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Veteran truckies share why they’ve finally had enough

Record diesel prices, heavy-handed fines for minor paperwork errors, deteriorating health, and being forced to spend hours away from your loved ones while trying to make ends meet. Any of those reasons – along with a fair few related to the pandemic – are conspiring to force drivers from the cabs in increasing numbers Read More
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Change of pace for popular Outback Truckers star

If you’re a fan of Outback Truckers, then you’ll have most likely seen Paul ‘Sludge’ Andrews, 54, and his specced-up custom 2008 Peterbilt 379 Extended Hood – known simply as ‘The Phantom’ – tackling all that Australia’s unforgiving outback had to throw at him. Read More
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Truckies can come clean

One Australian company has designed hot wash and steam cleaners specifically for Australian users. That company, Australian Pump Industries (Aussie Pumps), is proud of pulling together designs that really suit the heavy earthmoving and transport industries. Read More
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Proactive and intelligent servicing

FleetguardMAP is a coolant monitoring service that provides information on the health of the coolant and alerts the customer of cooling system issues before they become major concerns which may lead to costly unplanned downtime or engine failure. Read More
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A drive on the ‘Wild’ side

Wild Desert is a family-owned, well-servicing company that was founded in Roma, Queensland in 2005. The core of our business is providing and operating our well-servicing rigs for oil and gas producers including Santos, Arrow Energy and Beach Energy, but don’t be fooled – this wouldn’t be possible without our large transport department.  Read More
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