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04:07.
04:37I hope I can get this truck out.
04:39Mel's truck is blocking the access road to the logging site
04:43run by her friend, Gary Orton.
04:46He's come to help her get moving again
04:48before more bad weather sets in.
04:51I just want to get this truck out.
04:53Like, days waiting on this load, it's pretty urgent.
04:56Can't cuddle up if he hasn't got it.
05:00At that jack.
05:02There's a week's rain coming.
05:04I'm a bit worried.
05:05I've got to get it out.
05:07Not much room.
05:10Where to get my fat guts under there?
05:14It's not a friendly jack.
05:17I use the air of the truck to use the air jack.
05:24Wrong air.
05:25You've got the wrong fittings.
05:27That means I can't use the air jack at all,
05:29so I've got to have to manually do it.
05:32I've got the wrong hose for my air jack,
05:34so I'll just have to change it the old-school way.
05:38Bloody trucks.
05:40Oh.
05:40These things happen.
05:41We didn't have air jacks in the old days,
05:43so as long as we get it done before this weather comes in.
05:47That's our main concern.
05:48Oh, God.
05:56Come on.
05:59Got a fair way to go, Mel.
06:01Oh.
06:02That's a positive sign.
06:04Come on.
06:10It must be getting off the ground now.
06:13Give it a go.
06:14Nothing to lose.
06:23It's just that bottom here.
06:24Go.
06:25For f***ing sake.
06:30Oh, shit.
06:33The inside tyre is rooted.
06:36Oh.
06:37Oh.
06:37Oh.
06:44So delaying this job for after Christmas,
06:51did that cost you all the client money?
06:53Our customer had some people
06:55who were going to be in the yard in Alice Springs.
06:58Oh, you f***er, look at that.
07:00Another friggin' rock through my windscreen.
07:03The delay over Christmas means I got a rock through my windscreen,
07:10which I didn't get last bloody time I went through here.
07:12Yeah.
07:13And because we didn't get the freight through,
07:16I haven't been paid for the job.
07:19Over a month after having to abandon a trucking job
07:22because of road closures in the central desert,
07:24Steve Graham and his grandson Brodie have returned to Laverton
07:29to collect the load they left with Steve's mate, Rex Riles.
07:35Hello, mate.
07:37How are you, Rex?
07:37How are you, Rex?
07:37Have a good Christmas.
07:38Yeah, mate.
07:38Very good to see you, mate.
07:39You?
07:40I hope you had a good one.
07:42Last year, we had to park the gear up.
07:45Now we've come back to get it.
07:46This is round two.
07:48Now we've got 1,600 kilometres to go
07:51to get it to Alice Springs.
07:53From Laverton, Steve and Brodie
07:56will take on the infamous Great Central Road,
07:59over 1,000 kilometres of brutal dirt,
08:02which has only just been reopened
08:03after being savaged by summer storms,
08:07before hitting the bitumen
08:08to finish their delivery in Alice Springs.
08:11You're good, Brodie, boy?
08:12Yeah.
08:13Let's go.
08:18What we've got is structural steel on this trailer
08:21and the other two trailers
08:23are the frames and the trusses
08:25and all the bits that make up
08:27the framework of the house.
08:30Well, here we go, Brodie, boy.
08:35Now the truth will come out.
08:43The road hasn't been too rough,
08:45but it's keeping me on my toes.
08:51The bog holes where people got bogged
08:52just before Christmas,
08:55I can see quite clearly
08:57where they were bogged.
08:59So I've got to treat
09:00every one of those spots
09:01with real care.
09:06We're going to pull up here.
09:08Just have a little break, Brodie.
09:10Yeah.
09:11Just have a quick walk around
09:13and check it,
09:13and I mean check everything.
09:14Brodie gets paid for the trip
09:17when he comes with me,
09:19and it's all part of learning about life.
09:22How did you go with the check, mate?
09:23Oh, they all look good.
09:25I'm good to go for a walk.
09:26Keep me in sight.
09:28Yeah.
09:29Just looking around for reptilians
09:30and whatnot.
09:33Brodie is a dead keen naturalist,
09:36and he just loves reptiles.
09:38Oh, look, there's a bearded.
09:39He's sitting on the spinifex.
09:40That's a painted bearded, that one.
09:42So that'd be his home just there.
09:44So he's going to make a run for it.
09:46Probably going straight across, or not.
09:52So yeah, look, he's...
09:53And there's the guys.
09:55The one thing I'd want Brodie to learn
09:56on a trip like this
09:57is when he tells me he's checked,
09:58he's mind as he's checked them.
10:00I constantly forget how to talk
10:02to the modern young people.
10:05You've got to be very literal.
10:07They've been brought up all their life
10:08looking at an area this big.
10:10So this big place out here
10:12is not quite so much in their awareness.
10:15But coming on a trip with Grandad
10:17might expand the horizons
10:19from a little screen like that
10:20to the great big panorama
10:22through which we're travelling.
10:26Brodie?
10:26Yeah.
10:26Are we ready?
10:28Yep.
10:40Rain, Brodie, rain.
10:41We don't need rain this early, mate.
10:43This is bloody scary.
10:46You can see out there
10:48either side big falls.
10:49Big, big amounts of rain falling.
10:53There's some big holes in the road
10:57that have got water in them already.
11:00I know that.
11:01And if they get any more rain on them,
11:02we aren't getting around them.
11:07Oh, which puddle?
11:09Which puddle, mate?
11:10Which puddle?
11:11I think I might go in this one.
11:13It looks like it's a straighter approach.
11:16That one's on a big angle.
11:17Shit, this looks like slop, boy.
11:23Are they going to get through it
11:25or are they going to get up here, boy?
11:31Oh, there's some holes down there, Brodie, boy.
11:40We've got our first bridge coming up.
11:43Paul's going to shut it
11:44for us to go across.
11:45We've got a 3.8 metre wide
11:48heavy transporter on the tow bridge.
11:50Claw up there, please.
11:54All right, mate.
11:55Bridge is clear.
11:56I'm all right.
11:59Get her down to Foy
12:00and, um,
12:03Idle across.
12:08Ah!
12:09Stop!
12:11Stop!
12:12Watch out the crew!
12:13What's that say?
12:17Stop!
12:19Get out of the way!
12:26Clear out of the bridge.
12:28That lady got my blood pressure up, sludge,
12:30I tell you.
12:32Why's that?
12:32Well, I had the car stopped
12:34and this woman drove straight towards me
12:36and I was on her lane
12:38with a stop paddle up
12:39and she went to drive around me
12:40to go on the bridge.
12:42And I says,
12:42what has stopped me?
12:44It must be her
12:45I think she had an Aussie accent.
12:49Yeah, good one.
12:54Legendary outback trucker Sludge
12:56has come back to the land of his birth,
12:59New Zealand,
13:00working as an oversized load driver.
13:02Doing a few jobs for Paul Clark,
13:04mate of mine from Dunedin.
13:05We're taking up a 43-tonne Tyrex dozer
13:10up to Wanaka
13:11for the wheels of Wanaka.
13:13The vintage bulldozer
13:15is the first of two
13:16that Sludge has to deliver.
13:18He left Dunedin over an hour ago
13:21and is headed for the mountainous country roads
13:23and narrow bridges
13:24that lead to Wanaka
13:26on the edge of New Zealand's southern alps.
13:30Sludge's mate, Paul,
13:31will exhibit both of his restored vintage bulldozers
13:34at the wheels of Wanaka show.
13:36It's a big machinery show
13:38and everyone in New Zealand comes
13:40and people from all around the world are coming.
13:43It's a passion more than a money-making venture.
13:46I don't think there's any others
13:47that are restored anywhere that I know of.
13:50Probably this side of Australia, New Zealand.
13:53I've come out here
13:54just because I haven't worked for so long
13:56to try and financially help Wendy a little bit.
14:00Two years ago,
14:02Sludge had a motorcycle accident
14:03near his home in Western Australia.
14:07Unable to work,
14:08he has relied on his wife Wendy
14:10to support him during his recovery.
14:12Since I had the accident,
14:14Wendy still had to live and feed me
14:16and when you're not working,
14:18it slowly gobbles everything you've got in the bank.
14:24I want to drive a little bit
14:25and earn a few bucks,
14:26but the big thing for me
14:28is now the grandkids.
14:30Sludge's two eldest children
14:32and their families live in New Zealand.
14:35I'd like to make sure they remember me,
14:37that I'm still here
14:38and spend a bit of time with them
14:40as well as working.
14:40This is my father's gravestone.
14:47He died on the 13th of April, 1984.
14:52And this is my brother's one.
14:55When did he die?
14:571981.
14:58So every time I come to New Zealand,
15:00I normally come up here
15:01and say hello
15:03and make sure they're all clean and tidy.
15:05My father died in a truck accident.
15:10They were backing a truck into a ramp
15:12and the brakes failed,
15:14rolled back and crushed him
15:15and squashed him.
15:15That's what killed him.
15:17My brother had an early end of life as well.
15:19He was coming home to the farm
15:20and Dad found him.
15:22He had run off the road
15:23and banged his head in his car
15:25and that's what killed him.
15:27I was only young when he died.
15:29It's one of those curveballs in life
15:32where that could have been me
15:33laying there as well.
15:35I thought I'd live forever
15:36but I've had a big scare
15:38and I don't want the kids growing up
15:40without me like I did without my father.
15:46Another bridge just around the corner.
15:48Roger.
15:49Got to start watching what I'm doing
15:51and just be careful.
15:53With an oversize,
15:54you've got to be right on the money.
15:58Oh, oh.
16:02Oh, holy shit.
16:10Oh, now that's narrow.
16:13Holy shit.
16:14The trailer was rubbing the ears
16:16right on it.
16:22We're just coming into Wanaka
16:24and we're going to pull up here
16:26at the wheels of Wanaka.
16:27Transport, toys, helicopters, planes.
16:33My kind of place.
16:44That's one done.
16:46So tomorrow will be the real test.
16:48The plan is now we'll head back to the Needham
16:50and then we can load the big one.
16:52It's almost 300 kilometres
16:55back to Paul's yard in Dunedin
16:57where Sludge will take on the second dozer,
17:01a bona fide heavyweight.
17:03That's how much heavier?
17:05That's about another 15 ton heavier.
17:07Jesus.
17:08Yeah, right, eh?
17:09So you're up around about 90 ton.
17:11The dozer blade is pretty much, you know,
17:14that's the bit that'll cut somebody open
17:15if it hits someone.
17:16We have to get it in the right place
17:21to make sure that, you know,
17:24the trailer doesn't go overweight
17:25on the axle of all the trucks.
17:26Yep.
17:28She's all on and tied up.
17:30We're ready to go.
17:32A bit nervous.
17:33It's going to be a hard day.
17:34Toughest one I've done.
17:36This thing's pretty serious.
17:39I, uh, we might have a bit of a problem.
17:42I've just seen this email come through.
17:44You know where we went for that road works?
17:46They've got to shut the road
17:47to do that new bit of seal.
17:49So they're saying they're going to try
17:51and shut this off at 12.30 today.
17:53So how long are they shutting that for?
17:55Well, two to four hours.
17:57We've got to try and do our best to get there.
17:59Otherwise, we're going to be parked
18:00on the side of the road
18:01until they've finished the job.
18:03And I don't know if we'll get there in time
18:05before they close it.
18:07It just adds to the pressure for the day.
18:16Right, now you see why they say four-wheel drive only, eh?
18:37After failing to cross
18:40the notorious Great Central Road one month ago,
18:44Steve and his grandson Brodie have returned,
18:48desperate to get a paying load
18:49through to Alice Springs.
18:52Still got 700-plus k of dirt to go.
18:57These storms are rolling in on us.
19:00Any serious rain out here,
19:03and we're bugging.
19:04Yeah.
19:10It's just about dark,
19:12so I'll be pulling up shortly.
19:17Brodie?
19:18Yeah?
19:18Have a look at all the tyres up, please.
19:21And then you're free, Brodie,
19:23and I'll start getting tea organised and stuff.
19:26All right.
19:26The wind's blowing hard.
19:31I just hope it doesn't blow
19:33one of these storms into me.
19:37This is a good spot to camp.
19:38We're up on the hill.
19:39We've got the breeze here,
19:40and we can roll off from here in the morning
19:41if there's big rain during the night.
19:43This will be dry up here.
19:44We can roll away.
19:47I've got my little gas stove
19:48cooking for Brodie and myself
19:50to keep our energy up.
19:54Brodie,
19:55don't be walking around
19:56with that aluminium pole in the hand
19:58with this lightning around.
20:00Maybe we should be
20:01down on the low ground
20:04if the lightning gets going.
20:06The thing with the lightning is
20:07make one mistake with it
20:09and it'll kill you.
20:10That rain is going to happen
20:12at any minute.
20:12Seriously.
20:15Where's Brodie?
20:19Brodie!
20:20Brodie!
20:20Brodie!
20:20Brodie!
20:20Brodie!
20:25You know what I'd be doing?
20:32Yeah.
20:32I'd be bringing the tyre service
20:34to bring out another tyre and a jack.
20:36I know it's an extra cost,
20:37but it won't get hard.
20:38All right.
20:39Already two days behind
20:43on an urgent 28-tonne timber delivery,
20:47a second-blown drive tyre
20:49has pushed log truck driver
20:51Mel Michelson
20:52to her limit.
20:55Hey, Joe.
20:55Gary Orton here.
20:58Oh, we've got a real problem here, mate.
21:00Had a flat tyre,
21:02got it one spare,
21:03but on the rear drive,
21:05the inside tyre is rooted.
21:07You're the only one
21:10that can do it
21:10and you can't leave the shop
21:11because no-one else is there.
21:15There's only two places
21:16in Burnham that will do it.
21:18They can't come out
21:19to do it out here on site,
21:21so we'll take it in there.
21:24He might have a second-hand one in there.
21:26That's what he wants.
21:27Yep.
21:28Two things that cost you most money,
21:30rubber tyres and women.
21:32Yep.
21:32Yep.
21:34Tits and tyres.
21:35I've got to get out of here.
21:40It's delaying everything.
21:43So I've got a beautiful old property.
21:46I need to turn them wheels
21:47to get that coin in
21:48to do my renovations.
21:57Back safe, Mellie.
21:58Put that into the jack.
22:04We didn't try that one before.
22:05No.
22:11No f***ing way.
22:14Me and Gary tried one hose,
22:16but we didn't try the other connection
22:17on the other side.
22:19We didn't try hard enough.
22:21And now it'll just go up like
22:22f***ing Bob's uncle
22:24and we'll be out of here.
22:36Well?
22:37It's not going anywhere.
22:42It's pissing out frickin' oil.
22:46Why has it decided
22:48to leak out oil today?
22:49Mmm.
22:50I've had it for four years
22:51and haven't had no drama with it.
22:57It's only gone up that much.
22:58Hardly moving now.
23:04Can't take a trick.
23:05Brody!
23:13Brody!
23:16The thing with the lightning is
23:17you make one mistake with it
23:19and it'll kill you.
23:21Brody!
23:24There he is.
23:25You found him.
23:25You're a good girl.
23:27You're a good girl.
23:28Thanks for finding Brody for me, Bill.
23:29Well, there you go, Brody.
23:36There's your team-mate.
23:39You're out of the rain.
23:41I'm going to go and eat mine.
23:42Can you fit any more potato
23:43in your mouth, Brody?
23:44Boy, you hungry or what?
23:46Starving.
23:46This is a good meal to have
23:47at the end of the day.
23:55Well, think about going, Brody.
23:57If you're good, we'll go.
23:59So, what was your tally last night?
24:03I think I got this spider I got.
24:07Here's the little mouse.
24:08A mouse?
24:09Yeah.
24:09A mouse or a donut?
24:10Mouse.
24:12Steve is on a mission
24:13to get a long-delayed load
24:15across the red centre of Australia
24:17while simultaneously catching up
24:20on some much-needed family time.
24:22I like to think I'm quite close
24:24to my grandkids.
24:25They're all good kids.
24:27I'm determined to spend the time with them
24:29that I didn't spend with my kids,
24:31but I'm struggling to find that time still.
24:37There's the border, mate.
24:40I will stop up here,
24:42check our gear.
24:43How is everything?
24:53Good.
24:53All right, now let's go back
24:54and start again, mate.
24:56We've got to talk to you
24:56about your eyes.
24:58See the broken strap?
25:00Oh, yeah.
25:00Oh, yeah.
25:02You got...
25:03You young blokes,
25:05you've got to learn to see.
25:08It appears I missed this broken strap.
25:12I don't know how I missed that, too.
25:14It comes with experience,
25:16that ability to just notice things
25:18that aren't right.
25:21That's it, Brodie.
25:22I'll go around and tie it off.
25:26That rain that's coming up behind us,
25:29I do know if that rain gets out here
25:31on this road in front of me,
25:33we won't do it.
25:36Now, I have to check my fuel.
25:39There's not much fuel in that tank.
25:43It's not good.
25:44I've got diesel in a belly tank
25:47under the front trailer.
25:48To enable long-distance hauls
25:50through the harsh Australian wilderness,
25:53Steve has set up
25:54a 1,000-litre fuel storage tank
25:56under his first trailer.
25:59He can pump fuel from there
26:00to the main tanks using a hose,
26:03as long as the truck's motor is running.
26:05But the process can take over an hour.
26:09I don't want to have to stop and run it
26:11and have the rain beaten.
26:14Brodie boy, we've got about 30km to go
26:18to the camp
26:19and we're really low on fuel.
26:22I should fuel up here,
26:25but I'm going to take a punt.
26:28I'll give it a crack, 30km.
26:30I need 40 litres.
26:34This might be the worst mistake
26:35I've made in a long time.
26:42I've got to keep my wits about me today.
26:44and pedal a bit.
26:45If we run it late,
26:47it's going to be a real pain in the arse.
26:49Sludge is racing the clock.
26:51He has a bigger,
26:52wider and 20-tonne heavier
26:55bulldozer to haul
26:56almost 300km to Wanaka
26:59before the road is scheduled
27:00to be closed
27:01in four hours' time.
27:04If we don't make the time
27:05to get there before they shut it,
27:07we're going to be stuck
27:08with 90 tonnes sitting on the road
27:10at four and a half metres wide
27:13blocking the whole road up.
27:15We've got enough pressure
27:16with the wider and 20-tonne heavier,
27:19so the extra pressure
27:20has just given me the shits, really.
27:23We've got Paul out the front today
27:24and Sarah, Paul's partner,
27:27she's coming today as well.
27:29I've been driving trucks
27:30for about six or seven years.
27:32I'm going to be driving
27:33the second pilot vehicle.
27:35To provide extra support
27:37to Sludge on this massive job,
27:39his wife Wendy
27:40has flown in from Australia.
27:42It's pretty big for him,
27:43especially, you know,
27:44getting back into it again.
27:45I'm going to jump in
27:48with a pilot,
27:49which is exciting
27:50because I've never been
27:51in a pilot vehicle before.
28:00This is the worst bit
28:01is getting out of this bloody town
28:03because we've got to be
28:03on the wrong side of the road.
28:15All clear slides,
28:22just keep coming.
28:24Yeah, so f***ing go.
28:27Go.
28:30Paul, you're supposed
28:31to be in front of me?
28:34I've got to get around
28:34to the sheep bridge first.
28:38F***ing sake.
28:40Give the law.
28:42Why the f***
28:43I'm supposed to be behind you,
28:44you dumbass?
28:45This is what pisses me off
28:48with him,
28:48is he always says,
28:49makes his own rules.
28:51He's like,
28:52everything's got to be
28:53by the book
28:53and then he f***ed it all up.
28:59Here we go,
29:00onto the motorway.
29:03You can tell
29:06we're 20 tonne heavier.
29:09That's what make
29:10this old girl work today.
29:13I'm just going to pop around
29:15on the left
29:15coming around in front of you,
29:17coming around.
29:21Probably did that a bit early,
29:22actually.
29:24You should have waited
29:24to the bottom of the hill
29:25but never mind.
29:27Yeah, righto.
29:28I'd rather do it early
29:29than too late.
29:31No, but the rules are
29:32you've got to wait
29:33to get to the bottom
29:34of the line.
29:36Mr. Rulebook,
29:37who f***ing was behind me
29:38before and he was supposed
29:39to go ahead of me?
29:40Righto, Wallace.
29:45A little bit of tension
29:47here with Paul and Sarah.
29:49Trouble in paradise.
29:51It's probably just settling in
29:53and getting the distances right
29:55and, you know,
29:57everyone has a different idea
29:58where they should be
29:59and what they're doing.
30:00And after this black car,
30:02you're all clear
30:02to come over
30:03to the right hand lane.
30:04So he just sits
30:06in the middle now?
30:07No, he's got to be open
30:08to the line.
30:08Oh, because he's churned.
30:09He's got to go
30:10under this bridge
30:11and it comes down
30:13on an angle.
30:18But if he went in there,
30:19he literally would have hit it.
30:20Shit, yeah, wow.
30:23Yeah, you're all clear.
30:31He's not even warning trucks.
30:34Are you warning trucks
30:35or are my warning trucks?
30:384.3 guys.
30:39I couldn't get on the CB, sir.
30:46So this next bridge
30:47is at 10 kilometres an hour
30:49and central.
30:51Roger that.
30:54You need the pilots
30:55to shut the bridge off.
30:57You've got to have
30:58two pilots.
31:00One's got to be further up
31:02to shut the road
31:03and the other one
31:03guides us across.
31:10Oh, you f***ing go.
31:12I'm right behind you.
31:13Once I get there,
31:27you need to move forwards.
31:31Please don't talk on the CB
31:33to me like that.
31:34It's always hard
31:38when you're a couple
31:39working together
31:40because you're probably
31:42starting more than you should.
31:43If we learn to shut up,
31:45it'll probably be a lot easier.
31:46could be around the gate, Mel.
31:54It's only gone up that mark.
31:56Hardly moving now, isn't it?
31:58Mel Michelson is racing
32:00the fading afternoon light.
32:03She needs to replace
32:04two drive tyres
32:05with a faulty jack
32:06and get her 28-tonne load
32:09over 300 kilometres
32:10to a timber mill
32:11to finally get paid
32:13for the job.
32:14Can you jack up
32:15a little bit by hand?
32:19We really need this loading.
32:21Just want to get out of here
32:22before the frickin' rain
32:24gets here.
32:25I don't even know
32:30if it's going up, though.
32:33Yeah, it is.
32:35Yeah, you're winning.
32:41Yep.
32:42It's high enough, Mally.
32:43Right.
32:51God, it's just stuck here, eh?
32:53Look, that is completely
32:55off to bring up.
33:04Finally.
33:06Now, I've got to get it over that.
33:10Oops.
33:12Good girl.
33:17Now,
33:18this tyre can go
33:19itself.
33:25Get on, bitch.
33:33Oh, yeah!
33:41Whew!
33:43All good to go.
33:45Thank you for all your help.
33:46Not a problem.
33:47I'd better get out
33:48to the heaven clouds
33:49over there.
33:50I mean, they're coming
33:51in quite fast, so...
33:55I'm just going to get
33:59out of here
34:00and down the mountain.
34:04I'm worried about
34:05this part the most.
34:07It's still quite wet.
34:08It's the first gear material.
34:16The ground feels okay.
34:17Like, it's still a bit slippery,
34:19but it's okay.
34:24Yee-haw!
34:25Finally made it to the gate
34:27and I'm just pulled out
34:28on the road,
34:28so I'm pretty happy.
34:32Clouds are pretty black.
34:34It's raining over there,
34:35definitely.
34:37Looks like it just got
34:38out of there in time.
34:42Being down,
34:43down and out
34:44for three or four days,
34:45like, I've missed two jobs
34:46that have come in.
34:47There's missed money
34:48and letting people down.
34:50Like, I don't like that.
34:51that they understood,
34:54so that's looking for you.
34:56Now I've got to get back
34:57to the mill
34:58and get this unloaded.
35:03Just hit the Warrego Highway.
35:05Got some pretty good roads
35:07until I get near Dalby
35:08and head off into the night.
35:21The load from hell.
35:32When these logs come off,
35:35I'll have a happy customer
35:37who luckily understands
35:39why I'm awake.
35:42But we can't help the weather,
35:44so that makes me happy
35:45when they're happy.
35:47Yes!
35:47Oh, my God.
35:51I'm so proud to say
35:52I'm plumbly unloaded,
35:54so after this,
35:55I'll go back to the farm
35:57and have a rest,
35:58and then tomorrow,
35:59go and get a beatable load
36:00of firewood.
36:01I've got to keep
36:02them wheels turning
36:03because I haven't been earning.
36:11I reckon I've got
36:12about 30km to go there.
36:14I need 40 litres.
36:16because I've got diesel
36:17into the front trailer.
36:18I don't want to have to stop
36:19and have the rain beat me.
36:21This might be the worst mistake
36:22I've made in a long time.
36:24Maybe I'm being a stupid
36:25old fool taking a punt on it.
36:29But that's the gamble
36:30I'm about to take.
36:37We might do it, Brodie.
36:39We've got about a size K to go.
36:46We've made it, Brodie.
36:51We've made it, boy.
36:54We've made it, Brodie.
36:59This is it.
37:00We're going to camp here tonight.
37:02We've made it to the bitumen.
37:04Touch wood.
37:05We're laughing.
37:06Can you do a quick walk around,
37:07please, mate?
37:08Because I'm going to run fuel
37:09from the belly tank
37:10into the front tank, right?
37:12That'll give us enough fuel
37:13to get into Alice Springs tomorrow.
37:15Sounds good.
37:15We're on the bitumen now.
37:27We've got 468 kilometres
37:30to go from here.
37:31I'm on a tight time schedule.
37:34We've got people
37:35who will be starting work
37:38a half for me on time.
37:40Or it costs big money.
37:41Well, Brodie, boy, here we go.
37:47There's the yard over there.
37:48We've just about pulled it off.
37:52Here we are, mate.
37:53Here we are.
37:58We'll go and see Matt
37:59and find out what's going on.
38:01All right.
38:05How are you, mate?
38:06You're joking.
38:08All right.
38:08It's the whole story
38:11in this business.
38:12Once again, we've
38:13gone hard to get here.
38:19And we're not going to unload today.
38:20We're going to unload tomorrow.
38:24It does frustrate you
38:27in that if I had known this earlier,
38:29maybe I would have gone
38:29a little bit slower
38:30and kept the truck
38:32a little bit cooler.
38:34So nothing's going to happen today.
38:37Finally, it's in the yard
38:38after five weeks,
38:38it's all here.
38:40And we're not unloading
38:42until tomorrow.
38:47Hi.
38:48Hello.
38:49Come through this way
38:50if you want.
38:50Brodie, you go.
38:51This is your...
38:52All right.
38:52This is yours.
38:54In some ways,
38:55I'm sort of happy
38:56that we're not unloading
38:57until tomorrow.
38:58Now I can relax a bit
38:59and take Brodie
39:00in to see a surprise.
39:01Did you guys want
39:02to have a hold of a snake?
39:04Brodie is a dead, keen naturalist.
39:06He just loves reptiles.
39:08She's going to come
39:09over your shoulders?
39:11Well, I'm taking him
39:12into the reptile centre.
39:13You can't feel that weight.
39:15It's a lot heavier
39:15than most little pythons.
39:17And now,
39:18comes a bit
39:19where she strangles you.
39:22Reptiles,
39:23always a cool thing to see.
39:25Oh, look at him.
39:26He's a beauty.
39:27This is Frank.
39:28He's a Spencer's goanna.
39:29Oh, wow.
39:31They do get big.
39:32Well, Brodie,
39:34I hope you enjoyed that.
39:35Yeah.
39:35That was awesome.
39:40Coming into Milton,
39:42at Milton's where
39:43they've got all
39:43the main street
39:44of Milton ripped up.
39:49I'm going to move
39:50these cones
39:50around this Milton
39:51here because
39:52you ain't going
39:53to get past.
39:54Oh, my God.
39:57He's actually
39:58moving cones.
39:59I can't believe it.
40:00Normally,
40:00he'd just be like,
40:01oh, he's going
40:02to put things over
40:03and I don't even
40:04worry about it.
40:08Yeah,
40:09he should get
40:09round in there.
40:11Hauling an
40:11oversized combined
40:13mass of almost
40:1490 tonnes
40:15in a 30-year-old
40:16truck he's only
40:17driven once before,
40:19Sludge is relying
40:20on his
40:21problematic pilots,
40:23Paul and
40:24Sarah.
40:24When you've got
40:25your partner with
40:26you, they have
40:26different ideas.
40:28It's not a bed
40:28of roses.
40:32Have you heard
40:33any more about
40:34these roadworks
40:35and Fruitlands
40:36pool?
40:37I've just heard
40:38that they're
40:39closing the road
40:40at one o'clock.
40:42We're going to be
40:43really, really
40:44pushing it hard
40:45to get there.
40:46Look at that.
40:49The team have
40:50less than two hours
40:51to get through
40:52a scheduled road
40:53closure ahead.
40:54or risk being
40:55forced to stop
40:56overnight.
40:57After six o'clock,
40:58we're not allowed
40:59to drive oversize.
41:00So if they hold us
41:01up too long,
41:02we're not going to
41:02make Wanaka
41:03tonight.
41:04Here we go.
41:05It's into the hills
41:07and the windy stuff
41:08and this is where
41:10I've got to be
41:10super vigilant.
41:12We're coming
41:13into the gorge now
41:14and I've got to be
41:15central in the middle
41:16of the road,
41:16so they've got to
41:17stop all the cars.
41:18Well, I don't know
41:19if you can hear me,
41:20but there's two cars
41:21after the petrol tanker.
41:24After that,
41:25the road is closed.
41:32Pull over.
41:35Stop.
41:37Pull right over.
41:38Just pull in as far
41:40as you can go.
41:40Yeah.
41:43We've got to put
41:44the power dividers
41:45in now because
41:45the road's wet.
41:47So that locks the
41:48arse end up
41:48giving us more
41:49drive.
41:51F***ing hell.
41:52Shit.
41:56It's just starting
41:57to skid a little bit
41:58and light the tyres up.
42:02I'm just fighting
42:04trying to keep out
42:05on the dry bits
42:05of the road
42:06just to keep the
42:07traction.
42:07Otherwise,
42:10we wouldn't have
42:10made it over that.
42:14Coming up
42:15to where the road
42:16closure is,
42:17it's touch and go.
42:18I don't know
42:18if we're going
42:19to get this.
42:23Hi.
42:25You guys are starting
42:25sealing, haven't you?
42:26So it'll be fine
42:27if we get through,
42:29OK?
42:29Just ask.
42:31We've got a
42:32large transporter
42:34at 4.3 coming
42:35through.
42:35It's about 90 tonne.
42:36We'll just go
42:37along quietly.
42:38Is that OK?
42:39Copy?
42:41Yeah, that's
42:42all right.
42:43There you go.
42:46Yeah, copy,
42:47sludge.
42:48Yep, no.
42:48Giving us the
42:49OK to come through.
42:50Better get authority
42:50just in time.
42:52So we're cutting off
42:53here in four minutes
42:54of time.
42:55Beautiful.
42:56Thank you.
43:01It's a pretty
43:02straight run home
43:02now.
43:06Well, guys,
43:12it's a big
43:13thank you.
43:14Mission completed.
43:18Good job,
43:19Dart.
43:21To see him back
43:23here, pretty much
43:24close to his old self,
43:26it's fantastic.
43:27I'm wrapped,
43:28actually, for him.
43:28I was struggling
43:31after the accident.
43:33Am I good enough
43:34to drive trucks
43:35again?
43:36And to have done
43:37what I've done
43:38is huge.
43:39I'm probably lucky
43:40enough to have
43:41a second chance
43:42of life.
43:43My father,
43:43he wasn't lucky
43:44enough,
43:45but I think he'd be
43:46proud of what I've
43:47done over the years.
43:49Sludge is back.
43:50This time we've
43:50crossed the threshold
43:51and we're going
43:52to do it again.
43:52We'll see you next time.
43:53We'll see you next time.
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