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The purchasing of a new truck can be a torturous ordeal. There can be 101 different reasons to choose a particular truck and 102 reasons to choose a different truck. It can come down to so many little things. However, sometimes you just buy a truck because, well, quite frankly, you just want it. I completely get that. I’m exactly the same when I hit the KFC drivethrough. I don’t really need it, it’s not doing anything for me, there are other smarter options but god damn if the Tower Burger isn’t exactly what I want.
So, when Garry Leeson from Leeson’s Logging & Cartage piped up and informed his team “I want a Peterbilt”, I could fully empathise. In Garry’s case though, the Pete has been a lot better for him than the Tower Burger was for me.
Before we touch on this fantastic-looking Pete, let’s take a little journey into the history books and learn a bit about Leeson’s, a family-run business that’s been a stalwart of the timber scene in Victoria for several decades now.
The company’s origins go all the way back to the early ’60s when Garry’s stepdad Lindsay Crawford was hauling plantation timber into the Maryvale Pulp Mill. Garry was heavily involved from a young age. When Lindsay passed away, the business was passed down to Garry and his brothers. In the early ’80s, Garry and his wife Vicki bought the brothers out and Leeson’s Logging & Cartage officially began.
One of the major
