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Here is some more footage from the Brisbane Truck Show and Mick, from OztruckinTV, gets three industry stalwarts to tell us a bit about their trucks. All three, Ian, Paul and Lloyd, are enthusiastic about the trucks, but also the industry as a whole. These are the sort of people who make trucking a good, [...]

Here’s another video on YouTube from the Brisbane Truck Show, this one is from OztruckinTV, who, incidentally, caught up with etruck for a wee chat at the show. The video is nothing if not comprehensive, getting just about all of the major stands included and showing most of the trucks on display.

Brisbane Truck Show has been and gone and was a chance for You Tubers to get some footage and put their material up on the web. Here are a few examples, giving those who couldn’t make it a chance to get a flavour of what the show in the new venue was like. Some loved [...]

On with the show The Brisbane Truck Show is to move to the Brisbane Convention Centre for the next event in May 2010. This marks the end of a long ongoing relationship with the RNA Showgrounds dating back to 1968 and the show’s coming of age as a major national event. http://cdn-2-service.phanfare.com/images/external/4957656_4518398_91812547_Full_3/0_0_2e6b41101a5552a58bb41d69e535f93b_1 As the show [...]

  Winners announced at the Brisbane Show and Western Star get Truck of the show for the second time running and the hard working people at Mack get their third consecutive award for another great stand.   Click here to see the full results – Queensland Truck and Machinery Show.

Days two and three of the Brisbane Truck Show have seen the skies blue and the numbers coming in through the gate increasing. This will me the last show on the current building at the RNA as the site is due for a massive redevelopment in the next few years. The largest hall, the Industrial [...]

Day one of the Brisbane Truck Show and there’s plenty of new gear to see and pretty good crowds. Despite the privations of the GFC, exhibitor numbers have held up well and early indications are of a reasonable attendance. Common themes on most truck manufacturers’ stands is alternative fuels and hybrids, no surprise there! Highlights [...]

The CVIAQ say they have examined a proposal by the National Transport Commission to vary the Australian Vehicle Standards Rules (AVSR) on the relation between axles in an axle group and the performance of braking systems.

Following the securing of an agreement with the Queensland Department of Education, Training and Arts (DETA), CVIAQ has engaged the services of a Project Manager on a two year contract to oversee the Skills Formation Strategy in Heavy Vehicle Repair.

Nominations are now open for the 2008 Apprentice of the Year Awards. The Awards are open to apprentices of CVIAQ member companies and their Queensland based branches that have or will be finalising their formal training in 2008. See the video here.