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A quiet day in the life of a Canadian truckie http://bit.ly/ZsOQo # Jet powered truck trying to take off http://bit.ly/2xVcSZ # New site selling second hand Kenworths http://bit.ly/41IjpF # US road test for the new Ultrashift gearbox from Eaton http://bit.ly/3BmtVR # A wide selection of views from truck cabs from Tachoblog http://bit.ly/1BVAs0 #

Out on the US highways with a truck http://bit.ly/304Frc # Is this how most truck driver job interviews go? http://bit.ly/VdmGO # Scammell tanker line-up in 1948, impressive! http://bit.ly/3eeTTC # Fantastic futuristic truck designs! Check out these Mikola Piterskiy sketches especially the Renault road train http://bit.ly/2gIN29 # Shrink wrapped truck in WA http://bit.ly/9nQhP # Another selection [...]

Along with the issue of a driver shortage in the US comes driving schools which are simply box ticking businesses putting truck drivers out on the highway with no experience and no idea how to handle a truck. The rookie driver interviewed is TruckerDesiree who can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TruckerDesiree who was unleashed [...]

Road train tippers loading sand in WA http://bit.ly/2NNz6U # Latest new truck from Peterbilt, the 348 http://bit.ly/47EeVi # Photos of Iranian trucks http://bit.ly/1WwwH8 # An Atkinson truck in Sydney http://bit.ly/2DpwaU # Australian mail trucks from the forties http://bit.ly/4pfRiJ #

The continuing good press surrounding hybrid technology for trucks suggests industry has already decided this is the technology to get them through to a low carbon future. The latest big name to get on board is IBM who have released a report outlining their take of the future of trucking to 2020. “The truck industry [...]

A crawler riding on a Mack riding on a Mack http://bit.ly/33IQ5Q # Historic truck show in Queensland http://bit.ly/2XLfIB # Western Star cattle crates http://www.etruck.com.au/nuf # Five Mack trucks on the job http://www.etruck.com.au/pe4 # Revised url for Five Mack trucks on the job http://sturly.com/au50 # Revised url for Western Star cattle crate http://sturly.com/etruck #

These Renault Magnums are central to this movie scene http://bit.ly/1WOaUV # Drifting Scania truck doing a doughnut http://bit.ly/2jctJk # Eddie Izzard tour truck http://www.etruck.com.au/kyu # Walk around an Aussie Atkinson truck http://bit.ly/3L0cAs # Truck future according to IBM http://bit.ly/4EpcrP #

Have the succession of blows to the viability of many transport operations finally taken the industry to the point where well run companies are going to the wall? The last four years have seen an unremitting pressure on the profitability of good transport operators. First, there was the fuel price rises of 2005 increasing costs [...]

Out and about on the trucking highways of the UK http://bit.ly/1DwTRI # MAN TGA moving a large concrete block http://bit.ly/3A4k38 # Nice triple http://www.etruck.com.au/c2b # Classic mack trucks http://www.etruck.com.au/g4s # Truck maker Volvo post heavy losses http://www.etruck.com.au/3ha #

Finally, business is starting to wake up to the problem of infrastructure stifling freight task growth. A report in today’s Australian talks about the Business Council of Australia putting pressure on government to boost spending to specifically relieve pressure in vital areas. Avoiding port bottlenecks, city congestion and bad freight systems are top of the [...]