Paul rebuilt his first truck which was a 1974 White 4000 which he operated into central QLD and beyond servicing the mining industry, contracting to customers such as NQX, QRX, McAleese Transport and Mt Isa Mines.
Below is Pauls Father Fred on the gruelling Brisbane - Mt Isa run in the early 1970s, Fred serviced the remote mining communities in the far north west of QLD from the late 1960s to the mid 1970s