James Mackaway had transported several tractors from Sydney to Tolga on the Atherton Tablelands when Big Rigs saw him recently.
The 41-year-old truckie was sitting in the driver’s seat of the Kenworth 900 he drives for Plant Shift Heavy Haulage.
“The heaviest load I have carried was a 70-tonne excavator between Adelaide and Rockhampton,” he said.
A truckie for the past 10 years, James said that reckless van drivers were the biggest problem he faces on the roads.
“Some of them overtake and we have to brake check with a big load,” he said.
James likes stopping at the Avenel Roadhouse in Victoria or the Bowen Caltex in the north.
“Both are good for drivers.”
Like many truckies, James would like to see more rest areas with facilities.
“There is a shortage of them between Cairns and Innisfail and I was talking about that today with another driver. There is one near the Cloncurry saleyards which is good. The showers are clean,” he said.
Outside work, James barracks for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL.
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