Veteran driver Rob Smith drives a DAF for Remondis, based at Townsville.
The 59-year-old is the local branch manager and picks up general waste and cardboard.
“I mainly do my work around the city and have been with Remondis for two years and a truckie for more than two decades,” he said.
Rob said the DAF was an excellent vehicle for the work for one main reason.
“It has a compactor and does most of the work for me. In the old days garbos would have to handle lots of the waste and get dirty,” he said.
A keen motorbike rider, Rob told Big Rigs of a Hogs Harley Memorial Ride he and others would be going on two days from when I saw him.
“It is in honour of my late son Brendan who died from a motorbike accident back in April 2022 when he was aged 28,” Rob said.
Rob likes the Bohle Little Acre Roadhouse and his favourite food is Thai dishes.
Asked about the roads, he said that parts of the ring road between the north of Townsville connecting with the south and west needed fixing.
Remondis boasts 35-plus branches, depots, transfer stations, disposal and processing facilities, stretching from Perth to Weipa to Dandenong and most places in between.