Cool under pressure
When Kim Liddell switched from leading a nomadic lifestyle in her early 30s, she had two young children and needed a flexible job. “I saw an opportunity in the market and thought that I’d buy a truck and send it to work,” she recalls.
We’re not talking any old truck. It wasn’t set up to deliver groceries to online shoppers, or glammed up as a mobile party venue to circle city hotspots. Hers was custom-built to lug high-pressure water excavation gear to blast and then suck up dirt and muck so that essential underground services could safely and easily be accessed.
“I had taken time off to be a mum,” explains Liddell. “Prior to that, I ran sales and marketing for a cruise company in the Whitsundays. In between, I travelled a lot with my husband, Paul’s work. We
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