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The recent run by etruck across the Nullarbor from Perth to Melbourne was quite a trip. We would probably regard it as an adventure, but etruck met people out there for whom the run is a weekly reality. In many ways life out on the Eyre Highway is like trucking was ten or twenty years [...]

On etruck’s continuing trek across Australia, the latest stop is at Iron Knob. This is a well known name on the Australian map and the source of occasional giggles in primary school geography lessons. The name comes from the giant hill in the background made from pure iron ore and quarried out for export to [...]

The great Australian tradition in the trucking industry, of pushing out the boundaries of the envelope, continues even in the strictly regulated climate in which we have to work today. A major operator has been able to squeeze another couple of pallets onto a B-double, increasing productivity and wringing just a little bit more work [...]

more about “B-doubles in the UK“, posted with vodpod The UK is under pressure to introduce high productivity vehicles onto their highly congested roads. This is part of a report from the BBC giving a balanced account of the arguments for and against longer trucks. Compare this report to the kind of scare mongering rubbish [...]

Here’s a great video from Oztruckintv made when he came across a rollover in a parking bay a few clicks south of Coonabarabran on the Newell Highway. The poorly maintained parking area surface had given way and sent the B-double down the bank and onto its side. more about "Ridiculous rollover in NSW", posted with [...]