6 Foot Behind the Bullbar - Real Trucks. Real Roads. Real Stories.

Step up into the cab and ride along with 6 Foot Behind the BullBar — the podcast that takes you deep into the world of Australian trucking. From long-haul legends and bush mechanics to cutting-edge rigs and technical deep dives, every episode is packed with firsthand stories, expert interviews, and a healthy dose of outback humour. Whether you're a seasoned driver, a transport enthusiast, or just love the roar of a diesel engine, this podcast puts you right in the driver's seat. Be sure to visit roadtrains.com.au to check out photos of the trucks featured in each episode.

6 Foot Behind the Bullbar - Real Trucks. Real Roads. Real Stories. is a leisure podcast hosted by Howard Shanks, with 18 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Howard Shanks hosts 6 Foot Behind the Bullbar - Real Trucks. Real Roads. Real Stories., a leisure show with 18 episodes published.

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  Episode #18

  The Biggest Buzz: How AIR CTI Keeps Warral Maldon’s Bee Trucks Moving

  Aug 18, 202618 min

  How does AIR CTI help Warral Maldon move more than 7,000 beehives across Victoria for the annual almond pollination season? In Episode 18 of 6 Foot Behind the Bullbar , roadtrains.com.au join fifth-generation beekeeper and Warral Maldon Managing Director Lindsay Callaway to explore the extraordinary logistics behind one of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest movements of livestock. From remote apiary sites in Victoria’s sandy Big Desert to almond orchards near Robinvale, Warral Maldon’s trucks must carry millions of bees across bitumen, gravel and deep sand. Lindsay explains how the Australian-made AIR CTI central tyre inflation system allows drivers to adjust truck and trailer tyre pressures from the cab, improving traction, reducing track damage and protecting their unusually sensitive freight. We also hear how Warral Maldon coordinates more than 7,000 hives, 70,000 frames and 200 apiary sites, and why reliable road transport is so important to Australia’s almond pollination industry. This episode of 6 Foot Behind the Bullbar is proudly sponsored by AIR CTI. Read the full story at www.roadtrains.com.au

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  Episode #17

  Scania Super 11 Concrete Agitator Enters the Jungle

  May 24, 202629 minS0

  <p>Scania has entered the concrete game with the new Super 11 P350 concrete agitator, and this is not just another truck with a barrel on the back.</p><p>In this episode of Six Foot Behind the Bullbar, Howard Shanks looks at Scania’s new 11-litre five-cylinder Super engine, the G25CM 14-speed gearbox, low-rev torque, tare-weight savings, roll stability, safety technology, 360-degree camera system and real-world performance around batch plants, urban streets, roundabouts and tight construction sites.</p><p>Read the full feature with images on Roadtrains.com.au:<br>Scania Super 11 concrete agitator review.</p><p>The Scania Super...

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  Episode #16

  Up the Dusty Track — Kilclooney Station with Owen Schmidt

  Feb 17, 202617 minS0

  <p>Some stories don’t age. They just keep rolling.</p><p>In this episode of Six Foot Behind the Bullbar, we head back more than twenty years to Northwest Queensland, riding alongside legendary livestock operator Owen Schmidt as he takes a Kenworth T650 and triple Haulmark road train into Kilclooney Station to load cattle.</p><p>This is not a story about polished trucks or perfect roads. It is about the reality of livestock transport in one of Australia’s most unforgiving regions. Dust that hangs in the air. Tracks that barely qualify as roads. Equipment built not to impre...

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  Episode #15

  Forkin’ Good Scania P420

  Feb 13, 20267 minS0

  <p>Forkin’ Good<br>When the truck carries its own forklift, delays disappear — and a business is born.</p><p>In this episode of 6 Foot Behind the Bullbar, host Jason Jordan sits down with Fork2U founder Peter McCormack to uncover how a former Melbourne firefighter built one of Australia’s most versatile pallet delivery fleets using Scania P420 rigid trucks and rear-mounted Manitou telehandlers.</p><p>Operating from Melbourne’s outer suburbs, Fork2U moves more than 3,000 pallets per week across construction sites, airports, infrastructure projects, and urban delivery locations where conventional trucks simply can’t operate. Peter shares how a simpl...

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  Episode #14

  Kenworth T904 Heavy Haul: Moving a 102-Tonne Komatsu Across the Gulf Country | Archive Episode

  Feb 13, 202624 minS0

  <p>On this very special archival episode of 6 Foot Behind the Bullbar, we rewind the clock more than twenty years to an original Outback Road Train video, filmed deep in the Gulf Country of Northwest Queensland, where Deason’s heavy haul driver Craig Oldham prepares to move one of the largest wheel loaders ever transported on Australian roads.</p><p>Filmed by Howard and Tommy Shanks as part of the original Outback Road Train DVD series, this episode follows Craig and his 200-tonne-rated Kenworth T904 as it hauls a massive 102-tonne Komatsu WA900 loader across 1,200 kilometres of remote outback highway. Fro...

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