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Women Truckies on the road

A young female truck driver from Estonia is featured in this short video. It gives us a perspective into the life of a truck driving women in a virtually all-male environment. the culture in Eastern Europe
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Red Light Truckie

Here is another example of stupidity around trucks. Unfortunately, this time, it is the truckie who gets it all wrong. This kind of carelessness or complete lack of attention makes the the life of those,
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Slammin’ Sam

“When was a trucker last given the keys to the city, or a knighthood?” It’s just one of the great lines from this YouTube ad for Paccar Parts, where Sam ‘Truckovich’ (AKA Kekovich)
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117 tonnes over!

Overloading a truck to this degree is quite an achievement. It is hard to believe it is possible to overload a single trailer with the record-breaking weight of 171.3 tonnes, as it was when intercepted
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Lights on the Hill

It’s that time of year again, at Gatton, on the Warrego Highway between Brisbane and Toowoomba, two convoys will converge on the town this weekend. The annual Read More

Drone delivery

I’ve seen the future, and it includes the sky filled with drones delivering online purchases. A lot of energy is being put into the development of drones to handle home delivery.   One of the
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Brand loyalty

Truck brands inspire a peculiar loyalty among those which work with them. Many truckies have a favourite brand and model, if asked. Some of those involved in designing and building them also feel the same
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Truck driving women

The place of women in the trucking industry is so much more established in the US than it is here in Australia. One factor may be the driver shortage they have suffered for a long time, another is the
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Doing it in the Dakar

The Dakar rally provides us with some spectacular footage as trucks rampage through the deserts and mountains of South America. This year’s event was no exception, with the Russians dominating the race, coming in first, second and third in their Kamaz trucks. MAN managed fourth place with another Kamaz coming in fifth. Strong contenders Iveco started badly, losing a lot of time, but finished well, winning the final stage to finish sixth overall. The Hino team came in 16th overall, but first in the under 10 litre class, completing the course powered by a nine litre engine.
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Into the future

It’s the beginning of the year and a chance to look into the future and take a peak over the horizon at the kind of technology we can expect to find appearing in our trucks sooner than you think.
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