MAN’s recent launch of its all-new truck generation at the RACQ Mobility Centre near Brisbane was a well-executed event, attracting media from all parts of the country. Warren Aitken tagged along to see what all the fuss was about.
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Lowood truck show loads up
The streets of Lowood in Queensland’s Somerset Region were chock full with the biggest rigs, including a couple of road trains, when its annual truck show made a triumphant return. You can’t keep a good little town down for long
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Doin’ the hardyards: the Turners’ headturning Kenworth
OCTOBER TRUCK OF THE MONTH: A new spruced-up Kenworth T909 has proved to be the shining light for Jeff and Lori Turner’s small fleet as they ‘rock on’ under the banner of their newly named business, Method Earthworks.
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Iowa on fire: 2022 Walcott Truckers Jamboree
Fireworks, big sleeper cabs and pork chops – just a few of the talking points of the 2022 Walcott Truckers Jamboree held at the world’s largest truck stop – Iowa 80. OwnerDriver investigate the gleaming working trucks in the US Midwest while pondering why the North Americans are allowed large, luxurious cabs compared to Australia’s restrictive dog boxes.
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Attitude Adjuster: Cheyenne Western Star
SEPTEMBER TRUCK OF THE MONTH: Brenden Cook snared the last truck off the heritage line with the purchase of the 11th of 11 limited edition Cheyenne Western Stars. Now it’s the shining star of the show at Dalrymple Landscape Haulage.
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Casino Truck Show back with a bang
The Casino Truck Show in northern NSW returned bigger and better than ever on August 6 with close to 400 trucks arriving from local regions and further afield
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Cool Running with Tim Montague’s K104
Starting off in the Western Australian drilling industry, Tim Montague entered the trucking world as a driver before making the step to owner-driver behind the wheel of a Kenworth K104. And that golden oldie is a story on its own.
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Perfect Pete the Cadillac of trucks
AUGUST TRUCK OF THE MONTH: Jason Whitty’s brief drive in a Peterbilt during a visit to the US state of Iowa turned into full-blown obsession, tracking down a 379 model north of the border in Canada
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Creative inspiration behind Mack Outlaw series
JULY TRUCK OF THE MONTH: Bushrangers were known to be operating around the Tamworth region in the 1800s and it seems the ‘Outlaws’ are still present today in the form of highly accessorised Mack Super-Liners
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Macks aplenty at Western Australia Muster
The weekend of May 20–22, 2022 was only the second running of the WA Mack Muster and Truck Show, but trucks and spectators turned out in droves at picturesque Quarry Farms
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