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Remembering a giant among truck drivers

We would like to pay tribute to our great mate Stephen ‘Tiny’ Monkhouse, one of the great characters of the highway, who passed away suddenly on April 4 following a short illness, aged 70.

It was only a few months ago that Owner//Driver profiled Tiny, a giant among truck drivers in more ways than one.

Since then Tiny virtually went straight from doing Sydney-Melbourne five nights a week to hospital. He never got to enjoy the

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