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Way out west to the north of Mount Isa is the Devil’s Triangle, from the look of this video it seems like quite a pleasant spot. This is a preview of a new DVD from Roadtrains who specialise is this kind of stuff. They also do Kenworth stories as well.

Here is a short intro from a a longer story about a truckie running a road train loaded with crushed copper at 126 tonnes out of Charters Towers in North Queensland. The Western Star 4900 prime mover handles the job well and you can see how rough the roads are there just by the way [...]

Welcome to the real world for many truckies. This video highlights the reality of trucking for many in the industry, self-reliant, do-it-yourself and happy to just struggle on with an old truck in need of constant maintenance. Yes, he complains about the noise of the old Icepack and, yes, it has been leaking exhaust fumes [...]

Ever wondered what it would be like to be run over by a triple road train? Well, wonder no longer, ‘twocrowsdown’ has videoed the action somewhere in the wilds of Western Australia. It takes a lot of bottle to drive 118 tonnes of truck over your valued video camera. I wonder if Mike’s iphone insurance [...]

G & W Freighters Western Star B/Double complete with reflection in the puddle, originally uploaded by Truckaus. It was not that many years ago Western Star were just a bit player on the Australian truck market. How times have changed in the past few years? With several good years, where there sales figures have outstripped [...]

Last week’s Melbourne Truck Show saw the first outing of the Foton truck brand in Australia. This appears to be the first real attempt to introduce a Chinese made and developed truck brand in a sophisticated modern western economy. Is this a first toe in the water for the massive Chinese truck industry before the [...]

Western Star and MAN have officially opened their new Aftermarket Support Centre at Wacol, QLD, adjacent to its existing head office and production facility. The centre features a 13,000 square metre Parts Distribution Centre (PDC); the National Centre for Technical Training; and office area for Western Star and MAN parts and service personnel.