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GITI Tyres Big Test: Freedom Highway

Very few New Zealand main routes demand as much from a truck and a driver as State Highway 2 between Napier and Gisborne.

The 215km run includes narrow gorges and tight corners, ever-changing gradients, and a wide variety of surface quality – all of which were taken into consideration by Freedom Transport’s Samreet (Sam) Virdi when he needed a new truck for a double-shifted Palmerston North to Gisborne grocery run.

Sam wanted his drivers – and himself for the occasions when he’s behind the...

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