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Rookie Truckers - Season 1 Episode 8 -Wheel Be Right! englishsub fullfilm🎥🎥 Secret Engagement
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00:02G'day, I'm Steve Graham. I've spent my life driving trucks across Australia.
00:11Bloody pain in the arse, Camel.
00:14It's a tough job. This is a bastard on a bit of road.
00:18Now, we've got a big problem in the industry.
00:21Aussie Trucking is at a crisis point.
00:2426,000 drivers are needed to fill a huge labour market gap.
00:28Australia relies on us.
00:31Supermarket shelves will be stripped bare.
00:33They need our trucks.
00:35But now, after decades behind the wheel, a generation of drivers is about to retire.
00:44We have a massive crisis, a driver shortage.
00:47So me and my mates are going to do what we can to pass the torch and get the next
00:51generation ready.
00:52This is so bloody stressful.
00:55Come on buttercup, you'll be alright.
00:56Living the dream.
00:57He reckons he wants to be thrown in the deep end.
00:59I'm throwing him in at a hundred mile an hour.
01:01Oh!
01:04Eww!
01:05Frustrates me!
01:06I have faith in you, you can do it.
01:09If the trucks stop, the nation stops.
01:21Oh, f**k!
01:24Oh, f**k!
01:26Oh, f**k!
01:27Cracked the housing.
01:30The future's here and his name's Roy Murrell.
01:3622-year-old heir to a trucking dynasty, Roy Murrell has graduated to epic long hauls in road trades.
01:44This is f**king scary.
01:46Under the watchful eye of mentor Steve Graham.
01:49You beauty.
01:50Go Roy.
01:51Mate, you don't just talk the talk, alright?
01:53You walk the walk.
01:54I'm proud of you.
01:54But Roy has never trucked on dirt roads.
02:00Until now.
02:01And this road is one of the toughest.
02:13He's on a mammoth journey to the northern tip of Australia in a 53-metre triple road train pulled by
02:22The Beast.
02:24A 1997 Western Star owned by...
02:29Jim Foodie.
02:30Outback trucker.
02:31Extraordinaire.
02:35Who's mentoring Roy for the trip.
02:38Roy's come to give me a bit of a hand.
02:40He's not got an easy trip.
02:42It's gonna be bad.
02:44There's no question.
02:45Half of this 1,000-kilometre journey from Cairns to Bamaga is on the dirt.
02:52Roy was on schedule to catch the last ferry across the Jardine River at 6pm.
03:00There goes any chance of crossing the ferry today.
03:06I don't know.
03:07I've hit a rock or something and it's just popped it.
03:09It's not good.
03:12The cracked hub cover isn't just cosmetic.
03:14It's the reservoir for oil that lubricates the wheel bearing.
03:18If the oil runs dry, the bearing will overheat and cease, disabling the truck.
03:29I think I've just clipped a rock off the road.
03:32It happens really.
03:35So I've just got to come up with a solution.
03:38Board you this one up.
03:39Make it work.
03:40That's all I can do.
03:42Come on foodie.
03:43Surely you've got a box of tricks in here somewhere.
03:45For me, trucks.
03:55I just...
03:58I'm just about to throw my toys out of the cot.
04:05oh we're on that'll get us out of trouble front axle of the trailer got the same cap as the
04:11front
04:12I change the caps over bodge this cap up tape it up best I can seal it put it on
04:17the back
04:17we can get going so I just got to use the old electrical tape and wrap like hell
04:32oh shit we got dramas again if you look at the difference this is the trailer that's off the
04:38front you know that's significant the bearings sit out a lot further on the hub than what the
04:44steers do so my idea of that's going out the window so what a piss off
04:55ah just gonna have to run it tape and oil don't go well together but you know if he can
05:01get me up
05:01there the rest is history part of bush mechanics you know I've done worse I've done worse I've got no
05:10option I can taste the water at the ferry taste it how close we are sometimes you just got to
05:21do what
05:21you got to do to get yourself out of strife and it's gonna have to do you know let's go
05:39lost an hour with that that's trucking that's when you think you're winning you're losing
05:54corrugation to the gently sharpened up a bit
06:03sitting in the table drain just uh try and make the ride a bit smoother for the you know the
06:08repair
06:09just try and nurse it up there it's the only thing I can really do
06:22I'll probably pull up in a little bit just to check it see how it's traveling
06:33but minus the build defeated at the moment everything can go wrong has gone wrong
06:41this job aim for the faint-hearted and you know I can see why you know not many people
06:47do it and not many trucks do it it takes it out of you
07:00check in this old cat
07:10me
07:21I'm here today picking Shelly up from the airport I've double booked on a job so she's
07:27going to she's flown over to help me out I think she needs to sort of learn something new so
07:32I've
07:32got her some cattle to cart it's a bit of a worry because cattle are unforgiving they kick they chase
07:38yeah didn't get hurt really easy I'm pretty nervous actually I don't know what I'm driving or what size
07:45on the truck is or have how many trailers or anything like that so I'm quite nervous actually
07:54so we got a sign here we'll just a little sign to welcome sign to Perth hello buttercup
08:10I'm good yes which way this way this way don't worry I'll carry my bag
08:23look at that
08:24gee she flash that's her she's a beauty in real life let's get moving because we haven't got all day
08:31where you going you'll need these well I yeah because I ain't driving you're driving
08:38really if you scratch it you're dead this is nerve wracking
08:45holy moly holy shit look at us big girls go I'm gonna die
08:50okay so how does it feel to be driving a real truck so you let people drive your truck often
08:58no
08:59well I feel nobody's driven this really yeah my wife and a couple of mates nobody gets to drive it
09:07it's become now a part of my life I feel I feel spiritual to have actually had it yeah and
09:14because
09:15most people just get to drive a truck not something that the passion and the love yeah that's true
09:21you know and it's been your life like you know when you've been out on jobs for days on end
09:25weeks on end
09:26there's you in the truck yeah isn't there
09:33get it back in the shed
09:35wrong way straighten your truck up just straight now
09:41shelly's trucking career has come a long way in a short time under sludger's guidance
09:47straighten her up now straighten up straighten up
09:52no from struggling to reverse with trailers you've missed that today's the big day off to do the
09:59license she took her multi-combination test
10:07congratulations you see on the roads over here and graduated to be doubles and road trains and new
10:16commercial work we've got the first load today so it's pretty nerve-wracking that yeah I'll be doing it on
10:23my own
10:25g'day sludge I've done my first run that's exciting you've done super well
10:33the trucking cattle is another level
10:38I'm really nervous about this job you know especially when I'm doing the job for you but
10:43then also the fact that I'm cutting the cattle and um you know they're alive and they're breathing and
10:50they need a bit more care and attention than the cotton or the grain so how much experience have you
10:55had with cattle
10:56well I've grown up with cattle I've been around cattle my whole life but um I'd say I'm rookie rookie
11:04trucking cattle is one of the most dangerous cargoes of all
11:08they move and sway tilting the trailers
11:12rollovers are a constant threat
11:19shelley will be cutting cattle for farmer Mark Talbot one of Sludge's most important customers
11:26so Mark's a good guy you want to do a good job don't up for me because it's my customer
11:35and I've got all faith in what you'll do thank you that's why I've asked you to come and help
11:40me
11:40you know it's it's yeah and I appreciate that thank you
11:51oh here we go here we go but there's Mark over there so we'll go and say g'day
12:01how are you Sludge all right Mark how are you mate good to see you good to see you welcome
12:04to Brunswick
12:05hello hello I'm Mark nice to meet you Shelly nice to meet you thanks for having us
12:08this is Marley hello Marley Marley's the boss so what's the story you want to come and cart some
12:13cattle I need the experience trying to teach you something new well it sounds all right if you've got a
12:17bit of time
12:18that'd be great you're in good hands here with Mark so um I'm gonna disappear and go and do Milo
12:22now
12:23thanks thank you when you get done tomorrow give us a ring and yeah
12:28we'll go from there I'll let you know how she goes yeah I'll tell you the truth tell me the
12:32honest
12:32truth all right we'll see you all right careful so we've cut the cord sludge is gone I'm not really
12:39on my own though so Mark's here and um I get a really good vibe from Mark like I feel
12:44like he's
12:44super supportive and I'm going to learn a lot from him so I'm excited about that um but yeah we've
12:50got
12:50got a lot on ahead of us so if you're driving a Volvo FH16 auto shift and also it's got
12:57the
12:57electric steering in it which is something you may not have experienced before no never and
13:01that'll be coupled up to a b double doing the b double for cattle is going to be very interesting
13:05I've got a lot to learn then we might go for a bit of a run and put it all
13:09through the truck
13:09wash and get it all cleaned up ready for tomorrow
13:15put on the brake now press that button in brakes off locked on off the brakes are now off
13:23now to go into um into gear you'll put your foot on the brake again and move into a that's
13:30it just a go
13:30one forward you're in you're in that's it that's automatic and now you all you do is just put your
13:36foot on the accelerator
13:47this is nerve-rack get onto your side that's it
13:54you can't tell me that's not better than changing gears oh it's so good but it's bizarre yeah even
14:01the steering is so smooth and so soft isn't it very direct it'll take a little bit again yeah
14:06i'm sort of struggling with it a bit when you go to back up that's when you notice how good
14:10it is
14:11because it's so easy with no effort in it yeah it doesn't feel like i'm driving a truck at all
14:22so we're going to put into this driveway here on the right
14:26for the health of the cattle being transported the trucks are thoroughly washed between jobs
14:33you're just going to drive through here in a minute pull up about here
14:37all right window up there's going to be bloody water going everywhere i know there you go
14:43oh wow oh my gosh put your wipers on keep moving better keep moving it should be just on walking
14:51pace
14:54and about here or it all starts to break loose
15:03oh holy dooling that's intense i felt that
15:17oh my god oh my god keep going keep going keep going keep going
15:22oh
15:31me
15:42this is stick to my truck thanks at least i got phone reception i can talk
15:47i've got gear in my truck if i was in my truck i'd have that fixed i'd be i'd be
15:52in bamiga by now
15:54i've had enough let's keep going
16:24these corrugation that finally pull you up to walking speed
16:32i thought they were just a myth but here they are rattling the shit out of me
16:41plan was to try and make the ferry no it's only 150 k's like what's going to hurt it here
16:49we are
16:53struggling to see the light of the tunnel at the moment
16:57but you know foodie did warm me and you know i just young eager and you know i just want
17:03to get
17:03the job done just battling on
17:08the road is not just smashing roy's truck it's destroying his wheel bearing bush fix
17:15i'm gonna have to pull up and fix this properly it's it's playing with my head i've got it
17:22it's been made it i just
17:34it's been made it i just
17:44disturbed the disturbed the other one no gasket creates this leakage right here just got to try
17:51anything at this point try and make something
17:58this is not what i signed up for i'm missing my truck a lot a lot
18:18i'm gonna try this cardboard just kind of just making my own gasket this will act as a
18:27as a seal lucky i learned this in school
18:34cutting and tracing out shapes and i suppose school did give me something
18:42make this works i'll be happy now
18:54i'll top it back up with oil and try again
19:02i hope this works
19:15two hours and 15 minutes to go 150 kilometers
19:22that hub's got really got to hold oil because you know if it doesn't keep trading oil and
19:28if i don't keep the oil up to it it's gonna cook the wheel bearing and collapse the wheel bearing
19:33so
19:34i really needed the hold and fingers crossed
20:07it's still leaking but it's not as bad
20:12it's not leaking as bad as it was see what happens
20:21it's not leaking
20:23oh my god
20:27oh my god
20:52Pull her up there.
20:54Make sure all the water's coming out everywhere.
20:57That's a bit of a doozy.
21:00My gosh, that's awesome.
21:02Wow.
21:03We're pretty switched on over here in the Wild West.
21:09With her rig clean, Shelley is ready for tomorrow,
21:13cutting 70 head of unpredictable cattle.
21:16I am really nervous.
21:18That's 70 lives and then marks.
21:21So it's a lot of responsibility.
21:24It's not just a big job for me,
21:26but it's also remembering that this is Sludge's job,
21:28so I've got to get it done for him.
21:40Shelley, we've got to get mobile,
21:41but before we do,
21:42let's have a quick look around this trailer.
21:44When you're loading and unloading trailers,
21:46be very, very careful not to put yourself in a position
21:49where you can be pinned back against something
21:52with cattle coming back on top of you.
21:55Use the internal gates as a protection.
21:57When you're loading cattle,
21:58always keep yourself behind the gate.
22:01Put your foot on the bottom of it
22:03and shut like that.
22:04That way, if an animal kicks the gate,
22:06your leg will absorb the impact
22:08and it won't come back and hit you in the face.
22:09All right, well, I think we'd better get going.
22:16Shelley will be doing two jobs for Mark,
22:19one today and one tomorrow.
22:22Before today's job even starts,
22:24they must make a two-hour,
22:27170-kilometre drive from Mark's base
22:30to collect cattle from Kojanup.
22:33Then it's back the way they came
22:35to drop the cattle at a yard in Bunbury.
22:41Get yourself nice and straight and lined up
22:44and you'll be able to see the ramp in your back mirror.
22:46The art of reversing has so far eluded Shelley.
22:51This is the part that I'm the most nervous about.
22:54So you want to try and get your trailers
22:55as straight as you can get them.
22:56You should be able to see the ramp in your back mirror.
22:58No, I can't.
23:01Am I going straight back to that?
23:02Yep, if you reckon you're on line.
23:05So you go right hand down to start with.
23:08Right, now take your cab back the other way.
23:13Righto, see how we've lost it again?
23:15We've got to get it back straight.
23:16So go forward and line yourself up.
23:18Oh!
23:23Into reverse.
23:25Right hand down.
23:27Right hand down.
23:28Keep going, keep going, keep going.
23:29Left hand down hard.
23:33Pull up a little bit.
23:34We've got to get the ramp.
23:37Beautiful.
23:38I know, you're there.
23:39All good.
23:40You've done well.
23:41Thanks for your help.
23:42Oh, you went straight on.
23:44Don't know about that.
23:49First time ever loading a double-decker of caddles.
23:52Yeah.
23:59Hold it.
24:00There you go.
24:02Grab your gate.
24:03Oh!
24:04Oh, oh, oh, oh.
24:04Watch your head.
24:05I hit my head.
24:06Forgot to duck.
24:09I was really focused on making sure that I had my foot on that gate
24:12so that if any pressure was applied,
24:14the gate didn't hit me in the face.
24:16You're right.
24:16I'm three foot tall people, and I'm not even that tall.
24:26Done.
24:33We're heading now to the holding yard,
24:35so we've got a couple of hours' drive ahead.
24:37We need to make sure that we stick to the time slot allocated
24:40to get these cattle there and get them unloaded.
24:45It's not looking too good tomorrow.
24:49Yeah, the forecast is not good.
24:51We've got quite a bit of rain coming.
24:54Damaging winds are possible, even a tornado.
24:56The West Australian is just putting up now.
24:57Possible tornado?
24:58Yeah.
25:01With the bad forecast,
25:03Mark and Shelley now need to squeeze their two jobs into one day.
25:09So we'll have to get back to get this job done tonight.
25:12We don't have much choice now
25:13because with this bad weather coming in,
25:16it'll get that wet.
25:16We probably won't be able to get the truck in where we've got to go.
25:18Okay.
25:19We'll have to get these trailers changed over,
25:21get the cattle in and get them on
25:22and get you to cart them down to the other farm for us.
25:24So hopefully we'll have enough light today.
25:36Go over to the ramp here.
25:40It's starting to straighten up, keep going.
25:42Pretty well on the money, I reckon.
25:46Hey-up, hey-up.
25:48Come on.
25:52Done, done.
25:53All good.
25:56Clock's ticking now,
25:57so we've moved tomorrow's job to this afternoon
25:59to try and fit it in and try and get it done before dark.
26:02It's absolutely essential that we get this done tonight,
26:05otherwise it won't get done until mid to late next week,
26:09which isn't good enough
26:10because it means the cattle in that paddock at the moment
26:12will run out of feed.
26:24We're just going to put the green trailer on.
26:28I'll go and have a quick look at these cattle that's standing there ready to go.
26:31It's going to be pretty tight.
26:37It's not unlocking.
26:43That's got it.
26:48No, it doesn't.
26:49The teen pen's still there.
26:51You're in someone else's truck
26:52and you don't know what you're doing.
26:55I don't know why it's not opening.
26:57This is what makes you look like a real rookie, too.
27:00I hate this.
27:07It's not opening.
27:08I can't do anything.
27:13Oh, hang on.
27:18Oh, my f***ing son!
27:28Big pot hole in the road.
27:30It just comes out of nowhere.
27:31The road was pretty good, too.
27:50Thank the Lord's.
27:51The roads have got better.
27:53You can sit on, you know, 70, 80 k's now
27:55and not at crawling speed.
27:57You know, it was about 40 k's there.
27:59It was just crawling.
28:09I'm just going to check that patch repair
28:11on that front wheel just to see how it's travelling.
28:17That's good.
28:18Still got oil in there,
28:20but the tape job's looking a bit worse for wear,
28:23so that's all right.
28:24That's the least of my worries at the moment.
28:26I reckon that'll see us out now.
28:28I think the gasket's finally taken up.
28:32You know, the old home job gasket.
28:35It's a winner.
28:42Victory's on its way.
28:44I can say it might make the ferry,
28:46but we're going to make a shower, that's for sure.
28:50I'm going to be singing in the shower.
28:58That's the dirt done.
29:02On the home stretch.
29:04It's been one hell of a day today, that's for sure.
29:07I've got myself out of trouble, you know.
29:09A bit of bush mechanics
29:10and, you know, a bit of using the brain help.
29:20So I've got to cross the ferry first thing in the morning now,
29:23and I've only ever heard stories of it going wrong,
29:26and you're going across the ferry,
29:28and your truck goes in the drink.
29:30I don't plan on that happening to me.
29:33I've just got to...
29:34He really gave me some pointers on how to do it,
29:36so I just...
29:37By far then, I can't, you know, go wrong, really.
29:49We have arrived.
29:52That is a fix of a lifetime.
29:54There is not...
29:57Mate, there is no oil, I'll betcha.
30:01Ha!
30:03And look at me now!
30:08Mate, that's...
30:09That's...
30:09You can't...
30:10You can't script that, mate.
30:11You know, just...
30:17We nearly made it.
30:18We're in arm's reach.
30:19So, yeah, I reckon if I get a good run-up,
30:21I'll be on the other side, but...
30:24Yeah, I...
30:25Don't like the look of it.
30:27Crocs float around in here, and...
30:31A big fella like me would be like a nice breakfast for them.
30:34Or dinner.
30:35Whatever they prefer.
30:36But, yeah.
30:37Oh, we've done all right.
30:38We made it.
30:39That's the main thing.
30:40We're here.
30:41Can't complain about that.
30:42It's bloody...
30:42It's been a big couple days, but we're still at...
30:45We're still at half a day's work, three-quarters of a day work tomorrow.
30:49Time to have a shower.
31:03It's 4.30 now.
31:04We've got at least a 45-minute drive by the time we get the cattle in.
31:07It's going to be cutting it really fine.
31:09Like, I'm not sure if we're going to get it done in daylight.
31:10All right.
31:12A tornado forecast has forced Shelley and mentor Mark to pull forward their second cattle delivery.
31:19The pressure is on to avoid unloading in the dark.
31:25To add to that, we've got a turntable that's different to my truck.
31:29Can't get that to work.
31:32Oh, it frustrates me.
31:35Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
31:37Go on.
31:37Hey, hey, hey.
31:39Boss, the rookie needs some mentoring.
31:42Right, eh?
31:43What's the trick with this turntable?
31:46What's it doing?
31:47Well, I'm pulling on it, but it's not opening.
31:50This is the shit that makes a rookie look like a real...
31:53Oh, you've got it right out there.
31:55That's all right.
31:56That's good to go.
31:57But it's still closed behind it.
32:00This is a real turntable.
32:01Not that rubbish.
32:01You have those little tiny ones over there.
32:03Yeah.
32:04As you pull forward, the drawers will open up and come out.
32:07So I've done that right.
32:09You've done it right.
32:25Oh, shit, that feels funny.
32:32Shippers!
32:36But no-one there guiding me in.
32:39So I really don't want to hit this hard.
32:45Oh, there we are.
32:48No.
32:49I reckon we're right.
32:50Hey.
32:51Hey-up.
32:51Hey-up.
32:52Come on.
32:52Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
32:53The sun's setting fast behind me.
32:55It's 5 o'clock now.
32:56It's a 45-minute journey.
32:58Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
32:59We've got a lot to do in a very short period of time.
33:02Go on, hey.
33:02Hey-up.
33:08Look at that.
33:09Bloody hell.
33:09How good was that?
33:10Beautiful.
33:11I don't want to look at the time because I can clearly see the sun dropping, so it's a bit
33:15of a worry.
33:16I'm starting to really feel the pressure of losing the sun.
33:20And I can feel it.
33:21I can feel the tornado coming.
33:26First time on my own.
33:29I'm quite nervous.
33:32The sun will have gone down by the time we get there, but hopefully we'll still have enough
33:36light in the day to get these guys off and down the ramp safely.
33:47Unloading in the dark.
33:49I'm not used to it.
33:50I'm not used to it.
33:51Ideally, we'd like to do it with a little bit of daylight just to be safe.
33:59The last turn before the farm.
34:10Gosh, I wouldn't want to come in this puddock with a bit of rain.
34:13I mean, it already feels quite soft.
34:24Oh, look, fellas.
34:25Out you go.
34:25Out you go.
34:35Come on.
34:38Hey.
34:38We didn't want to be doing it in the dark.
34:41You know, we're really hamstrung.
34:43The weather that's coming in tomorrow, the cattle couldn't have been moved.
34:46You don't want them here stressed, not having enough feed.
34:49That's just not an option.
34:50So we really had to push through and do it today.
34:54We've made the right choice and it has ended well.
34:58I'd love to do more.
35:00It's been an amazing learning curve.
35:03It's something that I would love to be involved in and get more experience.
35:06I have to go to wind a bit of damage and it's just a cold coming to you.
35:06Instead of getting mental health, I'm not going to make this experience with.
35:26Hi Mate.
35:28All right.
35:28Hi How are you?
35:30Got my job done.
35:31How did you go with your job?
35:33Yeah got my jobs done.
35:34We ended up getting it done last night.
35:37It was a bit dark and we ran out of light,
35:40but today it's just been pouring all morning,
35:42so it was good to get it done.
35:44Yes.
35:45I did have a bit of a battle backing the semi in to load the cattle.
35:51Hey, you've got to learn to bang,
35:52and you need another trailer before you're really ever going to learn,
35:56but you'll get better as you go.
35:58Yeah, it's definitely something I need to practise with the two trailers.
36:01Otherwise, everything went well.
36:02Well, Mark was fantastic, because you're learning the right way,
36:05which is what we've always sort of said.
36:07It's good to learn the right way.
36:08Yeah.
36:09I'm glad we got the jobs done.
36:11I haven't let you down.
36:12No, you did.
36:13You've done a good job.
36:14Thank you very much.
36:14Are you going to buy a cattle crate now?
36:16Are you going to give me a loan?
36:17Yeah.
36:18Oh, good.
36:18One that I don't have to pay back?
36:20No.
36:21Tight arse.
36:22With interest.
36:23All right.
36:23Thanks for everything.
36:25Bye.
36:25See you.
36:26See you.
36:26Bye.
36:28It's great that I've had so many people to learn from,
36:31but I want to keep learning.
36:33And the great thing is about Sludge and Mark
36:35is that I know that I'll be able to continually learn from them,
36:38especially with their depth of experience
36:40and years being behind the wheel.
36:41I've actually picked a good one to mentor.
36:47We need truckers out there that you've got faith in.
36:51I'm excited for the industry to know
36:53that we've got people like Shelly coming through.
36:59We didn't have body training on Thursday, Harry.
37:08Oh, yeah, beautiful.
37:09Righto, mate.
37:10I'll talk to you soon.
37:12Bye, mate.
37:13Like, foodie said,
37:1411 o'clock time,
37:15start to unload this cement powder over there,
37:17so I've got to race over to make that time.
37:22With the ferry only able to carry one trailer at a time,
37:26Roy will take the much-needed cement powder
37:28straight through to Bamaga first.
37:36There's the last hurdle.
37:37The last jump before the other side.
37:42The ferry is the only way
37:44for vehicles to cross the Jardine River.
37:49Without it,
37:50Bamaga's supply route is cut off.
37:59You know, there's a 40-ton weight limit on the ferry,
38:02and I'm going to be 39.5 tonne,
38:05so...
38:06by truck and trailer,
38:07so I've got a little bit to think about
38:09and a little bit nervous.
38:12Roy has good reason to be nervous.
38:15The weight of his truck and trailer
38:17will ground the ferry.
38:45To refloat the ferry,
38:48foodies taught Roy an old trucker's trick.
38:52I've got to help the ferry out
38:53because it gets stuck,
38:54because, you know, 40 tonnes on the ferry,
38:55it's going to bottom out.
38:57So I've got to go and drive forward
38:58and budge it.
39:07Like that.
39:09Like that.
39:11We're on the ferry.
39:13This is pretty cool.
39:31It's the sea water.
39:48You know, we're crawling up the hill now, but one thing I had to mind is just how soft
39:52I'll come off the ferry because I didn't want to spit the ferry out from underneath me.
39:57We've done it.
39:58That's what we want.
40:00That's pretty good.
40:01Pretty cool.
40:04Just another thing that took off, checked off the bugger list.
40:08Ticks.
40:12You know, home stretch now.
40:15I can smell the fresh air at the end of the line.
40:18I'm feeling great.
40:20I've really, you know, chapped.
40:21Seven months into my driving career and, you know, I'm already doing a run up the KPO.
40:26That's pretty cool.
40:27I've had a good chance at a fair bit of variety of experience and great mentors along the way.
40:33It's been a privilege to, you know, know foodie and know Steve Graham that go out of their way to
40:41help me and, you know, give me pointers where I need it.
40:45That's, yeah, I appreciate it a lot.
40:54Job done.
40:59How are you, mate?
40:59How are you?
41:00I'm good, mate.
41:00How are you?
41:01Yeah, look at that one for you.
41:02Oh, mate.
41:04Just how we need.
41:06Yeah.
41:06Cheers, mate.
41:07Cheers, mate.
41:07Look, hats off.
41:09I'm really impressed, mate.
41:10If all rookies were like him, the industry's in good hands.
41:14Hey, do you want to come and do it again next week?
41:15Another run next week.
41:18Oh, give me about a week to recover and we'll, you know, ask me this question in about a week's
41:22time and I'll have an answer for you.
41:24He ticks all the boxes, mate.
41:26That's the best way I can say it.
41:27There's no bullshit about him.
41:29He just quietly goes and does what he does, you know.
41:31Yeah, mate, he can come and have a work for me any time he wants.
41:34He's in another truck there.
41:35It's already, I'll put his name on it if he's not careful.
41:39Nice one.
41:39Job done.
41:42That would have to be one of the best experiences I've done in my life.
41:48I'll definitely take this job on again.
41:51Pretty proud to do that job for Foodie and, you know, and for the local community of Bamaga.
42:01It's another successful delivery for Steve Graham's first intake of rookie truckers.
42:08I'm proud of my rookies.
42:10Each one of them has had to meet different challenges and they've overcome them quite well.
42:16Steve and fellow mentors Yogi and Sludge searched Australia to find rookie truckers who wanted to step up.
42:24Steve Graham.
42:25Good to see you, mate.
42:28They took on massive loads.
42:30You're not going to see something like that in Ireland.
42:33Rough roads.
42:34Far out.
42:35And some of the harshest terrain on earth.
42:38I need a break.
42:40From red dirt to city streets.
42:43Jeez, look at that.
42:45F***ing hell.
42:46They battled breakdowns.
42:49F***.
42:49Pissed an oil out.
42:50And deadlines.
42:52I don't have time to sit around.
42:54Oh, no!
42:56It's going.
42:57To prove they've got what it takes to survive on the open road.
43:02You're done all right, clunk.
43:04Cock up.
43:05You're doing all right.
43:06But the hunt continues.
43:09Steve and his team will keep on searching.
43:11Good luck, bud.
43:12For the next generation of rookies.
43:14Yes!
43:15There you go.
43:16It's all.
43:17To take on the toughest trucking job in the world.
43:20Woo!
43:21We finally made it.
43:23Job's done.
43:24I feel optimistic about the future of trucking in Australia.
43:57Stopying.
43:58Don't worry.
43:58I'm not going.
43:59I have a predicament.
43:59You're.
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