It’s a good life for this truckie as he travels the Apple Isle
It was freezing cold when Jamie Van Essen, 51, pulled up in his 1989 Mitsubishi Canter at High Clare Roadhouse in Tasmania at around 11am.
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‘If you want to be a truckie, put your head down and work’
Given that I see so many Collins Transport trucks through my great little town of Ararat, Victoria, I figured it was about time that I shared a story on one of their drivers in Big Rigs.
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Truckie ‘grateful to be alive’ after open-heart surgery
A truckie based in Bathurst, NSW has told how he’s finally back on the road after open-heart surgery – and grateful to be alive.
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Young owner-driver makes dreams come true
Calab Dihm grew up watching the trucks drive past his family’s 700-acre farm in Lang Lang, Victoria, and a dream formed in his head.
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More big things to come for go-getting young truckie
Chloe Anderson tried her hand at many different roles in trucking before finding her calling in heavy haulage – and she’s just moved her biggest load yet.
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Lots of ‘nice places’ to see behind the wheel of this Hino
Driving a refrigerated Hino for Tas Fresh, based at Camdale in northern Tasmania, truckie Paul Fulford was unloading frozen food for delivery to a café at scenic Penguin.
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Living the dream driving for Tassie family business
When Big Rigs saw Jason Duck, 49, he was filling up the Fuso Fighter at the busy Epping Forest Roadhouse beside the Midlands Highway.
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Twin truckies with related rigs achieve childhood dream
Trucking is often a family affair – but it’s not every day you see twin truckies with related rigs.
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‘It’s different every day’ for this third generation outback truckie
Driving a brand new Kenworth T659 with 110,000 litres of fuel behind him, this third-generation truckie says he’s enjoying the ride.
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Cheers to that! Truckie takes us on the ‘booze run’ around southwest Tassie
It was just after 7am on a freezing morning when I saw Kerry Byard unloading alcohol from his Kenworth T909 to a hotel in the main street of remote Strahan in southwest Tasmania.
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