Retriever ready for duty
Kelvin Baxter, who is best known for his fleet of red and white Kenworths, is excited about putting the latest addition to his military collection to work.
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Owner rekindles ties with heyday for famous fleet
Over the decades of road transport in Australia, many haulage operators who are no longer turning the wheels become known throughout the country by their choice of paint schemes and colours adorning their trucks as much as their name.
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‘Sleepless Nights’: Head-turning T909 hauls the mail after dark
The team at Glen Kearney Transport in Barooga, NSW, has celebrated a milestone moment with a very special delivery.
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Bird Brothers’ 1967 Benz flies high
Along with other trucks of years past such as the Mack R-Model and the International ACCO, the venerable Mercedes Benz 1418 has earned a spot in the annals of Australian trucking history, with the model a mainstay of many fleets in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Gippsland to do it for the kids
The Gippsland region in southern Victoria has long had a close association with road transport since the early days with the region home to number of diverse and dedicated haulage operations working across a large geographical part of the state.
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Clean sweep on the Murray
In the last 12 years or so that I have been writing for Big Rigs, it would be fair to say that the Scarab street sweeper owned by the Wills family would be the ‘littlest’ rig that I come across in my travels. But the specialised little truck is part of a big future for the Echuca-based family business as they build on a steady foundation which commenced in early 2021.
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Mark’s speedy Swede wows racetrack crowds
“The ECU and the turbo put out a lot of horsepower. You have to be careful how you manage it as you could be a hero, or you could be picking up parts off the track,” said Mark Noonan with a wry smile.
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Rare White takes flight
In such a big place as Australia, when you come across a truck which is only one of 37 to have ever been put on the road in this country, it certainly stands out from the others.
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Bronzed Bulldog takes prides of place in collection
Released into the Australian marketplace in the early 1980s as a replacement to the long-standing F-Model, the Mack Cruise-Liner took its place as the flagship cabover truck in the Bulldog breed’s product line-up.
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In honour of the Snowman, the Bandit and Smokey
The trucking scene around the world has over the years been an area of interest for Hollywood movie producers, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s.
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