Owner-operator Josh Miller was realistic about the effect of the cost of fuel when Big Rigs saw him parked up earlier this month.
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The 1000km run that ‘literally shakes you to pieces’
Legendary outback truckie Jim Foody tackles a weekly 2000-kilometre round trip that’s so brutal, very few dare to take up the challenge.
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Emma loves truckin’, but says facilities are lacking
Emma Rigby is 155cm in height but stands much taller for the fine job she does driving a Kenworth 659 AB-triple road train for Mort & Co. Transport based at Dalby.
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Following in the footsteps of his truckie dad
Of the 12 drivers who work for Jarratt Transport Solutions located at the Port of Brisbane, 29-year-old Josh Jeffery is the youngest.
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Breakdowns won’t wipe big smile from Alan’s face
Friendly small fleet owner Alan Watts said he was “born to be a truck driver” and runs Ingham Carrying Services which was started 55 years ago by his father Sid and mum Muriel.
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Passion runs deep for father and son trucking duo
OBrienco Transport Managing Director John O’Brien works with his son and OBrienco Transport National Sales and Linehaul Manager Jack O’Brien in South Toowoomba.
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Father and son truckies hit the road together
Father and son duo David Parker, 49, and Daniel Parker, 27, both work as B-double drivers for De Bruyn’s Transport – and as they told Big Rigs, trucking has been in their family for three generations.
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Memories come flooding back
What great memories of market runs to Melbourne in Steve’s Scania, early articles about his battles with Navajo Transport as well as many a convivial cuppa along the way all came flooding back with our recent stopover at Murray Bridge.
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Truckie gets back into the groove, following a break
Fuelling up at Robe in South Australia, we met Gordon Hodsen from Strathalbyn, where he recently built and moved into in January.
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Like father, like son for trucking duo
Justin Oates is the longest serving employee at De Bruyn’s Transport’s Hobart depot, serving as team leader for the PUD fleet there of 16 trucks. Driving one of those is his 20-year-old son Axel Oates, who’s been working by his father’s side for almost two years.
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