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It’s a tough and lonely job. Drivers are often away from their families for weeks at a time chasing big money contracts along some of the world’s longest roads. The drivers all have highly specialized road skills and tough-as-nails mechanical bush knowhow. With their monster…
It’s the dry season in the Australian outback. It’s when the Aussie Road Train Truckers go as hard as they can to bank as much money as they can. Millions of dollars in trucking contracts are up for grabs. The roads in the Northern Territory are some of the longest on the planet. The chase is on to secure the biggest pay loads and the most lucrative freight routes all before the wet season hits and the roads get shutdown.
Jack and Hollywood work in convey to deliver $500,000 worth of cattle. Dave's been booked to collect a $75,000 Ute from a remote town, but there are dramas and truckie Jorden's broken down on the side of the road and desperately needs help.
Scotty's hauling a $30,000 haystack into Katherine but there's a major problem with his trailer. The town Jake's heading to is on fire. And will Des and his 158-tonne monster road train make it up the steep hill into Mt Isa?
Scotty and Shaun travel to one of the most remote cattle stations in the world. Glenn and Dave attempt a cement tag-team operation, but disaster awaits. Brownie's mega-convey races to beat the rain but the road he's on is a total wash out.
Scotty takes on a time-critical road job to help build-up a cattle station’s main supply route before incoming rain turns the road into impenetrable mud. Trouble is, Scotty’s down a man and has just made a fatal error. Glenn’s up against it after shredding an inside tyre on a dangerous section of bitumen in the middle of nowhere. And Jake’s racing 2,000 kilometres to hit a monster cattle-load deadline. Will he make it in time or lose the highly lucrative pay day?
Jake's seven-truck mega convoy gets detailed by a high-drama outback emergency. Brownie is in dire straits after his trusty 907's engine blows-up. And Scotty struggles to hit a 9pm cattle unload curfew.
Des and Jason are hauling 300 tonnes of gravel soaked in bitumen along the Flinders Highway in Queensland trying to overtake a caravan that just won’t budge. It’s a high stakes stand-off. The wet season rains have hit. And Brownie, a certified clean freak, is covered in slop struggling to load-up hundreds of dirty cattle onto his road train. His day is about to get very messy. And Jake is racing against a big storm. Trouble is, he’s hit a deep crack in a damaged section of dirt road.
It’s the end of the dry season. And the rain is closing in. Jake goes head-to-head with an angry Brahman. Des delivers a record-breaking load of 7 mill construction mix to a secret highly restricted multi-billion-dollar gold and copper mine. And Glen tackles the territory’s most dangerous dirt road with two worn out types. It’s 50:50 if he’ll make it.
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During the week they earn a living travelling North America’s highways behind the wheels of their big rig trucks. But in their downtime, they meet on tracks where they drive on their own terms. Follow five dynamic truckers and the families and friends who support them during the exciting racing season, amid exhaust, roaring engines and burning tires, on their quest to cross the finish line and be crowned the “fastest.”
Trucks! is an American television program that airs weekends as a part of Spike TV‘s Powerblock. It is hosted by Kevin Neils Tetz and Ryan Shand. The program focuses on automotive mechanics involving trucks and SUVs, ranging from improvement, to customizing, to creative works. The show is involved with racing and/or customizing trucks, and in the past the show included segments called "How It Works" where the host would visit with various technical instructors at Wyotech to discuss automotive related topics such as how a particular mechanical device operated or the specialized equipment it takes to diagnose or repair a vehicle.
Long hauls, tight deadlines and unpredictable weather. This series rides along with the truckers whose daily runs keep shelves stocked, worksites supplied and remote communities connected. Behind every delivery is a driver working through the night, and a country that would grind to a halt without them.
