From the tropics to Tassie
It is always satisfying catching up with people we have known for some time, and the last time we ran into Jamie Shelton, from Hadspen, he was over picking up a heavy load from Zeehan on the far West Coast.
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From tradie to truckie
We recently caught up with Greg Wylie from Nubeena on the Tasman Peninsula when he stopped for a hot cuppa and a refreshment.
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The right decision for this truckie
“Well I started out working as a seasonal worker, but I’ve always wanted to drive trucks, and one day I decided to get a fork and truck licence, and go looking for a job,” Lindsay Murfet said.
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From the north to the south
It’s always good to catch up with drivers in those neat little ‘CAT’ rigs, and so it was when we caught up with Glenn Beer from Burnie at the rapidly expanding and evolving Mood Food 24-hour truckstop/roadhouse at Kempton.
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Catching up with a legend of the highways
Stopping over at the very popular Caltex at Sassafras the other day, we were very happy to catch up with Tommy Buckle from Colac, who drives a Wettenhalls 2020 V8 Euro 6 Scania log truck on the big island.
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Old-school values
Scott Fisher from Hobart was just pulling out of a local truckstop in a Toll 600hp Volvo FH16 when he stopped to chat with Big Rigs.
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Increasing costs hitting truckies hard
When I saw an old International Eagle dubbed “West Coast Eagle” parked up at a roadhouse deep in the tropics I thought for sure and certain the driver was from WA.
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New rig for this Townsville truckie
Recently when Big Rigs caught up with Shane Walshe, he was busy cleaning the interior of the near new Mercedes Benz 2646 with automatic transmission, which he drives for Brisbane based ACFS Port Logistics. It has depots around the country.
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Over three decades on the road
“When you see a roadhouse with lots of trucks pulled up there, you know they serve a good feed,” was a great quote from Townsville driver Alan Camenzind.
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Enjoying life on the road
Brett Hamilton drives a 2016 Mack Superliner 685 for Kelly Freightlines, based in Goondiwindi. He was with his lovely wife Judy when I saw them.
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