Well, it has been a couple of years since I last travelled down to the tiny town of Tooradin. Nestled in the Shire of Cardinia, about 50 kilometres south-east of Melbourne’s CBD, Tooradin plays host
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Western Star makes for wonderful retirement rig
Laurie Williams and the Anywhere Truck & Machinery Heavy Towing Western Star you see on the pages before you are a bit of a contradiction. In the fact that, by visual appearance, this 2000 model 4900
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Special European Scania enacts popular franchise
Say what you want about the European trucking scene – they have taken ‘over the top’ to a whole new level. The Müller Ermensee GmbH Scania you see before you is about as over the top as you can
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Behind the rapid rise of Reflections Metal Polishing
If you own the hat, the stubby cooler or even just have one of their cards in the holder of your truck, you will notice some key words associated with Reflections Metal Polishing. ‘Passion is the Key’
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A tribute Mack for Mick
Sometimes the hardest stories to write are the ones that must be written. The stunning Matt James Mack comes under that umbrella, for while it is an epically cool refurb story, it is also mired in pain
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Holridge Scania showcases global love for lorries
Having done this story writing gig for a couple of years now, I have racked up more than a few interesting yarns, and over my years I have chased down stories for a multitude of reasons. Great people,
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Life in the fast lane for born and bred truckie
My apologies everyone, this story has been a long time coming. Years actually. I am pretty sure it was either 2020 or 2021 when I first met the lovely young Jessica at the Dane Ballinger Memorial Truck
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Morgans keeps it in the family with new K220
Michael Jordan and Craig Tesch. It may seem like I am drawing a pretty long bow when I place these two individuals in the same sentence – after all, one is a 6’6 GOAT who played over 1000 NBA games,
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Bathurst puts on another touching tribute to Dane
Heaping praise on a parking warden may be a weird way to begin a truck show wrap up and I appreciate that, but I am still going to do it though. I was witness to the stresses involved and I feel it is
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Test drive: Scania’s new 500hp Super P
Full disclosure – I have always been a bit of a Scania fan. I’ve driven plenty of them and loved pretty much all of them. The majority of my experience was back in New Zealand, where I had the pleasure
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