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Bacchus Marsh driver happy with his work-life balance

Jamie McKerrow was driving a 630hp 2663 Mercedes with a B-double of tippers.
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Returning to Tasmania after our recent trip to South Australia we dropped in to fuel up at the Little River BP on our way to Geelong.

Here we were fortunate to catch up with Jamie McKerrow from Bacchus Marsh who was on his way to Geelong for a load of fertiliser.

An owner-driver, he was driving his striking 630hp 2663 Mercedes with a B-double of tippers at the time and happily he took a few minutes out.

“I started driving in 2015 when we bought our first truck, a Freightliner CST 120 to cart grain,” he told us.

“I was already driving, and doing contract harvesting at the time, and this started out as a side business, but has now increased to about 50 per cent of our work.”

He bought the current Mercedes in June 2020, and it’s a good comfortable reliable truck and a pleasure to drive.

“Obviously, I must be happy with it as I will be ordering another one in the near future. 

“It is an added bonus to sit up here driving and watching the countryside passing by, and keeping busy at the same time, well as busy as I want to be.”

Jamie says he tries to keep the work/life balance about right, and to make sure there is enough time to support the Hawkes in the AFL as well. 

“You do have to be pretty savvy business-wise nowadays as things are undeniably tough.

“The overall running costs are unbelievable, and the overheads keep going up as well. 

“In fact, I don’t honestly know how some people are surviving in the current environment, and it’s hard to see anything improving either.”

It was, however, good to see him pull out and continue on his way with a cheerful smile and a wave as he went.

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