The Truckin with Podge Podcast

In Part 2 of our chat with Nick Lean and Scott Blackhurst, we pick up right where we left off and dive even deeper into the trucks, the builds, and the stories that have shaped their lives in the industry. From iconic Kenworths and unforgettable projects to lessons learned the hard way, Nick and Scotty share more of the highs, lows, and laughs that come with chasing a passion for trucks. One thing...

Episode 7 of the Trucking with Podge Podcast is here, and for the first time ever, we've had to split an episode into two parts! Hayden from the Casino Truck Show and I jumped on a plane and headed down to Newcastle to visit the team at Tefol, where we sat down with Nick Lean and Scott Blackhurst for what turned into an absolute marathon conversation about trucks, restorations, custom builds a...

This week on the Trucking with Podge podcast, Podge and Hayden from the Casino Truck Show sit down with one of the biggest names in the Australian transport industry — Jon Kelly. From the Heavy Haulage Australia days through to MegaTruckers and some of the wildest oversized moves the country has ever seen, Jon’s built a reputation that pretty much every truckie in Australia has heard about at some...

This week on Trucking with Podge, Podge sits down with Owen Turei from Monaro Fuel Haulage for a laid-back chat full of trucking stories, laughs, and plenty of Kiwi banter. Originally from New Zealand, Owen opens up about his journey into the transport industry, making the move across the ditch, and building a life behind the wheel in Australia’s fuel game. If you’ve spent any time out on the road...

Episode 4 of Trucking with Podge is here, and this one’s a ripper. I sit down with Shane Mitchell from Dawson’s Haulage to talk all things trucking — from his early days getting started in New Zealand, making the move across to Australia, and the journey that followed. Shane shares how he went from driving tippers to carting just about anything that’ll fit on a flat top trailer, along with the les...

This week on the Truckin’ with Podge Podcast, we’re buffing up a real beauty as I sit down with two absolute legends of the shine game — Francis and Ellen from Reflection Metal Polishing. These two aren’t just polishing pros… they’re the duo behind some of the cleanest, gleaming, mirror-finish rigs getting around Queensland and Australia. We dive into how Reflection Metal Polishing started, the lo...

Alright legends, we’re back for Episode 2 of Truckin with Podge — and this week, I’m sittin’ down with a top bloke who’s been around hard work his whole life, Tommy Grant from Grant & Sons Transport. Now Tommy’s story’s a beauty — straight outta school, his old boy told him to pick a trade and get crackin’, so he grabbed the nail bag and got to work. But once he’d knocked up a few houses and s...

Welcome to the very first episode of The Truckin’ with Podge Podcast ! We’re kicking things off with none other than Timmy , the loud-mouthed legend and co-host of the Overworked & Underfuck ed Podcast. Timmy rolls in talking about “wearing many hats” — and he’s not wrong. Between life on the road, running his own show, and keeping his sanity in the chaos, this bloke has stories for days. Podg...