GITI Tyres Big Test -Forest Flagship
There’s a shiny and stylish newcomer at work in the Bay of Plenty forests, and it hasn’t taken long for it to spark up a bit of conversation on the CB and bush radio.
The new flagship for the Rotorua-based Williams & Wilshier Transport fleet is a Kenworth K220 8x4 logger in 2.3m flat roof sleeper cab configuration. While the exterior changes from Kenworth’s previous K200 generation are pretty subtle, the eyes of logging truck drivers and loader operators are sharp – and the...
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17-litre leads Mack range upgrade
The big headlines are reserved for the
17-litre displacement and 780hp output of the new MP11 Euro 6 engine.
But the Mack marque has plenty of other upgrades ready for intro...
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Weathering the economic hard times
The state of the economy is top of mind this month, following the delivery of the budget by the coalition government on May 30. The government says it can turn around the economy....
Teletrac Navman Fleet Focus
Teletrac Navman Fleet Focus: A Truck love story
Lots of people who love trucks reckon they were “born in a truck.”
In 25 years of writing about trucks and truckies, I’ve never once struck someone who really did arri...
Southpac Legends
NZ’s first Kenworth Cabover
Continuing with our theme of legendary Kenworth trucks, this time we follow the journey of a 1966 K923. Not only was it NZ’s first K-Model Kenworth cabover, but it was also too wid...
Recently Registered
Truck and trailer sales still healthy
The New Zealand new truck market slowed slightly in May, but heavy commercial vehicle sales are faring much better than the passenger vehicle market.
NZ Transport Agency da...
Double Coin Imaging Awards
The Underbelly
Tito Transport is a small Taranaki family-owned company that started in 2015 with owners Shane Tito and Nicola Bourke purchasing an ex-Fonterra Scania.
After attaching a hyd...
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