Being a diesel mechanic certainly comes in handy for north Queensland truckie Phil Ellevsen who drives a Western Star 4900 for Velocity Haulage based at the Bohle.
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After speaking to owner-operator Jason Tuttle for less than a minute at a hook-up pad beside Townsville’s Port Access Road I could tell he was raised in the country. Read More
Enthusiastic driver Sid Mansfield would recommend a career as a truck driver to any young person, despite the additional challenges that have come about in the Covid-19 era.
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Scott Davison, 49, had just been to a Townsville clinic for his first Covid-19 vaccination when Big Rigs saw him parked up for a 24-hour fatigue break.
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Life has changed dramatically for Bluewater Springs Roadhouse owners Geoff and Melissa Bolster since the coronavirus pandemic hit the headlines in 2019.
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Armed with a bottle of cleaning liquid and a big smile on his face, Shepherd had been cleaning his truck whilst on a break when Big Rigs caught up with him.
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Aged 53, Lindsay Elmore drives a Nissan UD for Linfox out of Townsville and carries general freight locally and to Charters Towers and the Burdekin.
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This truckie has done something that no other truck driver I have spoken to in the past 10 years has – that is to have a break in his sleeper box off the Flinders Highway at the top of the Burra Range between Torren’s Creek and Pentland in north Queensland after dark.
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