Welcome Back to the Trucking Twitterverse

Welcome back to the trucking twitterverse, in the lead up the Easter Holiday. Flooded roads in Queensland, increased restrictions on some loads are in force this weekend, workplace culture, recruiting and retaining staff under discussion and a potential female record for the Guinness Book of Records.

The cyclone activity in Northern Australia is making a lot of roads impassable for trucks:

Never ignore flood barriers and signs. Even if floodwater has subsided, the road may not to be safe to use. Find out more https://t.co/9NFE9ZwWml pic.twitter.com/53cB1E1jiq

— Transport Main Roads (@TMRQld) March 27, 2018

Easter long weekend sees limits on some large and specialist loads:

Moving freight or produce this Easter? Be aware that NSW, Qld, Vic & WA have travel restrictions in place for agricultural, oversize/over mass and special purpose heavy vehicles. More info here https://t.co/MNfBw1Uh3K pic.twitter.com/TayhEn8NiP

— NHVR (@NHVR) March 26, 2018

Future leaders meet in Canberra and the future of trucking is on the agenda:

Stacey Davies is taking part in the Daimler #FutureLeadersForum representating @Daimler_CV.

Stacey is working on a leadership project discussing workplace culture, recruiting and retaining staff, and improving the industry image, to be presented at #TruckingAustralia2018 pic.twitter.com/mvXtwF73Mx

— Australian Trucking (@TruckAustralia) March 27, 2018

This event features the heaviest truck pulled by a woman over 30 metres: