James Graham

2 weeks 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

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

A cyclist in this year’s Indian Pacific Wheel Ride across ‘the paddock’ is calling for more collaboration with truckies to prevent further tragedy on the dangerous highway. Kevin Paine, who’s riding by the name of Pizza Rider, reached out to Big Rigs from the road as he came through Ceduna, en route from Fremantle to Sydney in the unofficial 5500km annual event.

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

When Jim Foody’s truck was pulled over on the Kennedy Highway near Mareeba, he expected a routine inspection. What unfolded instead was an incident he said raised serious questions about the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) understanding of Dangerous Goods (DG) compliance – questions that could have had severe safety implications.