Fresh off trialling the first Freightliner Cascadia to tow road trains over 100 tonne, an expat Kiwi couple chat about life on the road.
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Outback truckie finds his calling
This 24-year-old’s foray into trucking all started through a chat with a mate. “He said come and work for me, so he put me on,” recalled Mitch Levchenko.
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‘I started learning to drive a truck before a car’
For MC driver Hannah Hughes, 30, it’s always been about the trucks. Growing up in New Zealand, her family is very much a trucking family – with her grandfather, uncles and stepfather all truck drivers.
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From the desk to the open road
Working for SEQ Transport, based in Yatala, Queensland, Mark and Deb Nelson (aka Team DAMN), travel in excess of 8500 kilometres a week from Brisbane to Perth, and back again. From behind the wheel of a 700hp XXL Volvo, it takes them an average of 53 hours each way.
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Road train trip lures former mechanic into the driver’s seat
Originally a diesel mechanic, 34-year-old MC driver Andy Kent was lured into the truck cabin and hasn’t looked back since.
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Specced-up Kenworth T659 goes viral
The son of two truckies, owner operator David Imeson, 30, was always destined to follow in his parents’ footsteps, though he tried his hand at carpentry for a number of years before stepping into the big rigs full time.
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It started with a dare: 7000km a week for high school sweethearts
For MC driver Liza van der Heide, 63, her foray into trucking all started with a dare, while visiting her husband at work.
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Outback truckie creates mental health stop on the Strzelecki
About a year ago, Shane Whenan decided to create his own “mental health break point” on a spot along the Strzelecki Track – and now it is gaining momentum.
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7000km weekly round trip for husband and wife duo
This dynamic husband and wife duo, Karen and Stephen Ceissman, do two-up for a weekly 7000-kilometre round-trip towing quads from Brisbane to Darwin, and then back again – “and we haven’t killed each other yet,” joked Karen.
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Outback truckie says “the west was calling”
Though his trucking career has seen him move near and far, the lure of the outback has kept 42-year-old Mark Cottier coming back for more. “You can leave the outback, but once the red dust is in your bloodstream, you always seem to end up back there,” he said.
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