‘I enjoy the job and early starts suit me’
It was early one cold morning when Big Rigs saw driver Hayden Butt, 36, delivering linen to the Night Cap at Riverside Hotel in Launceston.
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Truckie says this spot is a top place to stop
When Big Rigs saw Gary Simmons parked outside the Detention River Roadhouse, he was sitting in the cab of a new Kenworth.
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Almost two decades on the road for this Tassie truckie
A truckie for the past 18 years, Dex Ballard works for Kile Transport based in the beautiful Huon Valley region of southern Tasmania.
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Trucking in the blood for young gun truckie
“If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life,” goes the saying and in the case of 22-year-old Nick Madden from Nathalia in northern Victoria, this statement certainly has some resonance.
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‘Some of the roads are dirt and the truck handles them well’
Veteran driver Graham Gunn, 64, walked into the Ouse Roadhouse in Tasmania and parked his flashy Iveco 4×4 across the road.
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Road train driver makes childhood dream come true
Growing up in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley and watching the countless road trains go past was enough to inspire Chris Pearson, 30, to follow the same path.
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Trusty truck is a common sight around Tassie
It was a former hire truck and since Col Churchill purchased it three years ago this Mitsubishi Canter has been a common sight around the northern region of Tasmania.
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Lucky streak helped owner-driver achieve life’s dream
Scott Brady is a third-generation truck driver from Sydney who always wanted to be his own boss, but was never able to make it happen – until a miraculous run of luck.
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Brothers work side by side at family business run by their mum
Brothers Justin and John Rainbird were delivering food and general freight to the remote Hungry Wombat Roadhouse along the Lyell Highway in Tasmania in a Hino when Big Rigs saw them.
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Truck owner says eating his own veggies is the secret to health
Farmer Andrew Thompson didn’t look more than 50 when he pulled up in his Mitsubishi FK417 at Richmond in southern Tasmania.
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