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TRUCKER'S STORY * New Zealand - On the road again
"But despite the costs and the nights spent away from home, a career on the road still appeals... "
Auckland,New Zealand -The New Zealand Herald, by David Maida -June 09, 2008: -- The amount of money that a long-haul truck driver can gross in one month can seem pretty impressive but the expenses quickly cut into that, says Cory Duggan, an owner-driver... But drivers are now having to take it on the chin when it comes to rising costs... "Now, because fuel has gone up, you'd consider a third of that is fuel. A third of that is tax, and then you've got running costs on top of that. You've got road users' fee, payments on the truck and maintenance."... Duggan drove lorries around England on an OE and decided that he would become a truck driver when he came back to New Zealand... "It's a single man's life, but there's a lot of guys out there with partners and families, and their wives and girlfriends are very understanding," Duggan says... The trucks most people see out on the roads are only a small part of the industry. Goods and materials are travelling around the country throughout the night with drivers expected to work all hours...
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