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Latest terminal gate diesel price guide http://www.etruck.com.au/r3e #
A video advertising the Victorian Governments latest attempt to improve traffic in Melbourne http://bit.ly/cFqeYL #
Video from my old stomping ground when I drove trucks down to Spain http://bit.ly/bbN9ou #
Getting a 6×2 Scania stuck in sand is easy. How's he going to get the trailer out? http://bit.ly/bk1yHl #

Trucking in La Jonquera.

This is a trip down memory lane for me. They reckon it’s the biggest truckstop in the world. There are trucks parked up everywhere in the town and the bars can get pretty rowdy most nights. My strongest memory is wandering about the hundreds and hundreds of parked trucks at 4am waking up drivers from [...]

SmartRoads?

The music is very soothing and the graphics look great but this new traffic plan for Melbourne is most likely to send the trucking industry into paroxysms of rage. Once they start talking about improved benefit for communities it only means one thing in the public mind, truck bans!

more about “SmartRoads?“, posted with vodpod

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Truckie gets new job and fined for overlength by 7.5 metres http://bit.ly/bghc9Z #
There's something about a V8 engine sound http://bit.ly/bLhptK #
Clip from the movie 'Prime Mover' http://bit.ly/aZ41uv #
Latest terminal gate diesel price guide http://www.etruck.com.au/r3e #
The return of the plastic cab could be sooner than you think http://www.etruck.com.au/87f #
Futuristic solar powered truck http://www.etruck.com.au/jlb #
Electric Mercedes Benz [...]

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Canadian trucks hauling through the Rockies http://bit.ly/dpmjfU #
New low loader trailer with rear steer axle http://bit.ly/cy3Y1x #
Walk around a restored 1949 Autocar with a 300 Cummins http://bit.ly/cyL1FX #
Latest terminal gate diesel price guide http://www.etruck.com.au/r3e #

Pull your head in, again

For the duration of Truckweek, Australia’s truck drivers have been asked to ’slow down and be courteous to other road users as part of Truckweek 2010′. They have been asked by ATA Chairman Trevor Martyn to make an extra effort for the sake of the industry’s image with the general public. This is always the [...]

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Latest terminal gate diesel price guide http://www.etruck.com.au/r3e #
Crossing Pennsylvania in a truck http://bit.ly/d61ZMT #
Kenworth fan gets to drive a Volvo http://bit.ly/9REPSz #
Old Acco getting the once over from the truck tester http://bit.ly/cQm5M6 #

Rational trucking — it will never happen!

It is almost impossible to get the words rationality and trucking industry in the same sentence and make sense. It is in the nature of trucking for those involved to follow the heart not the head and, if the customer kicks up, drop the price. It appears it is a global problem and it’s been [...]

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Tooradin truck show pictures http://www.etruck.com.au/zro #
Truck pics from around the world http://www.etruck.com.au/cx1 #
Truck driving across Northern France http://bit.ly/cj8aXt #
More culinary tips from Trucker's Tucker http://bit.ly/991JZP #

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Latest terminal gate diesel price guide http://www.etruck.com.au/r3e #