Each Friday, veteran truckie Ken Sheppard stands out from other drivers, as he dons a colourful shirt with a truck screen printed on the front.
Busy times for livestock truckie
Based at Hughenden, Vince Butcher, 63, has been a driver for much of his working life. He hauls cattle and general freight for Corfield Livestock Transport.
Loving life as a truckie
When Big Rigs saw Greg Hancock just before dark, he was checking a trailer behind his Kenworth K104 along the Townsville Port Access Road.
Owner-operators feel the pinch of fuel price increases
Like every other owner-operator, NSW driver Basil ‘Spitz’ Spitzkowsky has been affected by the big increase in fuel prices.
Veteran truckie learned the ropes from his dad
Friendly truckie Joe Lo-Monaco, 52, is from a well-respected family with strong connections to the road transport industry at Silkwood in North Queensland.
Quadruple the fun for North Queensland truckie
Burdekin-based truckie Raymond Finn was driving a late model Volvo towing four trailers and carrying molasses when Big Rigs caught up with him.
Multi skilled truckie navigates the tropics
Being a diesel mechanic certainly comes in handy for north Queensland truckie Phil Ellevsen who drives a Western Star 4900 for Velocity Haulage based at the Bohle.
Overcoming challenges
When Big Rigs saw driver Gerry Netter recently, he was on the lookout for accommodation.
35 years on the road
Aged 53, Lindsay Elmore drives a Nissan UD for Linfox out of Townsville and carries general freight locally and to Charters Towers and the Burdekin.
The legend of the Yowie
This truckie has done something that no other truck driver I have spoken to in the past 10 years has – that is to have a break in his sleeper box off the Flinders Highway at the top of the Burra Range between Torren’s Creek and Pentland in north Queensland after dark.