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Keith Herron worked in the trucking industry for 52 years before retiring at the end of September, 10 days before celebrating his 70th birthday. "1 loved two things in my working life - transport and timber" says Keith, who lives in Birregurra near Colac, Victoria. He spent years pulling logs out of the otway Ranges. "I've probably been from one end of this country to the other, but I've always come back here to logging again." Keith spent the last years of his career averaging about 800km daily in his 2006 International Eagle 9200. His last job was hauling timber out of the Pyrenees Mountains, near Avoca, Victoria. Trucking in 2017 is much easier than when Keith began driving in the mid-1960s. "It's a bit different to when my brother…

A couple of kilometres in a couple of trucks can’t tell you much. Or can it? Despite many decades of driving trucks of all shapes and sizes, I can probably count on one hand the number of times I’ve driven a concrete agitator. And until now, I’d never driven a 10x4 version. Still, I was keen to grab the offer of a stint behind the wheel, first in a standard 10-wheeler and immediately after, one of the latest ‘low profile’ designs. With eight cubic metres of ‘mud’ rolling around behind, the standard unit certainly felt top heavy as it was sedately guided around suburban streets laced with traffic, traffic lights and roundabouts. Even so, it was nothing a bit of care couldn’t counter. Ten minutes later, at a big construction…

R obFrench remembers driving a Bedford the Hume Highway in the 1970s when every truck on the Hume was "a different work of art". Owners took pride in customising the appearance of their trucks. They all looked a bit different - different colours, different paint, different bull bars," he says, whereas now many trucks are white. On April 14, the Victorian section of the Hume will again resemble the highway of yesteryear when more than 200 classic trucks will drive from Melbourne to Albury for the biennial Crawlin' the Hume classic truck run. "There wilbe everything, from a 1920s T Model Ford," Rob says. All trucks must be 25 years or older, so the most modern trucks eligible to enter will be from the early 1990s. Some of the trucks…

When Mebourne used truck dealer David Larsen launched his own business four years ago, he knew he needed a logo. David had always been a fan of American workhorses, and on a trip to the States he saw a particular Peterbilt prime mover that caught his eye. He snapped a photo of the bright blue truck and from that photo came the logo that now stands proud on Larsen'sTruck Sales in Dandencng. As the four years have gone by Larsen'sTrucks has brought through the yard just about every trucK you can magine, from car-licence trays to the largest prime movers. But there was one truck he didn't have: one to match his logo. Iole's got it now; a 1987 Peterbilt 379, imported from Los Angeles. "We've now got a replica…

I t was aback to the future' scenario for the annual Lights On The Hill Memorial Convoy on the weekend of September 30 and October 1. Once again, the twin convoys made their way to Gatton from Withcott to the west and Bundamba to the east, bound for Gatton. For the 2017 event, however, it was back to the familiar stomping ground of the Gatton Showground. As well as a date change from February to the first weekend in October in a bid to escape the summer heat, the convoy's destination had shifted to the Gatton Racecourse in the previous two years. However, the showground has always been Lights On The Hill's preferred option, and with extra space being made available, the decision to return was a no-brainer. It turned…