James Graham

2 weeks ago | bigrigs.com.au | James Graham

Interstate truckie James Prior is warning other drivers to be on high alert while driving through Coffs Harbour, NSW, after a harrowing early morning confrontation while northbound on the Pacific Highway. On his way home to the Gold Coast at around 3.30am on June 5, Prior was stopped at the traffic lights on the northern side of the CBD at Park Beach Plaza when he noticed a “suspicious individual” at the pedestrian crossing.

3 weeks ago | bigrigs.com.au | James Graham

The Don Watson Group, trading as Don Watson Transport and Coldstores, has announced today that it’s made the difficult decision to close its doors. The highly-regarded company traces its roots back to 1948 when founder G.H. “Don” Watson would service the markets with a few army surplus K Series Austins. When he died in 1973, his son, Donald Watson took over the reins and launched the revered refrigerated division in 1984.

1 month ago | bigrigs.com.au | James Graham

When he was stopped by authorities from going any further north on the Pacific Highway late on Tuesday night, owner-driver Dave Walker, 62, thought he’d be safe parked up just off the fog line at Ghinni Ghinni while he took a seven-hour break. Instead, he woke up at 4am the next morning to find his fully-loaded K200 B-double trapped by almost a metre of water in a “one-in-500-year event” on the NSW Mid North Coast that has left one dead and 50,000 residents evacuated.

2 months ago | bigrigs.com.au | James Graham

Posing for celebratory pictures between two special Kenworths, Kel Baxter reflected proudly on his long association with Australia’s most popular heavy-duty badge. On his left was his very first new Kenworth, a “rugged” 1997 T650 that’s still working hard today, earning its keep at Kelvin Baxter Transport’s Riverina yard, and on his right, a stunning T909, his 100th truck straight off the Bayswater assembly line.

2 months ago | bigrigs.com.au | James Graham

It was supposed to be one of the answers to Melbourne residents’ pollution issues caused by older trucks that regularly travelled through the inner west  to the Port of Melbourne. The Victorian Government’s $20 million Clean Air for the Inner West program offfered $5 million for grants available to councils to seal local roads and reduce dust pollution, and a further $15 million to truckies to trade in their older, pre-Euro 5 trucks for up to $20,000 in cash.