WHAT makes a good livestock transporter?

What are the front of mind issues occupying the minds of livestock transporters?

And where’s the best place to get a feed on the road these days?

Beef Central asked these questions and more to five leading rural transporters at the ALRTA 40th anniversary National Rural Carriers Convention in Canberra on Friday.

Click above to see what they said.

Featured on the video are:

Wade Lewis, director of AgriGrowers Logistics, Tamworth, and President of the Livestock, Bulk and Rural Carriers Association of NSW

Craig Congram, principal of Craig Congram Stock Haulage running four trucks plus a fill-time sub contractor at Finley. In recognition of his 40 year career in livestock and rural transport Craig was named an ALRTA Icon of the Road on Saturday night.

John Beer, a veteran of the livestock and rural transport industry, who ran the family carting business J & M Beer Carrying Service at Romsey, Victoria started by his father and now operated by his son Wayne. John is a recognised industry leader, having served as President of the ALRTA twice. He is also a life member of the Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Victoria.

After building a successful career as a livestock transport driver with Stockmaster, Mick Maloney and his wife Carolyn established Maloney Livestock Transport at Tamworth seven years ago, and have since established the family business, now incorporating son and daughter-in-law Alex and Tara Maloney, into a substantial sheep and cattle transporting enterprise, with 10 prime movers and uplift capacity of 47 decks.

Jared Seiler is the owner of Seilers Transport, a significant livestock transporting business based at Kingaroy with a second depot at Biggenden. Seilers Transport has 19 trucks, with 10 dedicated to transporting pigs and 9 to cattle. Last year the business shifted 900,000 pigs and 300,000 head of cattle. Jared is also the current president of the Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Queensland.