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Gotta love the load of shred on the last pic,,,about the same as I used to legally put on a b-double 20 yers ago

Going home some made it back and a lot didn't. ❤❤

Old canvas side curtains, double tarps, those were the days when driving the trucks was an art and a true profession. How times have changed. Miss these good old days.

That mack superliner logging truck is are big bit of gear dad truck

Seems to me a lot of those photos have a scale car in the background. Only thing they did was to provide cat and mouse entertainment

Great to see thanks for going to the trouble certainly brings back a lot of memories

Класс!🙂👍👍👍

Aussie trucks are the best

Good 👍

What’s the short Kenworth

I used to just stare at SAR’s, Road Boss’s and Road Commanders across the road as they’d pull up at the road house. Still beautiful.

Interesting nostalgia of when North Coast NSW had a timber industry. This was a good era when semitrailers were much more welcomely sophisticated than their 1950s ancestors but rougher around the edges compared to the mid-1990s up until today.

Anyone remember sharing campfires and Nullarbor stew? Or blokes stopping to help you and ending up mates? Or the silly bugger in an old '68 Atkinson who towed a Vatican Mack with a broken tail shaft from a dead start halfway up Sylvia's hill?

I can’t believe how hard things looked back then compared to today but that is the way it was & that was the job of trucking.Only real men need to apply.Sorry ladies but back then female drivers were very rare compared to today where there are a lot more.

From on old truckie of the 70's and 80's. Watching these rigs and thinking of the blokes today. Most trucks are automatic, aluminium sides and load binders. Blokes today, can't tarp, tie a rope, use a dog and chain and can't change gears. Too damned easy. Most of the old 'gentlemen' have pulled the pin, died or like me retired.

oh bugger too late fer me, was fixin these trucks early 1970,s

Thanks for the interesting video from the life of Australian truck drivers. I recommend watching a selection of photos from the life of Russian truck and bus drivers on your channel.

Absolutely shit music

1980's no speed limiter, so those trucks will be doing 120 140 kph, then the crashes come.

i still have the odd crack every now and then , and i tell you all, its shit compared to the 70's , 80's and to the start of the 90s. nothing like it, uncomparable. thats all. a great and unique way of life has been lost forever and along with it some real different sorts .

What is the song name and the artists

Great video, but the most impressive was the quad axle stock crate. Never known cattle to be that heavy. Lol.

Scales weigh station check point

my truck is one differential 5 axles tippersemi.on 12 tyres gross is 50 metric tonns...

good song ha

Any chance you would have any photos of Bill Gibbs Black Cat Transport Ford LTL? Black prime mover with silver cats on the doors?

that bloody falcon wagon was busy in those days, they used to chase us all over the mountains

Hey Dave, its amazing whats out there, the early eighties were the best of times, to many do gooders, in the later years....................I still remember all those watermelons at Tamworth

Thanks for recalling old memories and the Slim Dusty tune 'Foggy Mirrors' and as mentioned before, the 80's were a different breed of men, I enjoyed operating some of these types of trucks and semi's, thanks again for bringing enjoyment to an old ex - truckie !!

Sponge-head was the worst over loader..........

My father drove the old W Model at 1;16,It had an old Caterpillar in it.

Well I noticed the white ford wagon in some of these photos, so I'm gunna say you were one of the heavies. And they were the good old days.

Ah got ya now. You must have yourself a nice scrap book with all those photos and dockets. Thanks for sharing.

@mrrotary72 There is a line in the song"the race to beat the traffic & the race to beat the scales" if you can figure out what the "scales" refers to you will understand how I got the images and how I knew all the weights. Thanks again for the comments.

Not gettin it. I saw you wrote that in the description too, but I know every word to Foggy Mirrors.. Can only think you're referring to the mirrors and every detail remembered..?

Thanks for the comment, as for how did I remember the weights, there is a reference to how i got the images in the song.

Just awesome. One of not that many youtube clips I've stuck in my favourites, brings back the most vivid memories of times, trucks and tunes.. How the hell do you remember all those agg weights though??

I live in lismore ten min from ballan an my dad drove truck there in the 80 s

Sure were!!

@ TheCoopzProductions you and a lot of other people feel the same way, its a statement overused but THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Good i wish Australia was still like this!

Oh Unreal mate real Aussie Trucking that thanks heaps for the effort I enjoyed That

use to have go in the good old mate //////memories.

like the video,pitty you didn't have it back in the 80's.

Had to have an look again Dave .Waiting for you to post some more .

@1988diesel It's called "Foggy Mirrors" and it's from the album "Lights on the Hill" Hope you enjoyed it

hope i did that right no kids to show me

hey dave when are you going to put some more up

@bluey1079 fair enough. i feel pretty dumb know for asking that. esecially because i'm a cockys son and have seen a shit load of trucks in my time.

@Davobeff it's an SAR i am pretty sure they are only in australia