An apt description of 37-year-old truckie Michael Chambers is that he is a ‘high-flyer’.
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Driving trucks a big lure for youngsters joining army
At age 21, Private Hayley Schaefer who is originally from Mandurah in WA has the key to the door to drive army trucks.
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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.
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From bull rider to bull transporter
Michael Carr may be just 155cm in height but he stands tall when it comes to his courteous nature and knowledge of the road transport industry.
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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.
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A recent switch from the army to trucking
Soon after pulling up in his Mack R-Series beside the Flinders Highway, Kenneth Lynn walked into the Calcium Puma Roadhouse.
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Townsville-based tree loppers hard at work
When Big Rigs saw Corey Hess near his Hino in Charters Towers he and his workmate Nick Nelson were lopping trees which were close to power lines at Centenary Park.
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Decades on the road for veteran truckie
Friendly driver Mick Vaughan was having a break at the Mingela rest area beside the Flinders Highway when Big Rigs saw him recently.
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This truck is his ‘own little office’
It was raining when Robbie Del Mansor was making deliveries at the scenic Atherton Tablelands hamlet of Tolga when Big Rigs saw him recently.
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‘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.”
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