In decades of talking to truck drivers I have never met another with the hobby that Mackay-based driver Scott James enjoys.
“I make my own beef jerky from topside steak and always carry a bag of it in my cabin,” he said.
The 54-year-old truckie drives a Kenworth T610 for Lindsay Transport and was hooking up a trailer at the parking area of the BP Cluden when he stopped for a chat.
“I have bananas which after I change over at Mackay will be heading for Brisbane. I brought up Visy board,” he said.
Scott has been a truck driver for 35 years and loves working for Lindsay Transport, which he’s been with for a year.
For some years Scott had been an owner-operator based at Goulburn in NSW.
“The costs owner drivers have such as fuel are high, so it is good to work for a company,” he said.
I asked him the main reason he is such a happy driver. “Because I do the shuttle run between Mackay and Townsville and am home every night,” he said, adding that he also loves the Kenworth.
“It is almost new. Only a few months old and has an automatic gearbox and is powered by a 550hp motor,” Scott said.
He rates many parts of the Bruce Highway as the worst he gets along.
Before I left, Scott offered me a sample of his homemade beef jerky – how could I refuse?
The verdict is that it was delicious.
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