When trucks were first invented, no one knew how important they would become to the development of our society. At the beginning, trucks were seen as helpers to horse-drawn wagons, the railways and ships. Today, the truck is the main way that things are transported.
Click on the pictures below for more information about road transport through the ages, as found in ‘Stories From The Road (2007).’ Thank you to The National Road Transport Hall of Fame for allowing us to publish this information. Photos are courtesy of the MaxiTRANS collection (Truck & Bus Transportation publication) unless otherwise stated.
1900 – 1910
1921-1930
1931-1940
1981-1990
(Photo courtesy of macktrucks.com.au)
1991-2000
(Photo courtesy of Haackstransport.com.au)
The trucking industry is excited to see how technological, environmental and mechanical advances will change the future of trucking.
Find out more about the truck that powers The Road Ahead by visiting the Volvo website here.
To find out about the history of BP Australia, click on the logos below:
