The victim of a vicious road rage attack was smashed with a metal-edged spirit level, called a "coon" and told he would be killed, a court has heard.

Brothers Jack and Tom McLean fronted Wodonga Magistrates Court on Wednesday after the incident on December 15.

Wodonga man Jack McLean, 25, is taken into custody last week.

It is alleged the attack on the truck driver occurred near the corner of Melbourne Road and Melrose Drive in Wodonga.

Older brother Jack, 25, is alleged to have hit the victim multiple times with the metre-long tool as the man shielded his face.