Best Bruce Gunter Podcasts (2025)

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127. Bill Hamilton 3:06:03

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5d ago3:06:03

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Bruce ran into John Hamilton from Minlaton, South Australia while on a trip to Adelaide and heard all about his old man Bill. We were able to get back across there a few months later and caught up with Bill for a great chat about his early days doing it tough in some fairly primitive gear. At the release of this episode, Bill will be climbing into …

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126. Iain Cann 3:27:43

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We first met Iain Cann through our mate, Mick Cefai, owner of the legendary "K Whopper" Kenworth. When Mick got it home, he found out that Iain was the original owner of the truck having bought it from Kenworth Lansvale following its stint on the show circuit. Iain has had an amazing career and the more we spoke with him, the more we realised he ha…

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125. Evan Taylor 2:20:20

1M ago2:20:20

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Evans son Tyson reached out and asked us to call by for a chat with his very humble father Evan. After beginnings as a driver for various companies, Evan branched out on his own and started a local carrying company in gorgeous country town of Beechworth in northern Victoria. He grew the business carefully, branching into different areas while raisi…

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124. Mike Gaffin - The Boston Trucker | Toby Young - MATS Show Manager 1:17:43

1M ago1:17:43

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This is our last installment of our visit to the Mid America Trucking Show and it's an absolute ripper. We sat down with Mike Gaffin aka The Boston Trucker has an enormous following and an amazing YouTube channel that you'll all love. (991) TheBostonTrucker - YouTube We were also able to score a quick chat with Toby Young, the man behind MATS whose…

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123. Paul Freestone 3:11:13

2M ago3:11:13

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It’s funny how some names automatically register and Freestones Transport is one of those. With his beautiful Kenworth’s and Peterbilt’s running the East Coast of Australia, this passionate enthusiast ensured a clean, reliable and professional operation that is still running today. Plenty of listeners have requested that we interview Paul and it to…

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122. Kel Baxter 2:50:09

2M ago2:50:09

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Kel Baxter started his career as a farmer but soon purchased a couple of trucks to deliver the farms produce. He soon recognised an opportunity to provide transport services for other businesses in the Riverina, Murray and Murrumbidgee areas of New South Wales. From his beginnings into transport in 1990, the company has grown, now dealing with loca…

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121. MATS - Charles Justice (CJ) & John McIntyre | Jimmy Mac, Lindsay Lawler & Dave Nemo - Radio Nemo 1:46:53

2M ago1:46:53

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Another installment from our trip to the Mid-America Trucking Show MATS 2025 and we caught up with a couple of great guys, Charles Justice (CJ & John McIntyre from Revolution Energy Services. Two down to earth guys who love the trucking industry and are great advocates for all things trucking. We were also able to sit down with some great people fr…

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120. Pat Soars | Australian Native Landscapes 1:40:02

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From humble beginnings as a landscaper on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Pat used his business sense to begin supplying products around the area and eventually became a household name around the country. His passion for all things mechanical has been absorbed into his business and his green and gold colour scheme and logo has been one of the best marke…

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119. MATS - Raiko Graveran | Carl & Peter Caporal 1:59:28

3M ago1:59:28

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In this next installment from the Mid-America Trucking Show, we sit down with Raiko Graveran who has one of the most amazing stories you will ever hear. We also sit down with Twins, Carl & Peter Caporal who kept us entertained with their passion for the industry, their banter and amazingly positive attitudes.…

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118. Garth Young – Cowboy 3:29:44

3M ago3:29:44

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We met Garth through our mate Mike Minogue and they’ve been mates for many years. Garth has been around, driven all types of vehicles and is still doing it with an undeniable love for the old days, fast trucks, hot rods and horses, hence the nickname Cowboy. It was great to hear his story and we are sure you’ll enjoy it as well.…

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117. Mick Gately 4:34:48

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We met Mick through our great mate Mike 'HOSS' Minogue and he was more than happy to come on and tell his story. He believes that if people don't tell these stories there will be no history left. He has a great story to tell including his days at CJ Dean and we know you'll enjoy it as much as we did. Check out the Road to Compliance MASTERCLASS htt…

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116. Dwayne & Janelle Nienberg | MATS 2025 1:24:47

4M ago1:24:47

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Dwayne & Janelle Nienberg have one hell of a story and are two of the nicest people we have ever met. It was a pleasure getting to know them both. Go check out them out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheDirtyOldTruckerBy Bruce Gunter & Brendon Ryan

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115. Tracey Lindsay - Lindsay Brothers 3:11:31

4M ago3:11:31

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You’d have to be driving with your eyes closed not to notice a sea of red and white up and down the east coast of Australia. Starting back in the 50’s by Tom and Peter Lindsay, Lindsay Brothers had a permanent presence on our highways up until they became Lindsay Australia in 2002. This interview is with Peter Lindsay’s daughter Tracey who is heavi…

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114. MATS - Miss Flatbed Red & Chris Budke 2:27:04

5M ago2:27:04

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We did many recordings at the Mid America Truck Show and amongst them was the delightful Miss Flatbed Red and her ‘Lost in the 70’s’ husband Chris Budke. These two live and breath historic trucking and a lot of you will already know Red from her YouTube interviews, that she has been conducting with ATHS Members for quite a few years – they are an i…

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113. Peter Baldwin – Co-Ord/Cootes/RTA 3:38:00

5M ago3:38:00

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Peter Baldwin was mentioned many times in Rob Woolley’s podcast and Rob was instrumental in ensuring that Bruce captured Peter at his home in Renmark to hear this amazing mans story. Working for some legendary companies in outback Australia, Peter made a name for himself as both a driver and a Manager for companies enduring our harshest travel cond…

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112. Lance Larcombe & Arthur I’Anson - Cleveland Freight Lines 4:10:33

6M ago4:10:33

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The Cleveland Mack Munchers have been iconic amongst the trucking community for many years with Frank Lenzi at the helm for over 45 years. His recent passing led to the closing of the company which was met with tributes flowing for the well respected icon. A number of enthusiasts purchased examples of the old Cleveland fleet including Jarred Sacca,…

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111. David Kent Tribute – Jared Kent and David Walsh 4:41:35

6M ago4:41:35

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Bruce has often mentioned his long term mate David Kent who we lost to cancer at the end of 2023. Dave and Deidre Kent were the proprietors of Spencer Gulf Coaches in Port Pirie and a recent catch up with their son, Jared and Dave’s best mate, David Walsh, allowed Bruce to sit with them both and reminisce about the awfully talented Dave and the imp…

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110. Kym Roocke – Nuriootpa Traders 2:23:36

7M ago2:23:36

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Nuriootpa Traders was a family owned and operated business for over 40 years and over this time grew to become the largest local transport company operating exclusively between the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Adelaide areas. The company was sold to new owners in 2018 and continues to operate in the same capacity however, we managed to catch up…

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109. Jacob and Anne Kuchel – Kuchel Contractors 3:58:52

7M ago3:58:52

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The stunning Kuchel fleet has graced our roads for many years and was enough to have Bruce approach Jacob to ask him to sit down and tell the story of their long history in transport. Along with the trucking side, the company has also developed a reputation for producing some fine restorations out of their Barossa Valley workshops. The company was …

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108. Sharon & Bob Middleton – Whiteline Transport (Feat. Steve Shearer) 4:43:59

8M ago4:43:59

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Sharon and Bob Middleton are extremely well known in the transport industry, not only for their striking black, white and red fleet, but also for their constant battle to improve the industry, with tireless efforts lobbying for better conditions, treatment and acceptance from the authorities, and the general public. This discussion with them goes b…

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107. Peter Zimm - Leader Trucks 2:21:54

8M ago2:21:54

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Following the interview with Keith Anderson in Toowoomba, his son David contacted us with a lead to Peter Zimm who had a strong affiliation with Leader Trucks after marrying into the family. The Leader story is exceptional in regard to ingenuity, resilience and trying to compete with big business in a small Australian market. Peter owns an incredib…

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106. Jon Kelly - HHA 4:11:57

9M ago4:11:57

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We have to be honest, having a chat with Jon was something we debated for a long time however, one thing we hate at Copy Southbound is trial by social media so, after many recommendations from people we highly regard in the industry we approached Jon for an all out discussion about his life, his rise and fall, his life after HHA and of course, his …

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105. Glenn Nightingale – Nightingale Transport 3:51:46

9M ago3:51:46

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Glenn Nightingale operated out of the Wollongong area with his stunning light blue fleet of American trucks. Like everyone, he started tough and eventually was able to build up a strong clientele with reliability and service his key factors. After many years of operation, Glenn was approached to sell the company and now lives a quiet life in Ipswic…

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104. Greg Hardwidge - Coffs Harbour 2:59:28

10M ago2:59:28

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A chance meeting on a road trip led Bruce to sit and record Greg and his story as an owner operator. Following a yarn at a caravan park, he agreed to share his life story as a simple, one-truck owner, battling away like so many others. Greg started his career back in a hard era of road transport and built his business with some strong customers and…

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103. Stephen O'Hare - Waltzing Matilda 3:15:47

10M ago3:15:47

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Bruce topped off his Southern adventure by catching up with Stephen O’Hare in Romsey, Victoria. For those guys out there older than me – Bruce’s age – the legend of Tyrone Malon’s Super Boss, Bruce McDonald’s Detroit Devil and Terry O’Hare’s Waltzing Matilda are Legendary. Stephen is Terry’s son and has recently written a book on the famous jet tru…

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102. Mick Carboon & Damien Smith - Heathcote 3:43:45

11M ago3:43:45

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Damien Smith contacted us just before heading on our Southern trip and requested we interview his Uncle Mick following a bout of illness. It was meant to be as the plan was to travel straight through Heathcote so we were able to record these awesome members of a diehard trucking family. Bruce was amazed at his surroundings as he was picked up in a …

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101. Alina Hawkins - LRTAV – LIVESTOCK & RURAL TRANSPORTERS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA 3:51:33

11M ago3:51:33

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After working for a couple of well known and respected transport operators, Alina Hawkins met her future husband Kane and started a transition into livestock cartage and road train driving. The two of them ran two-up for quite a few years before expanding the company and running a number of trucks which saw Alina expertly piloting one following her…

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Vale Barry 'Sleepy' Grimson 5:10:05

11M ago5:10:05

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Copy Southbound has opened doors that we never imagined, but by far, the greatest gift has been the amazing people we’ve come to connect with. One amazing man was Barry Grimson, who became a great mate to Bruce and I, and as we soon discovered, was admired by all who knew him. His passing last week following a long battle with cancer cut deep and a…

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100. BERNIE LEARSON - PREMIER ONE PRODUCTS 3:28:00

11M ago3:28:00

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After fearing we’d be banned after Episode Number 1, we are bold enough to poke the bear yet again by bringing Bernie Learson back for Round 2!! In all seriousness, Bernie swallowed his pride and took a risk for us and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate 100 episodes than listening to him for another few hours to see what the last 4 year…

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99. Paul & Jenny Fellows - Fellows Bulk Transport 3:36:20

12M ago3:36:20

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Paul and Jenny Fellows reside in Deniliquin where they own and operate Fellows Bulk Transport. Not only are these two as genuine as they come, they have also made some amazing contributions to the transport industry and the community in regards to safety, education and promotion of road transport. Along with that, Paul is also the Chair of Natroad,…

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98. Bernie Hayllar - Hayllar Transport, Narrandera 2:28:16

1y ago2:28:16

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Continuing on Bruce’s Riveria trip, he caught up with Bernie Hayllar from Narrandera to get the story of long term company Hayllar Transport. A fair dinkum transport operation, Hayllar’s were well known in country NSW as well as up to Darwin where they operated road trains for many years. Bernie took the company over from his father following a uni…

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97. Matt, Andy & Dave Willis - MACK Nuts 3:55:50

1y ago3:55:50

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Bruce has been great mates with Dave Willis of Mangoplah for many years and often comments on his amazing knowledge of all things Mack in Australia. The chance to interview Dave ended up even better than expected when his father Matt and brother Andy joined the interview for a great insight into their family history. It’s obvious that Dave had no h…

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96. Mike Minogue 4:43:08

1y ago4:43:08

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We are fortunate to have an overwhelming band of supporters and followers with Copy Southbound but none fly the flag for us quite like Mike Minogue of Coolamon near Wagga in NSW. Like so many, Mike has a story that stems back to his childhood where a physical setback didn’t stop him from pursuing his dream. He drove for many years and we are fortun…

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95. Chris & Andrew Muscat - Muscat Haulage, Yass 3:53:23

1y ago3:53:23

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JOIN THE BANGERZ CLUB - Join the Crew | Copy Southbound We’ve always loved the Muscat fleet of Kenworth’s with Bruce regularly boring me with the same old details of each of the 900 Legend’s – once is enough mate, I get it! Anyway, he asked the boys how they felt about an interview and although incredibly humble, they agreed, and with their Dad Ton…

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Muscat Haulage - Yass 3:53:23

1y ago3:53:23

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We’ve always loved the Muscat fleet of Kenworth’s with Bruce regularly boring me with the same old details of each of the 900 Legend’s – once is enough mate, I get it! Anyway, he asked the boys how they felt about an interview and although incredibly humble, they agreed, and with their Dad Tony in the background correcting the conversation from tim…

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94. Dennis Williams - Truckie & Stunt Driver 1:38:46

1y ago1:38:46

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We attempted to interview Dennis over a year ago thanks to a recommendation from our mate Glenn Reedman. Unfortunately, Dennis took ill in the middle of recording and it’s taken this long to finally get back there and capture this unique person’s story. From driving trucks to rolling them over (on purpose), this very dry and humorous bloke still ha…

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93. Les Tucker – Success Freightlines 2:07:38

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Following many years as a driver and then a long stint in Management, Les Tucker teamed up with Colin Walters to form Success Freightlines in Geelong. They operated Australia wide before his retirement and Les was kind enough to sit with us to discuss his history and career that spanned over 6 decades. We must thank Adam ‘Lefty’ Hotchin for his int…

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92. Rob Woolley - S.C Woolley Haulage Contractors 6:37:44

1+ y ago6:37:44

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Bruce has been mates with Rob Woolley for close to 30 years and refers to him as a “font of knowledge” due to his unmistakeable eye for detail with all things transport related. He’s been waiting for a long time to corner Rob for a podcast and finally the starts aligned and they managed to sit for a marathon effort and record the history of S.C Woo…

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91. Brett Harder - Harder Transport 2:21:12

1+ y ago2:21:12

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Every now and then we are contacted by someone with a story that is so moving that we act on it as soon as we can. This was one of those phone calls. Brett Harder owns a neat transport fleet on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia and called Bruce to share his story. A passionate truck enthusiast which is obvious by the quality and presentation of…

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90. Graeme Doyle - Doyley 3:00:20

1+ y ago3:00:20

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Doyley is a man known by many following well over 50 years behind the wheel. We got out to Trangie to finally interview Doyley and hear of his love of trucks, the industry and what it is that keeps him going as a driver in his mid-80’s. He was part of the legendary Grey Ghost crew and a good mate of Gary Darlington who recently passed away. We’d li…

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89. Danny Borg – Fred's of Shepparton 3:13:17

1+ y ago3:13:17

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Any truck enthusiast will be familiar with the legendary Freds of Shepparton fleet that grace our highways. With some customised and very individual designs, I think that most people would be proud to steer one. But with our recent catch up with Danny Borg, son of founder Fred Borg, we learnt about the non-traditional start to the company and a fou…

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88. Geoff and Brian Taylor – Taylor Brothers 3:10:56

1+ y ago3:10:56

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Bruce has known Brian Taylor through historic truck runs for many years and finally got to Yerong Creek in the NSW Riverina District to record the family history. Brian was joined by his father Geoff as the two of them recalled the early days of Taylor Brothers Transport and the trials that are faced by operators on a daily basis. Brian is still pe…

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87. Jack & Steve Patten - Patten's, Leeton 2:23:42

1+ y ago2:23:42

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Pattens Transport had humble beginnings in 1938 as the family moved into trucking following a career in farming. The company steadily grew thanks to the local cannery along with a contract with Ricegrowers which lasted for almost 50 years. This resulted in the end of the transport business but in their wake the Patten family left a legacy in the Le…

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86. NHVR – Belinda Hughes and Emma Watson 2:23:53

1+ y ago2:23:53

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With many changes in transport we figured it was time to approach the NHVR for another interview and they happily obliged. Bruce and I see a lot of things happen in the industry and get asked many questions. The ramping up of things such as Enforceable Undertakings, Supervisory Intervention Orders and Prosecutions had us wanting to clear up a few s…

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85. Murray Reedie - Transport for Christ 5:30:49

1+ y ago5:30:49

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After Murray contacted Bruce about some Kenworth Klassic information, a lengthy discussion resulted in him being invited onto the show. Murray has had an extensive career in road transport including being a company driver, Coach Captain and then owner driver. What appealed to us was the humble nature of this passionate truckie especially his selfle…

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84. Evan Jones 3:31:36

1+ y ago3:31:36

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Bruce had a chance meeting with Evan Jones while recording up around the Toowoomba area and was so taken with his humour, memory and knowledge of the industry that he approached him for an interview before heading back to Sydney. Evan is now a publican in a little town called Nobby, between Warwick and Toowoomba. Evan kept saying to Bruce “I know y…

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83. Ben Fuller 4:02:46

1+ y ago4:02:46

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Ben was part of our compliance team in Sydney and he’s been mentioned on the podcast plenty of times. Now residing back in Oakey out of Toowoomba, Ben looks after the compliance and training for Mort & Co and is an extremely talented operator. But his beginnings stem back to early days as a driver as he worked his way through the field. We have a l…

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82. Barry Sjerp – Limestone Ridges Haulage 3:40:35

1+ y ago3:40:35

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Checkout SYDNEY TRUCKFEST www.sydneytruckfest.com.au We were lucky enough to meet some great people at Casino Truck Show last year and amongst them was Barry and Maree Sjerp, a truly delightful couple from Limestone Ridges, South of Ipswich. We learnt of Barry’s introduction to trucks as well as his childhood, being raised without a father after hi…

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81. Paul Biagini - Truckie & Journalist 4:24:12

1+ y ago4:24:12

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After conversing with Paul Biagini over social media for some time, Bruce realised how similar they were with their love of trucks, cars, writing. He approached Paul to tell the story and was invited up to Paul’s place in Mulgowie in the high country south of Gatton in Queensland. With a childhood around trucks and a strong history as an owner oper…

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80. Greg 'Willy' Williamson 3:27:30

1+ y ago3:27:30

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Our first interview for 2024 sees Bruce interview recently retired Greg Williamson who spoke about his career in the livestock game that stemmed back to the late 50’s. Driving an array of trucks – including Bruce’s beloved Commer’s – Greg became a long time operator of the Mercedes Benz brand and ran a small fleet of them for many years. He ended u…