Way back in 1994 a Marmon truck was entered into the Warragul Trucks in Action Show in Victoria, Australia. This was in accordance with a new…
Author: Norman Chapman
Ralph trucks had a humble start in a rented corner of a truck body builder’s factory, located in the Steeldale area of Johannesburg, in South Africa. …
The things that you immediately notice when you step out onto the street in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi is the choking fumes and shrill horn…
A landlocked country in South America, Bolivia has borders with Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay. Its geography is an area of 424,200 square miles, but…
Back in the day, there were some fascinating trucks on the UK highways, for truck enthusiasts and spotters alike, provided by some “Maverick” haulers. From the…
In the January issue of 10-4, the “Trucking Around the World” feature focused on and waved farewell to the Freightliner Argosy, which will no longer be…
Known as the “City of Gold” due to a bustling gold trade, Dubai is one of the largest cities in the United Arab Emirates, with a…
The US-designed Class 8 cabover engine (COE) type of truck was more or less signed, sealed and killed off by most American manufacturers many years ago…
On a recent tour of Japan, I got to see how their transport system works and how the infrastructure looks, as well as learn about its…
On a recent trip to South America, I went to Peru to have a look at the way transport is conducted there, and found many challenges,…
A city made famous by the 1942 film “Casablanca” is the scene, or part of, this month’s “Trucking Around the World” feature about the North African…
When anyone mentions Cuba, you immediately think of cigars, rum, old American cars, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and Communism. I recently paid a visit to the…
