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The Best Things About Being a Bus Driver

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Get actively involved with your local community while getting great pay and a range of travelling opportunities. Sounds good? Here are the reasons why this is a great time to consider starting a career as a bus driver. A job high in demand At Yugo Driving School, we have insights showing that the growing transport […]

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A Heavy Rigid Licence – What’s in it for you?

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If you’re interested in a career in truck driving, you’ve come to the right place. And if it’s a Heavy Rigid licence you need, we’re the Melbourne experts. What’s a Heavy Rigid vehicle? A Heavy Rigid (HR) vehicle has a gross vehicle mass (or weight) of more than eight tonnes, and has at least three […]

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Life on the Road: The Many Benefits of a Career as a Truck Driver

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A career as a truck driver can be rewarding and lucrative, with an Indeed study* placing the average salary for an owner operator driver at $74,896 per year in Australia, based on 125 salaries studied. If you’re looking for truck driver training in Melbourne, Yugo Driving School in Dandenong is your answer. For more than […]

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A Guide to Melbourne Truck Licence Types & Requirements

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If you’re thinking about getting your Melbourne truck licence, there are a few regulations you need to meet before you can take to the road. Truck licences in Melbourne are issued by VicRoads and fall under the category of heavy vehicle licences, further broken down into five categories depending on industry requirements.   Read on […]

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Not Wasting the Opportunity

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  Why trucks are crucial to the war on waste Australia is increasingly becoming a more conscientious nation when it comes to thinking about the impact we’re having on the planet. These days people are trying to recycle more, use less, and remember to bring their own bags when they do the weekly food shop. […]

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Electric Heavy Orchestra: The Future of Trucking

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If you thought trying to find a spare outlet to plug in your mobile phone charger was difficult then just think about how difficult it would be to connect your 23.5-tonne truck for some much-needed electric juice.   That’s right, trucks are starting to catch up to cars in the alternative fuel race. While the […]

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Ivan the Terra Bus

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If you’ve ever wondered just where your Yugo license can take you… here’s somewhere really unusual. And this is one unusual vehicle…     Introducing Ivan the Terra Bus! Ivan lives in Antarctica. He’s not very fast. He corners terra-bly. But that’s not the point: Ivan is a really special guy. Being professional drivers, we […]

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Dekotora: Seriously Decked-Out Trucks!

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Want to drive a real-life transformer? Get in line! Or go to Japan….     They’re called Dekotora, which basically just means “decorated truck”. And they are some seriously pimped out trucks! You’ll find them mostly in Japan, where the subculture has its largest following. There are really no rules as to how you can […]

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Dangerous Drives: The Himalayas

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Climbing in the Himalayas is dangerous. But so is getting there! This trip was taken by two climbers, Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden, before their ascent of the treacherous Kishtwar Kailash peak. They were the first climbers ever to have conquered the peak. Take a look…     There’s a lot of talk about how brave […]

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