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Image gallery: Heart of Australia
For our second issue the ROADBOSS crew – led by videographer/photographer Josh Thies – accompanied Heart of Australia’s HEART 5 truck on an Indiana Jones-like journey to Weipa
The want to drive
Every day is different at Wants Transport. One day it’s grain, the next could be sugar, but it’s this variety and the freedom of the work that has kept it going, now into its third…
Generosity in-grained
The mid-30’s temperatures and the smouldering remnants of the Pilliga Forest, as we drive through, is evidence Aussie Hay Runners is doing god’s work. They’re delivering more than 1,200 bales of hay to bushfire-affected farmers…
Travelling the Green Triangle
ROADBOSS rides along in a Fennell Forestry AB-triple for a scenic two-day logging expedition across the Green Triangle, travelling from forestry to mill carting some of Australia’s finest timber
From the HEART
I’m certain that when Dr Rolf Gomes hatched the idea for his Heart of Australia project, a mind-boggling logistical effort like transporting a nearly priceless medical truck all the way to Weipa was the medical-industry…
Double no trouble
The latest Aussie transport innovation is a 47-metre long, seven-metre high Super B-triple combination, the culmination of a four-year project between Qube Logistics and O’Phee Trailers, which stacks empty containers two-up like a freight train…
Transport titan
In the notoriously tough road transport game, creating one empire is a pretty big deal. Two is very unique. Three? Well, that’s extremely rarefied company to which Ron Finemore belongs
Cattle carrying kings
ROADBOSS tags along with Australia's oldest family-owned livestock transporter, Fraser's, on an 800-kilometre road trip from an expansive cattle station north-east of Tambo in Central Western Queensland to the feedlots near Dalby with more than…
Truck with HEART
ROADBOSS joins Heart of Australia on an epic multi-day barge voyage around Cape York Peninsula to Weipa where it’s 26-metre, state-of-the-art medical clinic on wheels, HEART 5, performed important lung screenings for Rio Tinto’s bauxite…
Heavy haulage veterans
Meet Athol and Robbo - Mactrans Heavy Haulage’s men in the west. These old-school truckies are veterans of the game, which means this 200-tonne mining machine lift to Perth is mince meat
ROADBOSS rides with titans of timber
In the seond issue of ROADBOSS Magazine Cobey Bartels hitches a ride in a high-productivity Fennell Forestry AB-triple for a scenic two-day logging expedition across the Green Triangle, travelling from forestry to mill carting some…
New issue out now!
From Weipa in the far north, to Perth in the west, and regional NSW and Victoria in between, ROADBOSS has been travelling far and wide to bring readers some cracking yarns
QLD, NSW charge ahead on ZEHVs
The regulatory reforms necessary to enable more low- and zero-emissions vehicles on Australian roads is charging ahead, with the Queensland…
Preservation to optimisation
Transport for New South Wales has unveiled a complete refresh of its heavy vehicle access policy, in recognition of the…
Steve Brooks joins ROADBOSS
ROADBOSS is stoked to have secured the immense experience and abilities of the Australian trucking industry’s most esteemed journalist, Steve…
Call for axle mass consistency
HVIA is continuing its important advocacy work with states that have announced axle mass limit increases for next-generation low and…
Cattle carrying kings
ROADBOSS tags along with Australia's oldest family-owned livestock transporter, Fraser's, on an 800-kilometre road trip from an expansive cattle station north-east of Tambo in Central Western Queensland to the feedlots near Dalby with more than…
Truck with HEART
ROADBOSS joins Heart of Australia on an epic multi-day barge voyage around Cape York Peninsula to Weipa where it’s 26-metre, state-of-the-art medical clinic on wheels, HEART 5, performed important lung screenings for Rio Tinto’s bauxite…
World’s oldest FIFO
ROADBOSS follows a 60m road train to the hottest place in Australia with one over-qualified passenger: 85-year-old Mario Giacci, an Italian immigrant who has built two of Australia’s biggest transport businesses
Trucks on show
ROADBOSS chats with the industry ‘big wigs’ in town for the first day of the 2023 Brisbane Truck Show to get the low-down on the amazing array of trucks on their stands!
Legend of the west
ROADBOSS catches up with Pilbara-based trucking company owner, driver and truck driver training innovator Heather Jones and some trainees from her Pilbara Heavy Haulage Girls program
Image gallery: Heart of Australia
For our second issue the ROADBOSS crew – led by videographer/photographer Josh Thies – accompanied Heart of Australia’s HEART 5 truck on an Indiana Jones-like journey to Weipa
QLD, NSW charge ahead on ZEHVs
The regulatory reforms necessary to enable more low- and zero-emissions vehicles on Australian roads is charging ahead, with the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads releasing the first network map for zero-emissions heavy vehicles
Preservation to optimisation
Transport for New South Wales has unveiled a complete refresh of its heavy vehicle access policy, in recognition of the need to respond to changing markets, emerging technologies such as low- and zero-emission vehicles, and the demands of the increasing freight task itself
The want to drive
Every day is different at Wants Transport. One day it’s grain, the next could be sugar, but it’s this variety and the freedom of the work that has kept it going, now into its third generation The family-run transport businesses like Wants, are what I…
Generosity in-grained
The mid-30’s temperatures and the smouldering remnants of the Pilliga Forest, as we drive through, is evidence Aussie Hay Runners is doing god’s work. They’re delivering more than 1,200 bales of hay to bushfire-affected farmers just in time for Christmas. We decided to join the…
