Wodahs
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@notEli anything and everything from heavy wide loads like mine machinery to explosives and dangerous goods to general to 3 - 45 foot trailers @25 tonne pay load each , livestock long distance or not australia is ad big as the us just a lot less populated the 3 shipping containers is solar panels for a solar farm , which was at the time the biggest in the southern hemisphere (i dont know if it still is)
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in the company i currently work for im a yard supervisor so i do the load ups/unloads i operate all types of machinery , and im the senior driver as to all the tickets i have and thats also why with the big jobs it me thats usually doing them as the others arnt as qualified
all tho my department is currently a sub department of 5 people with around 130 in the department completly , working for a small company of around 3500 tractors(rigs)
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That's incredibly impressive! I've always seen how difficult the work is and have so much appreciation for the drivers.
My uncle, well he was actually a friend of the family's but I grew up around him, was a driver all his life. He would stay over at my father's when he was passing through. He'd tell all kinds of stories about being out on the road or just the trouble him and my father got into during their youth.
It's funny because his family comes from a long line of wealth. Bunch of doctors, architects and lawyers. They offered him work that would have set him for life but he loved driving and getting his hands dirty. He was pretty old school and tough as they come. Unfortunately he passed two years ago from complications with Covid. Being a heavy smoker with a bad kidney didn't help him much. 
I miss his booming, cheerful voice. I'm always reminded of him when I see a driver! Good memories. 
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