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22.01.2022 A big thank you to all involved in the build!

21.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/639446023186634/posts/954530815011485/

20.01.2022 Double demerits start at midnight tonight and continue until 11:59pm, 27 January. NSW Police Force will target speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt and motorcycle helmet offences this long weekend.

19.01.2022 Little trip down to Lobs Hole

16.01.2022 Photo credit: Wayne

15.01.2022 Little practice tarp job by the Boss!

14.01.2022 Photo credit #Bandit BMJ904

13.01.2022 Sneak peak of the new addition to the fleet.

10.01.2022 HC DRIVERS WANTED - BASED ORANGE NSW INTERSTATE DRIVERS SERVICING SYDNEY - MELBOURNE - ADELAIDE - BRISBANE AREAS AND ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN ... NO applications accepted via Facebook - please forward resumes to [email protected] Any applicants interested in the position - please phone 02 6369 0806 for more information or to arrange an interview. IMMEDIATE START - Above Award Wages * Applicant must be based in Orange area * Self Motivated / Team Player * Honest / Reliable / Positive attitude * Well Presented/Neat & Tidy * Permanent Full Time & Casual Fill In Position Available * 2 Years HC experience desirable * RMS Licence printout & Current references required

09.01.2022 ATA's Geoff Crouch said the coronavirus pandemic had hit the trucking industry hard, but the package will boost business cashflow, helping about 690,000 businesses employing 7.8 million people, with payments of between $2000 and $25,000 to help pay wages or hire extra staff.

08.01.2022 TRUCK STOPS ARE IN THE NEWS AGAIN. It can be very frustrating for long distance truck drivers who must by law stop at regular intervals to rest when they are no...t able to find a place to park their large rigs or find them filled with other road users who often have far more alternative places to park. The different levels of Government and many roadhouses have placed large rest / park bays to accommodate the large B-Doubles who have very limited turning ability and need long bays to accommodate their extra long length. A fully loaded semi-trailer can be up to 19 meters for an average single trailer or up to 26 meters for a B-Double semi-trailer. When you drive out west and in the Northern Territory, you will often come across larger road trains which can be up to 53 meters long which is over 4 times the length of the average car/caravan combo. I think that we will all agree that there needs to be far more rest areas for all vehicle types and I have lobbied for better signage on existing truck stops and general rest areas to help avoid the confusion that currently exists between frustrated truck drivers and the Caravan and RV community. While most signage is general in nature there are many that designate Truck Rest Area and should be respected as ONLY for trucks. Caravanners often stop for the day at midday or in the afternoon and find a rest area that seems relatively empty and assume that they have the right to camp there for the night. The problem however, arises when the long distance truck drivers leave their depot in the afternoon and are due for their legally required rest stop at 1 or 3 am in the morning. They plan their trips around stopping at the rest areas they know are there specifically for them only to find them filled with campers parked all over the place leaving no place for them to park a 26 meter B-Double. They leave no room for it to safety turn in or out of the area without taking out the caravan parked at the entrance or exit. We have all gone past rest areas and seen several caravans, RV's or cars strung out along the whole length of the rest area with space in between but leaving no long areas for trucks to pull in safely. It is just inconsiderate. I do not understand why caravanners and RV drivers want to take up truck stops and risk a very noisy B-Double with a refrigeration motor running 24/7 pulling up beside them at 2 am in the morning. One truck driver reported that he was woken by an angry caravanner in a truck stop at 2 am with a banging on his truck door and asking for him to turn off his refrigeration motor on his load as it was keeping the caravanner awake. As you can expect the conversation went bad pretty quickly and the caravanner threatened to call the police to have the noise stopped. The truck driver begged him to call the police as it would have been the caravanner who would have been told to leave the truck stop. Other truck stops have been cleared by police in the early hours when there was no room left for the trucks. Legally the truck driver must stop and if he cannot pull off the road to rest because of illegally parked caravanners and RV drivers then the police will be on the side of the truck driver every time. Such is the arrogance and lack of respect that some caravanners have for the law and other people. I am very pleased to say that the vast majority of caravanners want to, and do the right thing. The problem is educating the minority that give other caravanners and RV drivers a bad name. We, unfortunately all get tarred with the same brush. Please lobby your politicians and others for more signage on rest stops and roadhouses to help avoid the confusion and frustration that currently exists. There are also few roadhouses that have signed caravan park bays and they leave little options for caravanners to park anywhere else but in the long bays which may or may not be signed for trucks. If there are no other options than to use one of the longer bays then I ask that respect is shown and where practical park at the ends of the bay so another caravan can park behind you instead of taking up two long bays. We need far more separated rest areas but where all road users can share common facilities like toilets, tables, seats and shelters so that all can have a quiet rest and maybe share a cup of coffee, cake and chat with a truck driver who is away from family and friends working. There are many female truck drivers on the roads now and we should show them courtesy by having proper toilet facilities at truck stops instead of expecting them to squat beside the truck. Respect is earned, so if caravanners, RV drivers and truck drivers want to be shown respect then we all also need to start showing some respect for others. It won't happen overnight and we won't educate all, but we can make a big difference to the safety, enjoyment and stress of our trip by showing respect for other road users. Below is a link to the Truck Friendly web site page on truck stops which includes a video link on using truck stops by a truck driver, Rod Hannifey. Well worth a watch. Stay safe everyone and stay truck friendly. Cheers Ken Wilson, Truck Friendly caravan road safety program #truckfriendly https://truckfriendly.com.au/truck-stops

06.01.2022 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all have a safe & happy holiday period.

05.01.2022 Log truck shutdown of Bunnings is just the beginning There is widespread timber worker, contractor, and community support across the country for the COVID-19-Sa...fe action taking place this morning at Bunnings Traralgon in defence of forestry jobs. Four log trucks are blocking the entrance to their local Bunnings’ car park in protest of Bunnings’ heartless and ill-informed decision announced earlier this month to stop stocking local hardwood timber in their stores. The action is a sign of things to come at Bunnings Warehouses across Australia if they do not agree to reverse their ban on local timber. Timber workers will not sit back and be pushed around by big-end of town fat cats like those in Bunnings and Wesfarmers head offices said Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union National Secretary Mr Michael O’Connor. Regional Victoria is facing a jobs crisis, Bunnings’ short-sighted decision has added to the continued uncertainty in the industry and contractors are bearing the brunt of this. Bunnings must reverse their local timber ban immediately said Australian Forest Contractors Association General Manager Ms Stacey Gardiner. Bunnings need to explain why they have taken a hard-line against local workers, contractors and businesses, a line which decimates jobs, families and communities and given themselves the green light to import timber from Indonesian rainforests said community advocate Ms Felecia Stevenson. Backing up the blockade this morning, hundreds of sawmill workers, contractors, and their crews are phoning Bunnings head office in Hawthorn East calling for the reversal of the decision. Thousands of Australians have now committed to boycotting Bunnings until they reverse their local timber ban. COVID-19 has to date prevented larger rallies, demonstrations, and actions at Bunnings’ busier warehouses such as those in Metropolitan Melbourne, however once it is safe to do so and COVID-19 restrictions ease they can expect similar action nationally. Actions like this can impact on a store’s revenue and should not be taken lightly by Bunnings’ management. Media Contact: Travis Wacey 0427 900 556

02.01.2022 A Queensland town struggling through the drought has been touched by a massive donation of hay bales and water, which arrived on 20 semi trailers over the weekend.

01.01.2022 Vaughan - BMJ 950 on the Night shift