Sterle back on the road for 5000km charity run
WA Labor Senator and former truckie Glenn Sterle was back behind the wheel for his fourth road train charity run in less than two months.
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One door closes, another one opens for operators
Maranoa Haulage owners Ian and Fiona French are set to embark on a new chapter as they close the doors of the business they built and step into retirement.
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Big Rigs celebrates 30 years
To celebrate Big Rigs’ 30th birthday this week, we take a look back at how the title began, and what’s happened in trucking and road transport over the past three decades.
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Meet the heavy vehicle drivers helping take a rocket to the moon
At Big Rigs we’ve always been humbled by the number of overseas readers we have and their generous feedback, but we reckon this approach just about takes the cake in our 30th anniversary year.
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Keeping all in the loop with three-way messaging
vWork’s easy and intuitive software platform is assisting businesses and customers to work together, no matter the size of your business.
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Truckies’ knight in shining armour to the rescue
It was a scorching hot summer day with the temperature sitting at 38 degrees when Gye Gardner was working on a truck at a pull-off area beside the Bruce Highway near Rockhampton.
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Experience counts with radiators
Bayswater Road Radiators was established in the early 1980s at 369 Bayswater Road, Garbutt, which was then the industrial centre of Townsville.
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Heat matters in truck power steering systems
Power steering systems with intermittent system temperatures greater than 120ºC will be damaging pump and gear seals as well as power steering hoses, decreasing the reliability of the power steering system and increasing maintenance costs.
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The cooler way for drivers to rest and recover
There are enormous benefits to using a parking cooler in your truck cabin. Keeping the cabin as comfortable as possible by regulating the temperature and humidity during rest and sleep stops allows drivers to rest and recover optimally which can increase alertness and therefore safety while driving.
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Low-cost engine treatment boosts bottom line
Rising AdBlue prices may be causing headaches for many truckies around Australia, but there is one low-cost engine additive on the market today that can offset those costs by boosting mileage, engine life and truck resale values.
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