Queensland truck driver and small business owner Dave Kitson is among a growing list of disgruntled toll users who are fed up with being charged excessive fees by Transurban. Now, a class action has been launched against Transurban’s Queensland business Linkt for its exorbitant fees on overdue notices.
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Truckies travelling along Tassie’s Bass Highway near Smithton weren’t too happy to see a small government gazetted truck parking area blocked off.
As the largest independent trailer builder in the country, Vawdrey Australia has been a pioneering force in extending the Performance-Based Standards (PBS) scheme into the general, container and refrigerated freight markets with a variety of specialised trailer designs from Super B-doubles to A-doubles and AB-triples.
The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought strict border closures that are being enforced across the nation, and it seems this has led to some people asking ludicrous requests from truckies, even going as far as asking to be sneaked across the border.
A Queensland-based truckie has given his son an emotional birthday gift, making it back home from Melbourne in time to celebrate his 19th birthday.
With the Queensland state election looming fast on October 31, here’s an edited extract from the Queensland Trucking Association’s state election blueprint, calling for more investment in the Toowoomba to Port of Brisbane corridor, and an alternative inland highway.
Designed with safety in mind, the KEITH CleenSweep system works to keep drivers safe by keeping them out of their trailers when using the KEITH Walking Floor system to unload their trailers.
The Victorian Government has released a roadmap for re-opening the state’s economy as part of a phased withdrawal from the Stage 3 and 4 restrictions that have been in place across Victoria since early August.
Surveillance cameras inside truck cabins are becoming increasingly common in the transport industry today. Electronic work diaries are hardly mentioned anymore, and the industry narrative is all about the Guardian Seeing Machine.
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With over 350,000 parts on file – including an extensive range of trailer parts – PACCAR Parts Australia works on a global scale to ensure customer “Up Time” by delivering what its customers need, when they need it, through its comprehensive national network of 57 dealer locations.