outback Richmond, Queensland, in 2018, Bryce Kuhl had a brainwave and purchased a truck.
Veteran truckie’s Kenworth targeted by vandals
Chass Bayliss, a truckie for almost 50 years, was furious to find his truck had been targeted by vandals for a second time while briefly parked.
Long drive for former farmer turned truckie
Now aged 63, Victorian driver Leigh Butterworth had transported trailers from the Dandenong region to Cairns in Far North Queensland when Big Rigs saw him recently.
Seventy years of tricking up trucks and still truckin’
It was just seven years after man first landed on the moon that Mason Stevenson gave the first Clifford Brick and Tile truck its distinctive look.
Work diaries: Fatigue management or are they just a “money grab”?
When a NSW truck driver contacted Big Rigs to vent his frustration at being fined for a work diary breach, we shared his story online and it garnered a huge reaction, with many truckies sharing similar stories.
30 years in trucking and enjoying every minute
“What a pity, you caught me when I’m not in my usual truck, a T950, but it’s in getting a bit of work done on it just now,” said Brad Lang from Huonville when we recently caught up with him at Epping Forest Caltex.
Career change the right move for this truckie
After completing an apprenticeship as a welder/fabricator, the lure of the open road came calling. “The chance to take up driving presented itself, with the opportunity to get out on the open road and out of the big sheds, and it has proved to be the right move for me,” said Sam Lyne, adding he has no regrets.
Switching things up
Moving from Perth to Tassie, from tippers to curtainsiders and from an owner operator to working for a company, Steven Linturn sure knows how to switch things up and keep them interesting.
#PicOfTheDay – Dwayne Wallace
These DAF XFs take in the charming seaside views just west of the Nullarbor Royal Flying Doctor Service airstrip.
Disgruntled operator will be stung $50,000 to run two trucks on NorthConnex
Sydney transport operator Rob Woolley just wants a fair go.
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