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DRIVER OF THE MONTH
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COVER STORY
Jaw Dropper – Rig of the Month
It’s ‘Poultry in Motion’ when this 2005 Peterbilt EX 379 goes past on its regular run from Berrima to Badgerys Creek carting chicken feed. The rig belongs to Ross Burton of NJW Contractors and driver Wayne Kitching takes pride in the customised Peterbilt that took out the Best Working Truck 2005-2006 prize at the Penrith Working Truck Show this year.

HITCHING ON HYDROGEN
Alternative fuel source that is saving Brian Cook $8000 a month
A six-day turnaround from Brisbane to Perth is what Brian Cook’s Freightliner is doing with a Hydrogen reactor that he says is now savings him up to $8000 a month. The conversion has already paid for itself several times and this could well be an option for many truckies out there in the face of rising diesel prices.

MELBOURNE LAUNCHES A BLINDER
The International Trailer, Truck & Equipment Show
It was anticipated to be a huge inaugural event and The International, Trailer, Truck & Equipment Show didn’t disappoint when it opened its doors for the first time at the start of May. All the big names were there as was David Meredith, who reported from what appears will remain one of the big names on the truck show calendar.

THE STOCK EXCHANGE
The comings and goings of South Australian Livestock Exchange
It’s one of the busiest saleyards in the state with nearly 1.5 million cattle, sheep and pigs moving through their gates each year. Utes and small rigids to B-doubles move the animals in and out of the Exchange and the drivers can sometimes resemble gymnasts climbing fences, herding and moving to avoid stray animals.

THE POTATO KING
David ‘Spud’ King is working the Tassie potato harvests every year
NEDS Transport has transformed itself from a general transport company to target a niche market. Northwest Tasmania produces massive potato crops every year and David King has the equipment needed to harvest the staple vegetable that are then distributed to the rest of the country.

CLASSIC TRUCKS
FIELDS OF NOSTALGIA
Rockhampton was the location for the third Queensland Heritage Rally and there was plenty to take in from a classic-spotter’s perspective. The fields of vintage trucks sparked plenty of memories from those displaying and viewing, and it was yet another successful heritage event that had everyone excited and ready for the next one.


Plus BIG LOADS - dryer units head to Bomaderry in NSW, a 23-year-old Kenworth is remade from the bottom up, Kathryn Spivakovsky is happy with Hino, readers' rigs in Pride 'n' Polish and all our regular columns; yesterdays, models, country and tiny truckies!

All this and more in the July edition of Truckin' Life magazine, in newsagents June 25!