Soldiering on through difficult times
It was great to catch up with our esteemed old mate, Robert Wade from Nubeena while he was at Kempton.
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Finding his calling
Robin Riley from Launceston has been driving trucks for over 30 years, with no regrets. After finishing school, he went into landscaping before finding his calling as a truckie.
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42 years on the road – and counting
Owner-driver Ian Gillie has spent over 40 years behind the wheel, and despite the challenges of a pandemic, he has been keeping very busy.
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Flat out during harvest
Tassie truck driver Matt McKenzie is looking forward to busy times ahead as harvest time kicks in.
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From tradie to truckie
Matthew Daley from Hobart was driving a Muskett’s 2015 Kenworth K200 with a quad dog loaded with plantation timber from Koonya and was on his way to Long Reach when he stopped for a chat.
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40 years behind the wheel, and counting
We first saw this impressive Norton Transport 500hp Scania as the demo pulling a B-double. Roger Neal is the man driving it and Big Rigs caught up with him as he pulled out of a truck stop on his return to Burnie from Hobart.
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Busy days ahead
It’s always good to catch up with old friends, as it was when we met up with owner-driver Andrew Arnold from Bridport.
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The right decision for this Tassie truckie
From driving tractors and farm machinery, Luke Williams soon progressed onto something much bigger – and after three years as a truckie, he says he couldn’t be happier.
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Swapping the old for the new
“I’ve been on the road pretty well all my life, trucks, excavators and so on, and I’ve never, other than those odd occasions we all have, regretted taking it up for a living,” said Ron Hillier, who will soon be taking the wheel of a brand new rig.
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Owning the dream for this owner operator
Haydn Bean had just rolled in driving his always immaculate Bean Family Transport 2002 T-404 S Kenworth with a Series 60 up front and towing a Fresh Freight fridge pan, when he stopped to chat with Big Rigs.
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