With Covid restrictions lifted after weeks of lockdowns in Victoria, some sense of normality returned to the community, and one of the most popular truck shows in the state was back on the calendar with a large contingent of trucks and visitors to the Castlemaine Rotary Truck Show. Read more
HTS Logistics celebrates century of trucks, logs and rock and roll
From hauling logs out of the Blue Mountains with a horse and dray more than 100 years ago to carting sound and stage equipment for Metallica and Beyonce, the HTS Logistics story is something special. Read more
Industry rallies for Coops
Andrew ‘Coops’ Cooper, a truck driver for over two decades based out of Albury-Wodonga, is currently battling osteosarcoma (a type of bone cancer), and a benefit day has been planned for late January to help out Coops and his young family.
A special road train for Georgia
In 2016, Mitch and Jess Kelly, owners of Kelly Transport in Toowoomba, were thrown a massive curveball. They learned that their daughter, Georgia, who was just two at the time, would not grow up and enjoy the life they had dreamed she should have.
Top 10 trucking podcasts of 2021
As we enter the holiday period there is a plethora of excellent podcasts to listen to, both in Australia and overseas, for industry information and just pure entertainment value.
Big Rigs counts down their Top 10 trucking-centric podcasts for 2021.
Milestone moment for Aussie truck parts giant
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Burson Auto Parts in 2021, we brought together two icons of the aftermarket industry.
Labour of love resto takes shape for youngster
Regular readers of Big Rigs with a good memory may recall a chat I had back in 2018 with the Geehman family from Gippsland, who had just undertaken the Crawling the Hume event with ‘Dusty Tracks’, their ex-Ascot NT 1979 model Kenworth K125. Read more
Industry veteran retires after 60 years in trucking
As Robert Holmes, 76, steps into retirement, he reveals it’s the people and the challenges that he’ll miss most of all.
Joyall Tyres drive for low-carbon freight transport
Joyall is proudly supported by local Aussie businesses, such as Waldie Transport in Melbourne; a family owned and operated transport company specialising in local, regional and interstate haulage.
Janus charges ahead in 2022
While the Morrison government spruiks its spend on hydrogen infrastructure post the UN climate change summit, a start-up on the Central Coast of NSW already has a jump-start on many of its zero emission rivals – without a cent of federal support.