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Second generation

Careers & Training, Livestock, Second generation, Truckie Profiles

Young livestock truckie’s path to success

Growing up on a farm in Briagolong, Victoria, Melissa Ryan began driving horse trucks when she turned 18. These days, you’ll find her behind the wheel of a 2022 Kenworth T909, pulling B-doubles and road trains loaded with cattle. Read More
Danielle GullaciNovember 12, 2023, 9:54 amNovember 21, 2023 0 14,441
Features, Livestock, Second generation, Truck driver, Truckie Profiles

Passionate young gun truckie wins coveted award

Inspired by his father and uncle, who he now works alongside, second generation livestock transport operator Anton Fitzgerald, 27, keeps kicking goals. Read More
Danielle GullaciOctober 20, 2023, 9:14 amOctober 24, 2023 0 7526
Outback, Second generation, Truck driver, Truckie Profiles

Passing the baton from one generation to the next

Speaking to Brad Russell, 37, he recalled the first time his late father let him get behind the wheel. “The first time my dad asked if I wanted to have a drive of the truck, I thought I was king,” he said. Read More
Danielle GullaciOctober 16, 2023, 6:24 amOctober 18, 2023 0 6922
Outback, Second generation, Truckie Profiles

‘Most people have to take holidays to see this stuff’

Ryan Mckenzie’s path into trucking is quite a familiar one. The son of a truck driver, he decided he’d get a trade before getting his start behind the wheel. Though he confessed, “I was always going to drive trucks. I never liked the trade but I loved the trucks.”  Read More
Danielle GullaciSeptember 27, 2023, 2:00 pmOctober 3, 2023 0 1576
Outback, Second generation, Truck driver, Truckie Profiles

Second generation truckie living his dream in Mt Isa

Trucking wasn’t always on the cards for Joe Watts, 50, whose trucking career has seen him travel the length and breadth of Australia. Read More
Danielle GullaciSeptember 22, 2023, 1:44 pmSeptember 27, 2023 0 2496
Second generation, Truck driver, Truckie Profiles

Second generation truckie ‘flying like an eagle’

Working as an independent contractor for most of his career, Jack Singh has been working with Allied Express Transport for the better part of two decades. Read More
Staff WriterAugust 22, 2023, 10:30 amAugust 22, 2023 0 370

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